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How to Make the Most of Your Conference Experience

Download the presentation materials for your sessions BEFORE you arrive at the Conference. Again, this year we will make the workshop presentations and handout materials available online in advance of the conference. We will not be publishing a bound copy of all presentations and handouts so it is very important that you visit the Conference Website to download your workshop materials in advance. Watch for an email in mid-July with detailed instructions.

Check out the JOT Social Networking System BEFORE you arrive at the Conference. Build your profile of special interests. Then search for other attendees who share those interests. Or maybe you can look for others from the same geographical area as you. When you find someone you want to contact, send them an email and suggest a time a place where you can meet.

Consider organizing a Dutch Treat dinner DURING the Conference. We will provide a bulletin board near the Conference Registration desk where you can post an invitation to dinner at a local restaurant. Maybe there are others who are new to the profession and want to meet others; or maybe there is a group of service coordinators from your area who want to go out on the town.

Be sure to stay for the Q+A part of the workshop DURING the Conference. Even if you've seen a workshop before, the Q+A period is unique each time. The crowd in one workshop might be considerably more advanced than the last one, and the questions impressively deserving of attention.

New This Year. Based on feedback from last year, we are creating some additional and unique opportunities for peer-to-peer networking. We have designated the center of the Exhibit Hall as The Meeting Spot. The first opportunity to meet new people and hook up with past acquaintances is Sunday evening from 6:00-7:00. Come to the Meeting Spot for light refreshments and a cash bar. Then on Monday, from 4:00-5:00 pm we will offer a new learning experience: Networking Groups. These will be small groups of attendees (25-30 max) who are interested in a specific topic and want to learn from their peers and share their own experiences. The topics that have been identified so far include:

Newsletters. Facilitated by M. Queen Bailey, Clairmont, Oaks, GA; Pricilla Lucero-Simmons, MacManagement, NM; Rachel Horton, Wesley Housing Corporation of Memphis, TN. Bring copies of your resident newsletter to share with others and discuss ideas on how to make them more attractive and more effective as a communication tool.
Innovative Strategies for Service Provision. Facilitated by Dee Ward and Debbie Rose, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. Depending on the location of your residents—urban, suburban, rural; at a property or out in a community; East Coast, West Coast, Midwest or The South—what strategies do you use to get services for your clients/residents. This will be an informal opportunity to collaborate in an unstructured, free flowing and roundtable discussion to share thoughts, concerns and future goals!
Chapter Development. Facilitated by Christine Schnitzer, AASC, Tonya Balducci, SPM LLC, and Shari Fleischman, LOMCO. Interested parties from other states are invited to come and learn the benefits of becoming an official AASC Chapter from current chapter officers as well as the process for developing a chapter in your state. Members and attendees from Southern California are encouraged to attend. Aan organizational meeting will follows to discuss formation of an AASC Chapter in Southern California in more detail.

Do you have other topics of interest? Would you like to lead a Networking Group? Contact Christine Schnitzer at cschnitzer@servicecoordinator.org or 614-848-5958, ext. 105 to learn more.   Please note: These sessions are NOT approved for continuing education credit. If you attend, you will NOT receive any CEUs on your certificate for these special sessions.

Stay in touch with your peers AFTER the conference. These new and old friends are your network of peers. They can be a tremendous resource for you. And don’t forget to keep the communications open in both ways. Make sure they know you are available to support them if the need arises.