{"id":2741,"date":"2017-12-18T05:41:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T05:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emilynews.com\/blog\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2017-12-18T05:41:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T05:41:27","slug":"news-commentary-257-webinar-two-conferences-occ-exchanger-indonesia-octoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilynews.com\/blog\/?p=2741","title":{"rendered":"News Commentary #257 — Webinar, Two conferences, OCC exchanger in Indonesia – Octoin!"},"content":{"rendered":"

News from Octoin!<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are many news that is posted by Octoin <\/a>(reviewed here<\/a>)! In fact, the Octoin <\/a>Blog is overflowing with announcements of conferences, meetings, and other news from many many countries — mostly in southeast Asia.\u00a0 Often times the announcements are in the local language.\u00a0 Some of the news items that are in English find their way to the News page of the Octoin <\/a>website.\u00a0 We have several news items below. One problem with many of the Octoin <\/a>News posts is that they are announcements of meetings, conferences, etc. that are on the SAME DAY as the announcement.\u00a0 That pretty much means that they will be useless to anyone who has to plan ahead for travel to attend such events.\u00a0 Octoin <\/a>should make a serious effort to provide ADVANCE notice.\u00a0 This will certainly help to bolster attendance at the events.\u00a0 For example, the News page includes announcements dated December 16 for a conference in Nigeria on that same day as well as for a Webinar in Germany also on that day.\u00a0 It might be possible to make last minute arrangements to attend a webinar.\u00a0 But that can\u2019t be done for a conference — especially if it is any distance from where you live.<\/p>\n