Get the most out of conferences
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Your boss has agreed to send you to an upcoming conference. A great opportunity for professional development, or a chance to get away from your day job and enjoy a free movie on the plane? If you lean toward the latter, perhaps you’re not getting as much as you could be out of your conferences.
John Horn, manager of learning and leadership of Vancity Savings, shares 10 ways to get the most out of conferences. Writing in The Potentiality, Horn offers key strategies such as using social media in specific ways and leaving your work at, well, work, to maximize the learning opportunity.