People watching at the SLC
This is my first SLC and I'm a bit curious about how different it will be compared to the CLC. Apparently since there are no volunteers at the SLC things have a little different tenor. I've heard the expression, "the SLC is where we let our hair down." I always enjoy the spectacle of hundreds of people "letting their hair down" and I'm looking forward to seeing what that actually means in UW parlance.
Watching people let their hair down is just one of my people watching goals for the week. As an introvert, conferences are quite the mixed blessing for me. Something like having a really good ice cream that gives you "brain freeze." Conferences make me wish I had a little more true extroversion to leverage. Oh well. I'm still really looking forwarding to seeing folks but if you see me curled up in the fetal position under a table, it's probably just the introvert brain freeze :-)
Introvert or not, the conference is a huge opportunity for me. There's a great and short conference article by Peter Sorenson that can get the introverts (and the unfocused extroverts) a lot more bang for their conference buck. It's a short quick read: http://www.workteams.unt.edu/old/conf/Fall2005/sorenson.htm
See you in Pittsburgh!
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