- Cull out the good vendor give-aways for yourself and then dump the rest off on your coworkers or the homeless (15 minutes)
- Make a list of all the practical things you learned at the conference (10 seconds)
- Erase all the boring "Why the hell did I take these?!" conference photos from your digital camera (10 seconds)
- Recycle all the PowerPoint print-outs, business cards, and other ephemera you collected, but will never look at again (5 minutes)
- Congratulate yourself on doing a good civic deed by helping boost the local economy of the conference's host city (until you get your credit card bill)
Monday, June 26, 2006
Conferences, Returning from
Upon returning from a library conference, be sure to complete the following checklist of items before catching up on all the email, gossip, and office drama you missed while you were gone...
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Often times, a local library can use the conference bags for hauling marerials for story time, etc. You might find another organization who would make good use of them for hauling stuff. So gather up those bags that are collecting dust, post a message on your local library discussion list, and offer them up to the first person who responds. Last year I gave many bags to a local library that was thrilled to get them. They were going to use them with/for their summer reading program.
BTW some of the cloth bags are great to carry in your luggage as "just in case" bags (if there is a possibility of returning with more stuff than you left with).
I got out some of the buttons, etc., that light up and put them out at a party. They helped to break the ice and people found them fun. Another use would be to use them at an open house (or another event) to "mark" those who are the hosts, those who can answer questions, etc.
It might be best to not tell your coworkers about the local attractions, “networking opportunities”, and short out-of-town trips that you took, by defying the laws of space and time, without skipping out of sessions. Let them marvel at the knowledge you gained, because it is not like presenters post blogs, PowerPoint presentations, and notes on the Internet for all to see, or library related journals cover the same/similar topics. Use the session’s program synopsis as a substitute for knowledge and dazzle your coworkers, because they have not seen it and would not know any different.
Good points about the give aways, of course I'd already eaten the chocolate! I've always prepared a write-up on the sessions I attended and share these with colleagues who don't attend.
- David
http://dmcbee.weblts.com
Yep, the good will I felt while wildly spending money on NOLA-related nic-nacs, happy hour pit stops, and IMAX shows will disolve rather quickly when the credit card bill arrives. Unfortunately my library does not recognize stimulating the economy in those particular manners reimbursible expenses. C'est la vie.
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