It’s time for another speaking and information update (see the last one posted in December by clicking here).

Details & Info

(Be patient, we’ll get to the lineup in just a sec!)

Both events are on schedule for the previously announced dates. T21C Orlando is July 22^nd-25^th (4 Days). T21C Stockholm is June 11^th-13^th (3 days).

However, I am still considering extending Stockholm to 4 days (adding in June 10^th). This is simply a revenue/ticket issue. Registration for Stockholm finally surpassed Orlando for the first time ever in a 30 day time span – which is excellent.

BUT, this trend needs to continue. If it does … we may be able to pull this off, add in a 4^th day, allow extended presentations for most speakers, and an additional handful of speaking slots – all at no extra cost.

If one was interested in helping make this happen in Stockholm, the best way to do so is simply word of mouth. Tell people about the site, and that the event is going multi-national for the first time ever in a city with the most beautiful women in the world, Stockholm.

Twitter, forums, Facebook Status, Stumble Upon, it all works.

There is even a Facebook event for Stockholm here (Orlando is here).

You can join either to be notified when important posts like this one release and you can even invite friends to it like any other Facebook event.

In other news, there is a new hotel booking link for the convention hotel in Orlando, which can be found here. That is for reserving a guest room AT the hotel where the convention is held. I’ve convinced them to keep the group rate at $99 a night (per room, not per person, of which you can find room mates on the forum here to split the cost), which is pretty damn good for that hotel. For how much longer this price will last, I can’t promise anything other than what they’ve told me, which now is the end of February. It could go beyond that date, but it’s not within my control.

And for the record, we don’t make an affiliate commission off rooms. I simply ask them for a group rate because I know a lot of you like to stay there, and if anything, the more people stay at the convention hotel, the more on time you guys are for speeches! Especially after nutty nights down town =O

Free Workshops

Every year we host an AAT or “Approach a Thon”. This is basically a free workshop we set up on the first night of the event (or in 2007, the night before the event). The “AAT” covers the simple basics of how to approach women at bars/clubs, even on the street.

It’s a lot of fun, a good learning experience, and run (mostly) by volunteers who have attended the convention in previous years.

I am planning on making this happen once again, both in Orlando and Stockholm. The AAT, by the way, is in addition to any bonus seminars the speakers give at night, usually before heading out (to coach, or just hang out with everyone). I will also work on organizing these better, rather than have them randomly occur (more in a sec).

Paid Workshops

This started in 2008, and picked up even more in 2009. It will continue this year, as the demand seems to be there, and most (surprisingly not all) speakers that offer it normally, are willing to offer their coaching at the event as well.

Basically a number of speakers will offer live coaching at the convention this year, that you can sign up for before the convention, or during (if they still have spots available).  It will be available on a ticket page in the coming months, just like the convention full access tickets for each event.

I’ll try to arrange it so that coaching is available every night of the event (from different speakers), including the night of the AAT for anyone that is already “good” with meeting women, and has some more advanced issues they want to work on with a coach. They obviously wouldn’t be volunteering at the AAT, and that is fine. We always have enough, so do what you feel is best for you.

When I release the updated speaking list below I’ll mention if that speaker is likely to offer coaching (or, I’ll bug them about it at least). And in case anyone is wondering, I won’t be taking any “cuts” on what the speakers charge for workshops/seminars during the convention, as long as they offer it at a discount to you guys, and it’s only a handful of people at most per coach.

I do this because it was obvious to me there was a demand for those types of services at the event last year (there must have been 10-15 people who took paid workshops last year, maybe more), and I want to make sure it’s better organized – not last minute/spur of the moment. I don’t necessarily have a problem with that happening, but it just seems better to announce it ahead of time for those who would otherwise not hear about it till after the event, or the coach fills up student spots and people are left wondering “WTF, why didn’t I hear about this?”.

It’s also customary to pay for speaker expenses such as flight/hotel accommodations at an event like The 21 Convention. I wish we could pay for all of their costs, but we simply can’t allot multiple thousands of dollars to do so for dozens of speakers. It’s an astronomical cost I simply can’t risk promising to all of them.

But I see paid workshops as a win/win. People who are at the event, and want to take some sort of live coaching, can do so at a discount or via a coaching session not normally offered by that speaker. It takes a little effort on my part to organize, but little if any monetary cost. In turn, speakers can then cover their travel costs by just doing what they normally do, and still have a good time in Orlando.

Speaking List as of 2/11/10 for T21C Stockholm

Anthony “Dream” Johnson

Steve “El Topo” Mayeda

I’ll request he offers coaching.

AFC Adam Lyons

I’ll request he offers coaching.

Dharam (Pua Training)

Dharam will be offering coaching.

Jared “Ratisse”

NEW. I’ll request he offers coaching.

Jeremy Soul (Love Systems)

I’ll request he offers coaching.

Dejan “Zebra”

Does not “coach”, but I’m volunteering him for the AAT =)

Vince Kelvin (Pua Summit founder)

NEW. I’ll request he offers coaching.

Dan “Bad Boy”

NEW. Will be offering coaching, one of his coaches will also be present at the event and speak side by side with Badboy.

Richard “Gambler” La Ruina

I’m talking to him about some other things right now, which reminds me I need to confirm speaking with him. BUT, Adam Lyons told me he would be there back in the fall. As soon as I find out from Richard I will update this post.

EDIT: Confirmed

Keychain (Love Systems)

NEW. Will be offering coaching.

