topic Programmer's guide to networking at a conference in SAS Global Forum 2017

Programmer's guide to networking at a conference

ChrisHemedinger — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:09:42 GMT

I just came across this blog post, The Programmer's Guide for Networking at a Conference. If you're reading this, you're already following the first piece of advice: Start networking before the conference starts.

The blog post is worth your time to read. I'll summarize the main headings here.

Start networking before the conference starts (hurray! You're doing it!)
Become a social butterfly (don't eat lunch by yourself!)
Go up to speakers after talks. (I enjoy it when people visit me after I present.)
Become a speaker
Become a volunteer (SAS Global Forum runs on volunteers!)
Have your elevator pitch down ("So, what do you do?")
Seek to help people and be interested
Sit in the front and pay attention
Follow up (easy to do with e-mail, communities, and even the conference app).

Chris

Re: Programmer's guide to networking at a conference

GregG — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:47:46 GMT

This is the part of my App Game I still haven't even started. I've finished everything else when I got access to it. Haven't touched the "Social Butterfly" section.

Re: Programmer's guide to networking at a conference

ArtC — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 22:04:25 GMT

The very easiest way to network is to volunteer. Consider volunteering in the room you were going to be in anyway.