{"id":411,"date":"2011-03-30T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/?p=411"},"modified":"2018-01-09T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T15:48:53","slug":"getting-your-moneys-worth-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2011\/03\/getting-your-moneys-worth-from.html","title":{"rendered":"Getting your money&#8217;s worth from conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5222\/5553221281_2e01cdd456_m.jpg\" alt=\"Riding through the pasture at Claythorne Ranch\" \/><br \/>\nGoing to conferences and events can have huge benefits. You get face-to-face interaction, opportunities to learn, and chance encounters that can change everything. But here&#8217;s the limitation:<\/p>\n<h3>What you get out of a conference depends on what you put into it.<\/h3>\n<p>So we put together a series of posts on conferences and events.<\/p>\n<p>First, you have to get the funding to get there.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2011\/02\/finding-local-conference-sponsors.html\">Finding local conference sponsors<\/a>. How to work with local businesses to sponsor you to that big event, and what is in it for them.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2011\/02\/not-finding-conference-sponsors-sponsor.html\">Not finding conference sponsors? Then sponsor yourself<\/a>. How to budget and prepare to get yourself to the big event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Then there is the event itself. Here are the guides to make the most of it before, during and after.<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2011\/02\/getting-most-out-of-conferences-before.html\">Getting the most out of conferences before you go<\/a>. The five W&#8217;s of getting ready long before you arrive at the venue.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2011\/03\/make-most-of-being-at-conference.html\">Make the most of being at a conference<\/a>. What I&#8217;ve learned from many smart conference-goers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2011\/03\/after-conference.html\">After the conference<\/a>. Making time to follow up, even as you get back in the rush of the day-to-day, is crucial.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2018\/01\/new-conference-rule-2-1-rule.html\">Follow the 2-to-1 rule<\/a> in scheduling your follow up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nothing else can replace getting together in person with interesting and inspiring people. So get out there and have a great time at an event!<\/p>\n<p><em>New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/guided-tour.html\"> Guided Tour<\/a>. Like what you see? <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/get-updates.html\">Get our updates<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going to conferences and events can have huge benefits. You get face-to-face interaction, opportunities to learn, and chance encounters that can change everything. But here&#8217;s the limitation: What you get out of a conference depends on what you put into it. So we put together a series of posts on conferences and events. First, you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[18],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11947,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions\/11947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}