Attending as a Team 

 Recommendations

Before the conference:

• Meet before the conference starts, either in a formal meeting or an informal get-together. This may be a chance to meet colleagues from across your college whom you didn’t know before.

• Look over the conference schedule to identify possible sessions of interest, particularly topics that are currently a focus of work at your college.

• Organize who will cover different sessions, given that there are always several potentially interesting sessions in the same time slot.

During the conference:

• Touch base with your colleagues as you pass in the halls. Share ideas while they are fresh and in the moment.

• Get together for a meal: meet over breakfast or debrief together over dinner.

• Keep track of ideas and people from sessions that you and your colleagues want to follow up with. You might take notes individually or create a shared Google Doc, Jamboard, or Padlet to post your “aha” moments during the conference.

After the conference:

• Meet after the conference to discuss how to apply the ideas you have gathered.

• Decide how to share ideas with a broader college audience.

• Plan how you will contact people or programs that you want to learn more about.