From the course: Relationship Building for Creative Leaders
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Pre-conference prep strategies
From the course: Relationship Building for Creative Leaders
Pre-conference prep strategies
- Before you attend or speak at a conference or event, you must first define what your goals and relationship building strategies are and what actions you should take prior to the event to ensure a valuable use of your time and efforts once you are there. In order to ensure you leverage your time and effort at the event, you first need to lay the groundwork. Here are the steps to go through to prepare for the event. Step one, review past events to better understand the type of topics, speakers, and attendee demographic. This will give you the context in preparing for the event itself, helping further inform your goals while there. Step two, obtain the attendee list if possible. Some conferences make the list of attendees available online or distribute it at the conference. Review the list thoroughly and highlight contacts you know you would like to meet, even prioritizing them in order of who you'd like to meet most. Step…
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