Frank Augustino arrived in joins the Sitech Conference from Interwrite head office, which is really exciting. It always makes me wonder what international guests think of Powhiri and haka in particular. I know the first one that I saw scared the wits out of me. Owhata School were brilliant, their kapa haka groups performed brilliantly and the students presenting the keynote did an awesome job. Ka pai.
I presented two sessions this afternoon and, not finding any water in the hall my mouth was dry. I was part way through ‘IWB and Literacy’ presentation when in walks Frank and his wife. They were very gracious and encouraging…. During the brief conversation I had Frank noticed I was without water and went to get some for me from the kitchen, this is the Vice President of Business Development and International Sales of GTCO CalComp Inc, going to get me water!
Oddly it amused me and encouraged me to be waving frantically through the car window at Allanah on my way to dinner during the keynote.
It feels almost wrong to be a conference but to be missing out on the keynote- being on a stand seems alien at the moment. So feel free to come over and say hi during the breaks I on Breathe Technology stand in the foyer. Don’t be shy.
If only you could have seen me!
We legged it out of the restaurant and into the car at 8.35pm. Jenny drops me off on the corner of Fenton Street and I am running madly towards the Convention Centre hoping to be in time for the delegates exiting the keynote and walking past the stand.
Then my phone beep and it’s Amanda with a taxt to say that they are all leaving now! I’m still running remember trying to type back ‘Ta’. So now the freshly ironed shirt is looking a litttle worse for wear, I’m booting up the computers (x2) on the stand as everyone is filing past. I have zero time to say “Excuse me, would anyone like to go in the draw for some free technology training?”
By the time Amanada rocks up I must have looked a right idiot. Not at all professional!
Lucky for me though I am beating Jenny 6-1 on people signed up and have the advantage of having the stand to my self tomorrow morning- or is it this morning for it is incredibly late just now.
not to self: must take some pictures.
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