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I like going to the local regional conferences and I love speaking at them.
But I have never gotten any clients out of it. I don't expect to any more.
It is all resume/qualifications stuff that makes me look like an expert on
something.
I have never been to an International conference but I do not see any reason
to think differently about it.
I wish that the conferences were held at hotels that were less expensive.
Since I own my own company (as do many of us who are self employed), I not
only pay for the conference, travel, and hotel, I lose billable hours. It
can cost me 3x the total cost of the conference. It burns me to pay $150-200
a night in hotel fees.
sharon
Sharon Burton-Hardin
Anthrobytes Consulting
909-369-8590
www.anthrobytes.com
Vice-president, Programs of the Inland Empire chapter of the STC
www.iestc.org
| i spoke at stc last year for two seminars. i paid the $350 for the conf.
and the
| exorbitant rates for staying at disney. ,y logic was that i would get
writing
| opportunities from the seminars. lol! not one lead called me. i won't do
it
| again.
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