Justification Toolkit
We encourage you to review the materials in this section to gain a greater understanding of the conference and to communicate the value participating in Connections 2009 can provide when attempting to gain attendance approval from your manager.
SHSMD now offers you all the materials you need in order to gain funding for your attendance at Connections 2009 in one easy location. With expert advice, pre-conference justification documents and post-conference reporting templates, your manager or supervisor is sure to appreciate the investment made into your training and development as well as to your company's success.
Why SHSMD Connections 2009?
Benefits of Employee Engagement
Pre-Conference Justification Documents:
Prior to the conference, you are likely to have to convince your manager(s) to invest their professional develop funds in your attendance at the conference. The cost of attendance consists of the conference registration fee, travel costs and time-away-from-work costs. The total cost is considerable, so most managers want some serious justification for employees attending a conference. We have located several resources, in the form of documents that you can use in your efforts.
ROI (Return on Investment)
How much would it cost for you not to attend an SHSMD conference? Learn how to justify your professional development costs and how you could actually save money through your conference attendance.
Customizable Letter to a Manager
Customize this letter and provide your manager with a detailed explanation of the education you'll receive at SHSMD's Annual Conference.
More Justification Tips
Post-Conference Reporting Documents:
Justify SHSMD Connections 2010 Now!
The SHSMD Conference, like any other expenditure, requires clear proof that the company will benefit from an outstanding return on investment when we attend these conferences. Learn how to ease the process of gaining approvals for your attendance at Connections 2010, September 12 - 15th in Chicago.
After the conference is the time the ground work is laid for attendance at future SHSMD events. One technique that is used by a number of attendees is the use of a conference report. A conference report gives information about the conference to people that did not attend the conference. Examples of information that may be included in the report are:
- General conference information
- Presentation summaries
- General Session summaries
- Concurrent Session summaries
- Networking event summaries
- Vendor presentation (VSP) summaries
- Special Interest Group (SIG) summaries
- Information about products gathered from conversations with vendors in the vendor hall
- Ideas to be used upon returning from the conference
Many people work on the trip report while at the conference or during travel back home. This is when the information is freshest in your mind, so it makes the trip report much easier to write.
Some attendees return home and put together a presentation which they give to their teammates to summarize key information from the conference.
Sample Conference Report
Have you ever wondered how to begin an explanation of your conference experience in a post-conference report? Impress your manager and fellow staff by using this sample report template.
