Make Your Case to Attend

Getting the most from your professional development dollars is important. At CUPA-HR’s three-day conference you can be sure you’re getting the biggest bang for your buck with relevant educational programs that focus on issues that matter to you and your institution.

Benefits of Attending

• Find practical strategies through educational sessions to implement immediately.
• Compare notes with peers from other institutions who face workplace issues similar to your own.
• Save time by gathering information from multiple corporate providers all in one place.

Need Help?

Need help convincing your management of the value of attending this conference? Try these simple techniques:

1. List the challenges your institution faces, then provide specific sessions that will help your department overcome those challenges.
2. Call attention to sessions that offer revenue-generating opportunities and cost-cutting tactics.
3. Develop a detailed plan for sharing information with your colleagues after you return.
4. When calculating the ROI of your trip, be sure to take into account the cost of not attending: attending Webinars on similar topics (generally $85-$200 each), conducting in-depth research on your own, purchasing print resources, etc.
5. If you’ve attended in the past, list the follow-up actions you took post-conference.

If attending the conference is out of the question, be sure to check out CUPA-HR’s upcoming events schedule to find a meeting close to home, as well as our Webinar offerings.