31 min
How to Get the Most out of Business Events Adventures in Businessing: Entrepreneurship, Small Business, and a Healthy Dose of Humor
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- Entrepreneurship
Show Notes:
[0:00:58] Intro | Timely Topics Jeremy is REALLY excited about this one. [0:02:30] How to Choose a Business Event The Nitty Gritty: Hotel selection, what to eat? Is there a way to predetermine things about the event you wish to attend? You must determine what you’re looking for out of a conference. What are your outcomes? “We live in a magical world…because internet” There’s a workshop, virtual and in-person, for everything you can imagine-- technical and rudimentary. [0:09:45] You’ve Picked out Your Event..What Now? How to prepare to get the most out of our event. What are the talks or discussions you must hear? Search the hashtag and note the attendees, then energize conversations with those people. Knowing who is going to be there can work in your favor. Look at the schedule. Have a plan. Consider arriving early. ...and leaving a little early? Treat your business events and travel like full-on PTO. Ensure your team knows you won't be available. The event is the work. The "all-in-one" event can prevent headaches and uncertainty. Preventing choice paralysis. Take the time to unpack and process AT the event. Talk to your team or write about it, thus making it less likely to forget the important details you want or need to remember. Compare notes with those who attended the same or similar presentations. If you go alone, that's a great excuse to make a friend...if you're extroverted. 😉 [0:21:45] Prepare to be Presented with More than You can Rationally Absorb You'll have to exercise your "keep, process, discard" muscle. No one will know or tell if you don't attend EVERY lecture or discussion. You don't have to waste your time if you know something isn't for you, or if you're simply overloaded. Two hours of good content can justify an entire trip. [0:27:05] Closing Comments | Last Round of Advice Seat selection is important. If you're unsure about the talk, sit back and/or to the side, to politely excuse yourself. Business events are worth the effort, and if you pick a bad one, try again.
Show Notes:
[0:00:58] Intro | Timely Topics Jeremy is REALLY excited about this one. [0:02:30] How to Choose a Business Event The Nitty Gritty: Hotel selection, what to eat? Is there a way to predetermine things about the event you wish to attend? You must determine what you’re looking for out of a conference. What are your outcomes? “We live in a magical world…because internet” There’s a workshop, virtual and in-person, for everything you can imagine-- technical and rudimentary. [0:09:45] You’ve Picked out Your Event..What Now? How to prepare to get the most out of our event. What are the talks or discussions you must hear? Search the hashtag and note the attendees, then energize conversations with those people. Knowing who is going to be there can work in your favor. Look at the schedule. Have a plan. Consider arriving early. ...and leaving a little early? Treat your business events and travel like full-on PTO. Ensure your team knows you won't be available. The event is the work. The "all-in-one" event can prevent headaches and uncertainty. Preventing choice paralysis. Take the time to unpack and process AT the event. Talk to your team or write about it, thus making it less likely to forget the important details you want or need to remember. Compare notes with those who attended the same or similar presentations. If you go alone, that's a great excuse to make a friend...if you're extroverted. 😉 [0:21:45] Prepare to be Presented with More than You can Rationally Absorb You'll have to exercise your "keep, process, discard" muscle. No one will know or tell if you don't attend EVERY lecture or discussion. You don't have to waste your time if you know something isn't for you, or if you're simply overloaded. Two hours of good content can justify an entire trip. [0:27:05] Closing Comments | Last Round of Advice Seat selection is important. If you're unsure about the talk, sit back and/or to the side, to politely excuse yourself. Business events are worth the effort, and if you pick a bad one, try again.
31 min