It is no secret: I am a big fan of conferences. I attended my first professional technical communication conference over 25 years ago and have been happily participating in them ever since.
For the past 20 years, my role has mostly been that of a speaker, but I still find the conference experience to be overwhelmingly beneficial for professional development.
The tcworld conference in Stuttgart is one of my favorites. It is well organized, impressively large, and has a lot of variety. I was recently talking to a colleague (rather enthusiastically) about my experiences there. He shrugged and said, "Conferences are so expensive. I don't really see the point. I can read the articles in the journals or watch a YouTube video."
He is not the only one who feels this way. Over the years, I have met many people who fail to understand the value of professional conferences. Often, they have never actually attended a conference, or perhaps they went to one small local event. This is unfortunate, as such people are missing out on one of the most profitable ways of investing in their ...
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