Hosting a Panel at Comic-Con 2011: A Firsthand Account
Jeremy Rutz | July 26, 2011 | 9:59 AMSDCCBlog.com reader Tyler Miller sent us a firsthand account on how he went about planning and hosting his SDCC panel, geekEd: Bringing Geek Back to Higher Education, at Comic-Con 2011. Interested in what it takes to pull off a successful panel? Read on.
It was Comic-Con 2010. My first. Overwhelming to say the least as my wife and two kids (5 months and almost 3) navigated our way through the exhibits, went to panels, and had a blast. Since 1990, it was a dream for me to attend comic-con and I was living out a dream to be in attendance at the Con.
My friend and colleague Ryan let me know that Comic-Con was reaching out to college educators. I registered my family for tickets and we were ready to go! During the Con, we took Ryan out to dinner to thank him for helping us go to Comic-Con. As we sat at dinner that Thursday evening at Comic-Con 2010, we looked at each other and knew. We could TOTALLY present at Comic-Con. We could talk about higher education and geekdom. We knew it was possible as we’ve presented at conferences before. Both of us had won awards for presentations given in our own field at our regional conference. My wife came up with the name – “what about geekEd. ?” It was a play on “geeked” but was a blending of our passions – higher education and geek life. Then and there, Ryan and I agreed that we would put in the proposal when it came out to present at Comic-Con 2011.














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