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Candid photos from TechRepublic Live 2011

By // October 4, 2011, 5:11 AM PST // markwkaelin

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  • Real World. Real Time. Real IT.

    September 27 – 30, 2011, the TechRepublic editorial staff hosted the third annual TechRepublic Live Event, where IT professionals meet to share their experiences and exchange their collective knowledge about business technology.

    In keeping with our established tradition for TechRepublic Live, here are some candid photos taken at the three-day event.

    Keep checking out the TechRepublic website to find out when next year's event will take place – you really should be here next year.

  • Podium

  • Streaming

    We always stream the presentations live.

  • Deb Shinder and Nick Nielsen

    Participants begin to gather.

  • Larry Dignan

  • Podium ready

  • Grace Simrall

    Grace Simrall from the Louville Digital Association gave a presentation.

  • Grace Simrall and Jason Hiner

  • First day whiteboard

    One of the highligts of TechRepublic Live is the afternoon breakout sessions where the attendees decide what topics to discuss. This is what they were thinking about on Wednesday.

  • Breakout 1

  • Breakout 2

  • Breakout 3

  • Breakout 4

  • Breakout 5

  • Raffle stash

    Another highligt of the TechRepublic Live is the daily raffle. We raffle gadgets, cracked open devices, geek gifts, and other items acquired by an active inquisitive editorial staff.

  • Deb Shinder and Jason Hiner

    Deb Shinder brought an autographed book for our raffle: Zero Day: A novel by Mark Russinovich.

  • Sonja Thompson and Jason Hiner

    This is a wrist rest allegedly signed by Bill Detwiler himself - a collector's item to be sure.

  • Raffle 1

  • Raffle 2

  • Raffle 3

  • Raffle 4

  • Topics remaining from Wednesday

  • Bill Detwiler

    One of the presentations Thursday was Bill Detwiler showing off our plethora of tablets.

  • Tablet hands on

  • Tom Shinder talking Microsoft private cloud

  • Career management panel

    Jason Hiner, Grace Simrall, Toni Bowers, Rick Vanover, and Donovan Colbert share their expertise on IT careers.

  • The topic whiteboard is again full

  • Breakout Thursday 1

  • Breakout Thursday 2

  • Breakout Thursday 3

  • Breakout Thursday 4

  • Raffle day two

    Another autographed copy of Day Zero: A novel.

  • Raffle winner Thursday 1

    On Thursday, we tried something a bit different - to claim your prize you had to introduce yourself to the rest of the attendees. This really helped break the ice at that night's dinner/party.

  • Raffle winner Thursday 2

  • Raffle winner Thursday 3

  • Raffle winner Thursday 4

  • Raffle winner Thursday 5

  • Raffle winner Thursday 6

  • Raffle winner Thursday 7

  • Raffle winner Thursday 8

  • Raffle winner Thursday 9

  • Raffle winner Thursday 10

  • Raffle winner Thursday 11

  • Raffle winner Thursday 12

  • Raffle winner Thursday 13

  • Raffle winner Thursday 14

  • Raffle winner Thursday 15

  • Raffle winner Thursday 16

  • Raffle winner Thursday 17

  • Raffle winner Thursday 18

  • Raffle winner Thursday 19

  • Raffle winner Thursday 20

  • Jack Wallen

  • Scott Lowe

  • Erik Eckel

  • Biill Detwiler

  • Testimonials

  • Last raffle

  • Anticipation

  • Media extender

  • Cell phone

  • Boxee

  • Kindle

  • Blackberry peripheral

  • Another Kindle

  • Acer Iconia

    This was the last raffled item - the Acer Iconia Tablet.

    From all accounts I have heard, the 2011 TechRepublic Live was a great success. Everyone learned from the experience and many new friendships were created.

    The TechRepublic Editorial staff looks forward to an even larger turnout in 2012.

Real World. Real Time. Real IT.

September 27 – 30, 2011, the TechRepublic editorial staff hosted the third annual TechRepublic Live Event, where IT professionals meet to share their experiences and exchange their collective knowledge about business technology.

In keeping with our established tradition for TechRepublic Live, here are some candid photos taken at the three-day event.

Keep checking out the TechRepublic website to find out when next year's event will take place – you really should be here next year.

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By Mark Kaelin

Mark W. Kaelin has been writing and editing stories about the IT industry, gadgets, finance, accounting, and tech-life for more than 25 years. Most recently, he has been a regular contributor to BreakingModern.com, aNewDomain.net, and TechRepublic.