As I roamed the floor, as I sat in briefings, as I attended after-hours events, I asked fellow attendees about their cloud plans.

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Within the organization, we have observed a similar imbalance with male-female participants: Many of our events tend to draw far more male attendees than female (roughly 80% male and 20% female).

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Such a network is a key component of any modern structure, and if the team pulls it off, they might want to consider taking on some consulting gigs -- as Samsung has proven time and again, the company can't manage to keep press conference attendees online during major launch events, despite months of planning and unsurpassed budgets.

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Harwood produces about three to five events per year with 2, 000 to 3, 000 attendees in Los Angeles, New York and Las Vegas.

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The avid and rapidly growing TEDx communities provide another compelling example of combining online and in-person communities and taking their clout a step farther, by enabling the leaders of such communities to meet and share ways to make their events more valuable to all players, from the speakers to the sponsors and attendees.

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Still, organizers cautioned attendees to bundle up because of prolonged exposure to the cold as they watch the events and make their way to and from them.

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Events, which will run through 1 July, include a Letter Party on 30 June, where attendees wear a T-shirt with a single letter on it and combine to form words with fellow dancers, and an edible poetry workshop where verses are written in chocolate and then eaten.

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