We’re very proud to welcome Yahoo! Developer Network as our Platinum Sponsor for SNAP Summit ^3. They will be the sponsors of our party, host a workshop during the day, and in general have a big presence at the conference.

It’s an honor to be working with Yahoo! and we’re extremely excited to have them with us, especially as they come increasingly close to launching their own developer platform.

Last week, we sent out a survey to everyone who attended SNAP Summit 2.0. Now, the results are in, and you can see them for yourself. We love hearing how people enjoy our events, and we especially pay attention to the ways we can improve.

Here are some of the highlights from the survey:

• 90% of attendees rated our conference favorably, either as “Good” or “Great.”
• Our venue, the Commonwealth Club, got less flattering remarks. 51% rated it positively, with the rest viewing it in an average or negative light.
• Biggest gripe: overcrowding. Most talks and workshops were standing room only, due to a limited number of seats for an overflow audience.
• Second biggest gripe: small nametags. The size of the nametags made it harder for people to network.
• Josh Porter and BJ Fogg split the award for best speaker. Josh spoke on Social Interface Design, while BJ talked about Mass Interpersonal Persuasion, a new field he’s researching at his Stanford lab.
• Many people enjoyed the workshops, while others complained that they couldn’t be two places at once. We will continue offering workshops, since we feel they give attendees a better choice of topics and interests.

We learned a couple things from the survey. First, make sure that everyone gets a seat. Second, we’ll focus on finding more independent speakers like BJ and Josh, who people really enjoyed hearing. Third, we’ll buy bigger nametags

If you have any other feedback or suggestions, please comment!

We’re really happy to announce GigaOM as our newest blogger partner. As one of the biggest tech blogs on the web, their endorsement gives us a big boost right as we start promoting the conference.

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Like SNAP Summit? Want free tickets? We’re happy to announce a brand new giveaway for Facebook app developers.

At least 25 developers will win free tickets to attend SNAP Summit, along with other prizes and discounts to be announced.

If you’ve launched at least one Facebook app, you’re eligible to win. See our Ticket Giveaway page for more information.

We’re extremely pleased to announce that SNAP Summit has recently confirmed Ami Vora, Senior Platform Manager at Facebook.

Ami will join us to deliver a State of the Platform address during the afternoon portion of the event.

We’re thrilled to have Facebook’s support at our event, and look forward to hearing more about what they have to say.

We’ve launched! Tickets for SNAP Summit are now available to the general public.

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