---
type: podcast
authors:
  - brittney-postma
episode: 2
recording_date: December 29, 2022 2:30 PM
season: 3
published: published
podcast: CodingCat.dev
chapters_done: true
cloudinary_convert: false
cover: https://media.codingcat.dev/image/upload/v1668704946/main-codingcatdev-photo/How-to-create-a-Conference-with-Clark-Sell.jpg
devto: https://dev.to/codingcatdev/32-how-to-create-a-conference-with-clark-sell-m2k
excerpt: Clark walks Brittney through what it is like to start a tech conference, how hard it is to scale, and the impacts the pandemic had on attendees.
guests:
  - clark-sell
hashnode: https://hashnode.codingcat.dev/podcast-3-2-How-to-create-a-Conference-with-Clark-Sell
picks:
  [
    { author: 'brittney-postma', name: 'Minecraft', site: 'https://www.minecraft.net/en-us' },
    { author: 'brittney-postma', name: 'Skeleton.dev', site: 'https://www.skeleton.dev' },
    { author: 'clark-sell', name: 'reMarkable', site: 'https://remarkable.com' },
    { author: 'clark-sell', name: 'Sunsama', site: 'https://sunsama.com/' },
    {
      author: 'clark-sell',
      name: 'Make Time, Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky',
      site: 'https://amzn.to/3Vt26YV'
    },
    {
      author: 'clark-sell',
      name: '100 Quotes that will change your life ',
      site: 'https://amzn.to/3WyD1Nz'
    }
  ]
slug: 3-2-How-to-create-a-Conference-with-Clark-Sell
sponsors:
  - storyblok
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dnU1F0l7vP6zq4ghsBUC0?si=9_Ed6Ac-TyyeC-_K4Ra3AQ&utm_source=copy-link
start: January 25, 2023
title: How to create a Conference with Clark Sell
youtube: https://youtu.be/c4bxDsdyq2Q
---

## Questions

1. Can you tell us more about yourself?
2. What made you want to start a conference?
3. One of the things that makes your conference unique is the family friendly aspect, with activities for kids. Where did that idea come from?
4. How did the first conference go?
5. How did you start getting sponsors?
6. What happens when tickets don’t sell?
7. What pieces go into running a successful conference?
8. How do others get involved or submit a talk?

Clark thoughts ( In no order )

- THAT Pillars, Mission, Vision
- THAT Online vs THAT Conference
- IRL vs Online
- Why in person matters
- 4 Pillars of community. Members, Contributors, Sponsors, Vanguards
- User Groups are dying
- How to speak, why to speak, what to do at a conference
- Give, Give, Give, Get
- Supporting one another.
- Where have I failed as an organizer?
- What people don’t realize about a conference
  - Contracts
  - Costs
  - Business
- Invest in yourself by compounding your learning time. Alex Hormozi
