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Jun 2022
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081 // Getting Financial Support to Atte...

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Conferences have their own set of benefits to your career. However, it's not
always simple as it may sound to go to one of them. Especially when it comes to
the financial aspect of it. So today, you'll learn how you can get financial
support to attend the conferences you're interested in.

What You'll Learn:
* What kind of companies might pay for you to attend conferences
* The five aspects to consider when presenting the idea to your employer
* When you should start talking about this with your supervisor/boss
* How to deal with the workload and deadlines while you're gone
* How to estimate the costs of attending the conference — and save money on
them
* Strategies to effectively pitch the idea to your employer
* How to go about making the actual request: Email vs Phone vs Face-to-Face
* Why money alone is not the only determining factor in this type of request
* How to get your employer to say "Yes" — and what to do if you get a "No"
* Three things you should remember when you do go to conferences

Music by Jack Winders
Intro: Midwest Folks
Outro: Southern Skies
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