I'm sure many of you have attended conferences relating to your work or your interests, with varying degrees of enthusiasm.
For me, conferences are a refreshing chance to take a step back from daily work, mingle with others in my arena, learn from experts, and hopefully get a peek at some new and interesting ideas. I love soaking in the knowledge that industry veterans can share, but if you're like me, at the end of the day you may wonder what to do with the roughly 4 tons of buzzwords, tips and insights that you've been force-fed over the past 8 hours. #overwhelming
I started writing this post as a conference recap, but then I realized that I've been asking the same type of questions to coworkers, friends and other conference attendees. Do I need to write down everything that is said from stage? Should my work processes change overnight to reflect things I heard at the conference? Is it even worth losing a day (or more) of work to attend?
By and large, the answers I've heard have been encouraging, and similar in nature:
What do you think? If you're still interested, I've got eight slide decks we can walk through.