25 tips for tla 2011
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25 Tips to help you get the most out of attending the 2011 Texas Library Association Annual Conference in Austin, Texas (April 12-15th).TRANSCRIPT
25 Tips for the 2011 TLA Annual Conference
25 Tips for a Great TLA 2011 Conference
#1. Wear comfortable shoes. It’s a BIG convention center.
#2. Don’t forget your rain boots and an umbrella.
#3. Be sure to download the very FIRST TLA Conference Mobile App!
Are YOU a smartphone user? For a better experience, turn on your Wi-Fi when you enter the convention center.
ConventionCenter
#3a.
#4. Plan your meetings, dinners, workshops and parties...
…BEFORE you come to Austin!
#5. Trailer food IS gourmet food in Austin!
#6. One Book,
One Conference!
#7. Allow yourself plenty of time to get around the convention center.
#8. Share new ideas by tweeting (use hashtag #txla11)!
#9. Don’t forget your camera! Share your photos by tagging them with TXLA11 on Flickr.
#10. Wireless will be available throughout the convention center! Yay!
#11. Carry a pen with you. You’ll need it for those author autographs!
#12. Wash your hands
frequently and use hand sanitizer; germs are everywhere.
#12a. Pack your allergy
medicine–it’s Springtime in Austin!
#13. Wear red for the rally on Wednesday!
#14. Don’t forget to bring your business cards!!
#15. Don’t forget the breath mints! Everyone you meet will thank you for your fresh, minty breath.
#16: Meet Jamie Lee Curtis at the Keynote on Wednesday morning and Greg Mortenson on Thursday afternoon!
#17. Party down with Del Castillo at the President’s Party on Wednesday!
#18. It’s a cash bar – don’t forget the cash!
#20. Make time to visit the exhibits and chat with your vendors.
#21. Keep a sense of humor.
#22. Guard your stuff; remember you’re in a public building.
#22a. And take your name badge off whenever you leave
the conference center.
#23. Enjoy top-notch “night life” all around Austin!
#24. Participate in the conference “backchannel” by friending us on Facebook or by following our Twitter feed (@TXLA).
#24. Participate in the conference backchannel…
…by friending us on Facebook!
Or follow our Twitter feed
(@TXLA)!
#25. Make some new friends at the conference! Enjoy!
See You in Austin! http://www.txla.org
Brought to you by your TLA 2011 Program Planning Committee, adapted from Griffin Technology’s “25 Essential Tips for the Consumer Electronics Show”
http://www.slideshare.net/griffintech/25-tips-for-the-consumer-electronics-show-ces-2010?from=share_email
Photo Credits T1. Austin Night Skyline (By LoneStarMike (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AustinSkylineLouNeffPoint-2010-03-29-b.JPG); TXLA Logo (www.txla.org).
T2. TLA 2011 Conference Logo, (www.txla.org).
1. User siewlian, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1222790.
2. User harrykeely, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1195988.
3. Photo © Core Apps. http://core-apps.com/Follow_Me_-_Screenshots.html; 3a. http://interactiveiphone.com/
4. Top photos, © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online; Austin Skyline (cc) User: treasuresthouhast (Flickr) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/74568056@N00/363858729/sizes/o/in/photostream/)
5. “Torchy’s Tacos,” Mary Ann Emerson.
6. Photo © Abrams Books. http://www.abramsbooks.com/uploadedImages/Books/9780810996175.jpg.
7. User cema, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1215187.
8. Screenshot taken by Lee Andrew Hilyer, 1/28/2011.
9. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
10. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
11. User johnnyberg, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/987463.
12. (cc) Alicia Nijdam; http://www.flickr.com/photos/anijdam/3585014905/sizes/l/. 12a. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
13. “Capitol Rally,” TLA Staff Photo.
14. User blary54, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1081068.
15. User Snack, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/38723.
16. “Jamie Lee Curtis,” © Andrew Eccles.
17. © Del Castillo, courtesy of Maribel Garza-Castro. http://www.delcastillomusic.com/.
18. © Absolut Vodka, http://www.absolut.com; TLXA Logo (www.txla.org) [Not sure if we can use this or not.]
19. (CC) Steve Hopson, http://www.flickr.com/photos/44103481@N00/476373840.
20. “Exhibit Hall,” TLA Staff Photo.
21. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
22. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online. 22a. User henkster, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/478187.
23. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
24. Screenshot, Mary Ann Emerson, (www.txla.org)
25. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
E1. TLA 2011 Conference Logo, (www.txla.org).
Prepared by the TLA 2011 Program Planning Committee, January 2011; Final March 2011.