How to Make the Most of Your Conference Experience

Download the presentation materials for your sessions BEFORE you arrive at the Conference. Again, this year we will make the workshop presentations and handout materials available online in advance of the conference. We will not be publishing a bound copy of all presentations and handouts so it is very important that you visit the Conference Website to download your workshop materials in advance. Watch for an email mid-July with detailed instructions.

Check out the JOT Social Networking System BEFORE you arrive at the Conference. Build your profile of special interests. Then search for other attendees who share those interests. Or maybe you can look for others from the same geographical area as you. When you find someone you want to contact, send them an email and suggest a time and place where you can meet. The JOT site will be available to conference attendees in the coming months.

Consider organizing a dutch treat dinner DURING the Conference. We will provide a bulletin board near the Conference Regsitration desk where you can post an invitation to dinner at a local restaurant. Maybe there are others who are new to the profession and want to network; or maybe there is a group of service coordinators from your area who want to go out on the town.

Be sure to stay for the Q+A part of the workshop DURING the Conference. Even if you've seen a workshop before, the Q+A period is unique each time. The crowd in one workshop might be considerably more advanced than the last one, and the questions impressively deserving of attention.