Going to a conference like this one, centered around bloggers, or if you're considering one in your own industry can be so much fun!
They attend seminars and invest in their careers, whether by buying into a coaching contract and / or attending related workshops in their area, and
by going to conferences outside their area.
When I worked for an engineering company and they were
going to conferences as exhibitors, they always looked for things that were unique that people would use / hold in their hand.
So invite experts to speak at your office, join a manufacturing hub,
go to a conference outside your industry or even get in touch with a national lab.
My ambition has always been to run and operate a large animal practice, however
going to a conference which was heavily research based highlighted other opportunities for me which I hadn't considered.
Did you
ever go to a conference or event and see someone giving something away for free and wonder what was in it for them?
In addition, schedule informational interviews, attend and participate in professional and educational meetings and
go to conferences where you can meet employed professionals.
I imagine this would be a benefit
of going to conferences or association events... meeting others to collaborate with.
While he isn't a specialist, he has owned a variety of reptiles, amphibians, and small mammals since he was a child, and has been
going to conferences about their medical care since 2006.
I encourage those who are interested in an industry career to
go to conferences so that they can get an idea of what companies are out there and be seen by company representatives, even though doing so can mean that I lose some of my best people.
It always saddens me when I hear legal organizations not supporting staff to
go to conferences because, really, they are just shooting their own organizations in the proverbial foot, putting them further behind where the industry is heading.
She asks the rhetorical question (I paraphrase), Why do we
still go to conferences when there are so many media to bring them to us.
If you plan to run your school via phone — and if you might sit in a hotel lobby for a couple hours each day dealing with school concerns —
why go to the conference in the first place?