Attending a Conference Dos and Dont’s

These are some of my learnings after attending the BarCamp Chennai. There are lot more things that has to be done while attending a show.

Dos’ :

  • Perfectly make sure without any personal problems you can make it for the any number of days for the presentation is ON.
  • Well prepare your presentations and make sure you can challenge Murphys’ Law, even thou you can’t
  • Do the presentation on a morning session so that you can get the Lunch session interations more towards your product. - perfect is Morning session of Day ONE when there will be the most participants of the show.
  • Show interest in other people’s court and know what they are doing? They will do that in return.
  • Make sure everyone is watching your presentation and ask questions back. Make sure your webpage is viewed by everyone on their Laptops.
  • Get involved on more discussions with the organizer. Help them out with any work if you can. Make them friends.
  • Make sure you are present in the evening Party toooo.

Don’ts:

  • Don’t Provide more information in your presentation - Give it offline in discussions.
  • Don’t try to push all your ideas on a straight forward way, once you meet a person. Wait for your turn.
  • Don’t Go out of the Show in a rush at the end of the final  day. Spend some time around with people there.

Cheers - Ranjith

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