I wrote a blog post on selling conferences to management. I hope it helps.
BTW, I used this method for a conference last year.
http://ideakitchn.com/blogs/sean/archive/2010/01/04/so-you-want-to-go-to-a-conference.aspx
Cheers,
Sean
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:24 PM, David Shaw wrote:
> Howdy f
FWIW, I'm paying for it out of my own pocket and taking vacation days to
go. When I get back I'll do a presentation on what I learned and hope
it impresses them enough to pay for next year's trip.
--jet
David Shaw wrote:
Thanks everyone for their comments. I'm actually surprised there hasn
Thanks everyone for their comments. I'm actually surprised there hasn't
been more discussion around this topic, but maybe that's because of the
current economic state.
David
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Michele Marut wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> STC often provides this type of advice.
>
>
> " Ben
Hi David,
STC often provides this type of advice.
" Benefits
Networking
Support/reinforcement
Shortcuts
Alternate solutions
Knowledge
New Technologies
Why not?
Short staffed
Will be out of the office
Not in budget
Can%u2019t send everyone
It%u2019s never been done before
What%u2019s in it
Thanks Nasir. Good call, I guess that would be important. At least for me,
I'm in-house at a medical consumer device/services group. Our UX group is
finally getting credibility in what we do, and are pretty integrated across
the teams. Here's an initial stab at something. I've tried to provide
Can you tell us more about what kind of work you do? Maybe we cam
crowdsource a few of these letters, aimed at "innies," "outies," and
others.
For example, if you're at a creative shop, you might focus on the
inspiration and future-oriented topics, whereas if you were internal
at a techno
Howdy folks... looks like there's a potential light at the end of the
tunnel, and my company may pay once again for a conference trip. So, in
order to do that I kind of have to provide a written "sales" pitch to my
management. Yuck. Anyone have anything "templatized" that I could borrow?
TIA,
D
