WEBVTT - Plan to present what you learned

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is that you can learn more from any

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<v Speaker 1>experience when you plan to present what you've learned later.

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<v Speaker 1>On my other podcast Best of Both Worlds, a listener

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<v Speaker 1>wrote in asking for tips on how to do conference

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<v Speaker 1>as well. I know that a lot of people go

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<v Speaker 1>to conferences, get fired up, and then come home and

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<v Speaker 1>forget everything a day later. People don't even reach out

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<v Speaker 1>to useful connections or read the books they picked up.

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<v Speaker 1>And really that is too bad, because if you are

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<v Speaker 1>going to take several days out of your life and

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<v Speaker 1>travel somewhere and often pay hefty conference crisis, you might

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<v Speaker 1>hope that you would get some mileage out of the experience.

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<v Speaker 1>There are lots of ways to get a better return

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<v Speaker 1>on investment. Please do reach out to the people you

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<v Speaker 1>bothered to connect with, but beyond that, one of my

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<v Speaker 1>favorite practices is to set up a situation where you

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<v Speaker 1>present what you learned. The most obvious way to do

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<v Speaker 1>this is to schedule a lunch and learn type gathering

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<v Speaker 1>with colleagues who didn't attend the conference. You could do

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<v Speaker 1>this a few days after you return, you tell people

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<v Speaker 1>what was covered at the conference and any useful information

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<v Speaker 1>you learned. You share names that people should know and

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<v Speaker 1>tips for folks who might go next year. Now, your

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues may or may not find your presentation particularly useful,

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<v Speaker 1>but it will reinforce all the knowledge that you took

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<v Speaker 1>away from the conference as you think about how to

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<v Speaker 1>turn it into something that won't bore people to tears.

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<v Speaker 1>To make this lunch and learn even better, make sure

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<v Speaker 1>you schedule it before you go to the conference. That way,

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<v Speaker 1>you will be going into all conference sessions knowing that

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<v Speaker 1>you will need to present something useful later. You will

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<v Speaker 1>be far more mindful of writing down important points and

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<v Speaker 1>organizing your notes for later access. You might ask questions

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<v Speaker 1>that you know your colleagues will be interested in and

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<v Speaker 1>be sure to get responses. Planning to present what you've

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<v Speaker 1>learned changes what you learn. This technique can be useful

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<v Speaker 1>for things beyond conferences. When you are reading a book,

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<v Speaker 1>think about how you would describe the main points to

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<v Speaker 1>a friend. Then do it. You will probably retain more

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<v Speaker 1>information from the book. If you are taking a trip,

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<v Speaker 1>think about how you would write a short guide for

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<v Speaker 1>a friend who is considering the same trip. You'll pay

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<v Speaker 1>more attention to what's interesting and what's worth visiting and

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<v Speaker 1>the things that you learn there. Planning to present what

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<v Speaker 1>you learn makes you a more active consumer of whatever

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<v Speaker 1>you are learning. To put it simply, you pay more attention.

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<v Speaker 1>And since it is easy to sleep walk through much

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<v Speaker 1>of life, that little nudge toward mindfulness can go a

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<v Speaker 1>long way toward making any experience more useful. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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