Skip to content
Tech Vs Humans
  • Mission
  • Blog
  • About Us
  • The Music List
  • The Reading List
  • Search Icon

Tech Vs Humans

A Digital Transformation Playspace

Conference
Conference Season – Should you go?

Conference Season – Should you go?

February 16, 2023

Conference season is upon us.

And you’re probably debating whether you have time to go to one in your busy work week.

Well, some interesting data came from Shawn Achor’s book, The Happiness Advantage, which suggests that you probably should. Go – that is.

In his book, he referenced a study of 2,600 working women who attended various conferences for Women. He compared data from this group to a control group of women registered for a conference but had not yet attended the conference.

He found that 42% of the women who attended the conference received a promotion in the first year. While only 18% of the women who had not yet attended a conference received a promotion.

Additionally, he found that 15% of the women who attended the conference received a raise of 10% or more compared to 5% who had not yet attended a conference.

Lastly, women who attended the conference suggested they felt “more connected” and “more optimistic about their future.”

What conclusions can you draw from this?

Probably not many, but if you are on the fence about whether you should go to one or not – why? The odds for a promotion/and or raise will be in your favor if you go to a conference, walk away feeling exhilarated, and push your limits. And because the promotions and the raises are usually symptoms of some larger, better, more awesome behavior – why are you still debating this?

Just register already.

References and Resources

Shawn Achor – The Happiness Advantage

Do Women’s Networking Events Move the Needle?

Supporting Music

Pretend We’re Dead by L7

Slurpy Slurpy Sleep Sleep by Biffy Clyro

Zombie by the Cranberries

Originally Posted March 30, 2018

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Related


Career Growth

Post navigation

PREVIOUS
Why Your End Users Are at their (Whit’s) End
NEXT
Global Consulting Firms Know Global Marketing Organizations – Or Do They?

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Categories

  • Book Reviews
  • Career Growth
  • Change Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Digital Transformation
  • Guiding Principles
  • Humor
  • Implementation Best Practices
  • Implementation Parables
  • Implementation Vocabulary
  • Leadership
  • Personal Growth
  • User Adoption
  • User Personas
  • Work Management
  • Work/Life Balance

Previous Posts

  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • September 2021
  • April 2021
  • February 2021
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
© 2023   All Rights Reserved.