Charismatic Revolution (most well known Swedish dating company)

NEW. They will be sending one, possibly two speakers. More details to come.

Speaking List as of 2/11/10 for T21C Orlando

Anthony “Dream” Johnson

Johnny “Manwhore”

I’ve heard Manwhore does now offer coaching, but this is not confirmed. If he does however, I will ask that he does offer it at the event.

Drew Baye

Steve “El Topo” Mayeda

Will request he offers coaching.

AFC Adam Lyons

Will request he offers coaching.

Nick Sparks

Now confirmed. Will request he offers coaching.

Dj Fuji

Will request he offers coaching.

Dodger “Hshudo”

Will request he offers coaching, even though he doesn’t coach, just because I think he will be an awesome coach =).

Jared “Ratisse”

Will request he offers coaching.

“Terminateher” and “Pretty Boy”

NEW. Former convention attendees! Will request they offer coaching, which I believe they do offer on occasion? Will find out more. They may also present again during the AAT.

Erika Awakening

Right Hand Man

Will request he offers coaching.

Rick Smith

Bill De Simone

Now 100% confirmed

Doug McGuff MD, author of Body by Science

NEW. Doug is “confirmed” barring unforeseen circumstances, such as a family emergency.

Julian Foxx

Mark Sisson

Author of The Primal Blueprint and Marks Daily Apple

Other Possible Speakers for both events

I sent personal invitations to Tucker Max and Tim Ferriss. No response yet, but both have been good in getting back to me in the past

Also sent invitations to Mark Sisson (author of The Primal Blueprint) and David Deida. Mark is interested. I will speak with him personally this week, so that looks pretty good =).

I got a response back from an employee of David Deida, will follow up on it, and see if we can make something happen.

Spoke with Zan Perrion, it does not appear that he will speak unless expenses are covered, which I simply can’t do (directly) in his case.

Spoke with Tynan (also known as Herbal from The Game). Similar situation. Tynan however would not benefit monetarily from the event, so I am considering working his expenses into the budget for T21C Stockholm. It’s not cheap flying someone to Stockholm from the US though … anyone interested in starting a “Tynan Speaks at T21C” donation fund? Lol

Was speaking with Johnny Soporno about Stockholm. Lost touch with him, will shoot him another e-mail and see if we can make something happen.

Contacted Hypnotica, sadly, it does not appear he can attend either event. Bummer.

No word from Real Social Dynamics yet about them sending someone out to Stockholm. DJ Fuji did hang out with Tyler the other week though and mentioned the convention to him. I will be contacting him personally soon enough. Sadly, if he does speak, RSD has a tight policy about their brand, and does not allow external filming. Good news for those who attend live, but no luck if you don’t and wanted to hear what he had to say.

A few other big names I am still planning on contacting include Tiger Woods, Dane Cook and Ron Paul. I think the most realistic out of those three is Ron Paul (a slim, but real chance). Dane Cook, who knows, but I figure it’s worth a shot.

Tiger Woods is probably the slimmest chance of all (if there even is one), due to recent personal events in his life. Never the less, I will write up a personal invitation for him – nothing to lose by trying.

If any of these three do choose to speak … man, we’re going to need a bigger conference room =).

Ticket Prices Change on V Day

Final bit of info – ticket prices change for both event Feb. 14^th, from 225 dollars/euros, to 300.

This is triple the usual price change of 25 dollars/euros, and for good reason. By making the final two tiers of ticket prices a bit higher, I was able to lower the early bird prices (very similar to last year’s prices actually).

This was the best win/win that I could find. Those who sign up many months in advance, save big. Those who sign up later, are still saving substantially over the 400 dollar/euro door price, but not saving as much as those who signed up anywhere from July 2009 (yes nearly a dozen people signed up all the way back then) to February 2010.

I believe the event is easily worth more than the standard (higher) ticket price, probably quite a bit more – but the last thing I want is for ticket prices to prevent anyone from attending the convention. That’s just plain stupid from my perspective. This event is about help individuals, and sparking a real change in our generation. The last thing I want to hear is that someone in college was 100 bucks short of attending. That would just piss me off, seriously.

Unlike a lot of larger, more bureaucratic corporations, I keep the overhead pretty low with this event. It takes substantially more work, sure, but I’ll sacrifice a bit of my time to help another X amount of people who would otherwise not attend the event due to financial obstacles or limitations.

Sign up before 11:59pm (EST) this Sunday night and grab one of the few remaining tickets at the following links.

T21C Stockholm

T21C Orlando

Also, I am in the process of making a few extra options available for locals of both cities. One example you can sign up for (if you are not interested in other topics at the event) is the exercise and nutrition only ticket available for T21C Orlando.

Get it here

It’s a lower price, but is a LIMITED access ticket for exercise and nutrition speeches ONLY. It will not get you into any other presentations at the event, like full access tickets listed previously.

If you live locally and sign up for that, attend those speeches, and wish to attend the rest of the event, you will have to pay the difference between the ticket you purchased and the $400 door price. It’s a good deal for those only interested in those topics, just want to be clear on the terms.

Have a good V Day everyone (it should be pretty wild)

-Anthony/Dream

Ps- you can view the rest of the “limited access” tickets here on Eventbrite. Again, I recommend only locals buy these of Stockholm and Orlando, unless you are really just that in love with one of the speakers and want to fly X thousand miles for a 90 minute presentation. Hey, it’s all you! =)