In Phoenix we kicked off the conference with a lively meet and greet free program called Speed Networking. Brave participants entered gingerly into the space; a slow trickle at first and then a small surge thanks in part to Niki Cuccinotto of the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix who took matters into her own hands. She tweeted to her contacts in attendance and ran over to the check-in area to wrangle unsuspecting conference attendees who somehow hadn’t heard about the funfest we were about to embark upon. In the end we assembled about 24 participants.
