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.