Since buyers and sellers of anything can't come together PROPERLY without a certain amount of TRUST, I am doing this post.
I just received my "last chance notice" for continuing FREE Registration for the Consumer Reports WebWatch Conference: "Trust or Consequence: The Web's Reputation at Risk". It will be held on Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 8:45 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. at The National Press Club - Ballroom 529, 14th Street NW Washington, D.C..
The "intro" to it says: " Results from Consumer Reports WebWatch's national poll of U.S. Internet-savvy adults reveal trust in Web sites is under constant attack and showing signs of eroding. This is real data on changes in public perceptions of news and information Web sites, children's sites, financial services, and credit card use."
What is interesting to me about this Conference as opposed to their 6/9/05 Conference that I attended, is the much larger number of "traditional media" vs. "Internet media" speakers at this conference. Why? Traditional media is in a transition to embrace the newer Internet media, so I wonder what the true potential for bias on the part of the traditional media people will be?
These conferences are related to my recent "Most Internet Users Naive About Search Engines" post. But, the main point I want to make here is that while there are plenty of speakers and audience attendees at these conferences with huge "credentials", I sincerely believe that there is a great attendance need for frequent and infrequent internet users, and the "common man" consumer. Their "outsider" vs. "insider" to the media views would add much value to these Conferences, in my opinion. What do you think?
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