I really like this post! Thank you for writing it. I think people will benefit from more direction of what is best to do a the conference. Personally I have benefitted from reading about how to give feedback gentler and in a non-pushy way, as I found that I increasingly give more feedback at conferences as I get more experience.
I also appreciated that you mentioned not being too tired as something that can be useful to other attendees. I have noticed that people often underestimate just how tired they can get as back to back 1:1s aren’t people’s normal operation mode (this includes me too!) and it can become harder to have a conversion with them, sometimes only because they look tired and you are wondering whether they are tired or just uninterested :) Each conference I make more and more effort to make sure I am well-rest or at most a little tired during meetings.
I really like this post! Thank you for writing it. I think people will benefit from more direction of what is best to do a the conference. Personally I have benefitted from reading about how to give feedback gentler and in a non-pushy way, as I found that I increasingly give more feedback at conferences as I get more experience.
I also appreciated that you mentioned not being too tired as something that can be useful to other attendees. I have noticed that people often underestimate just how tired they can get as back to back 1:1s aren’t people’s normal operation mode (this includes me too!) and it can become harder to have a conversion with them, sometimes only because they look tired and you are wondering whether they are tired or just uninterested :) Each conference I make more and more effort to make sure I am well-rest or at most a little tired during meetings.
I recently write a short post about how not to burn out at conferences and I mentioned it there https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/WFRT47F5JFLJ76xud/how-to-enjoy-a-conference-without-burning-out