8 Ways to Lose Friends and Alienate People at AFP Congress
- Bring that gigantic purse, over-stuffed laptop bag, or better yet – a backpack. Who cares if you knock a few people over while trying to get your coffee, or that you just knocked 15 books off the book table. Coat check is for suckers.
- Don’t bother bringing a notebook or a pen. You can always tap someone on the shoulder in mid-session to ask if they can spare a piece of paper.
- Be a session surfer. If you don’t like a session after the first ten minutes, just get up and leave, and see what is happening in the next room. If you aren’t sure what the session is about, just ask that person beside you taking notes if they can bring you up to speed.
- Leave the business cards at the office. Nobody actually uses business cards anymore, right?
- Go to a higher, or lower, level session than is appropriate to your experience. Then, complain on the evaluation forms that it was too basic or too advanced for you.
- Catch the early train home. Speakers can relate that even though their session is scheduled to end at 4:30, you would reeeeeeally like to catch the 4:25 train. And don’t worry – they won’t make fun of you as soon as the door closes on your way out.
- Skip breakfast – just go right for the coffee. If you talk twice as fast as normal while networking, it means you are doing twice as much networking, right?
- Keep that ringtone on. How else will you know if someone is calling you during a session? Plus, a funny ringtone in the middle of a session is a great way to get noticed.
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