Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan
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Workbook Scale up II
CONFERENCE
PARTICIPATION
When you attend a conference related to your area of expertise, you will get opportunities to communicate with nationally known leaders of your profession—colleagues you recognize by reputation and through their articles and books. How do you get the most out of the conference, to strengthen your job performance permanently? I am professor Nazarov of Uzbekistan National University is going to respond to this question. From my perspective of thirty years at conferences, I share these suggestions for maximizing your attendance:
1. Read the conference agenda thoroughly, and select the sessions that will be most likely to improve your skills. Stay away from the seminars you could almost teach yourself, and «stretch» by hearing about topics you have not mastered.
2. Ask a professional colleague to become your conference buddy, so you can share what you learn. This collaboration will bring special benefits when
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you talk about presentations that only one of you attended.
3. Stay for the entire conference. You never know what good information you might miss by arriving late or leaving early. 4. Stay at the conference's designated hotel. You need to be where you can enlarge your network most effectively.
5. When you attend conference parties, realize that potential employers, clients or business partners might observe your behavior. You are not really «off duty.» 6. Take plenty of business cards, to help new acquaintances remember you.
7. Tactfully collect as many business cards as you can, so you can follow up with post cards, E-mails, phone calls and appointments. 8. Buy the tapes and audio CDs recorded during the sessions. Do this even for the seminars you attend, to reinforce your learning. 9. Become an active participant, asking questions and making comments. The topics will take on new life for you. 10. Meet and thank everyone who served on the conference planning committee. They deserve your compliments. And when you thank them, you will definitely stand out as one of the few who did.
My closing recommendation: Give this «Top Ten» list to your acquaintances who are going to attend the conference, and meet with them for a recap the first week after the conference.
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