I attended the webinar, read a number of blogs, looked at info from last year's conference, followed along with #SIDAchat and I think I'm ready to go. The dress code continues to be an interesting topic, but I'm think I got it down. Khakis and polos along with a couple dress shirts and some unmarked clothing for the extra events.
I'm a list guy and in preparation, I've got about 4 different ones on the go, all but the packing one are done. Lawn needs one more mow and dog needs food but other than that, MCO here I come!
There was some fun in choosing the right carry-on baggage (refuse to pay extra and waste time checking a bag when I'm headed to Orlando...in JUNE), getting new business cards, finding the right portable cell phone charger, booking airport parking and hotel shuttles.
The CoSIDA app came out today and I'm pumped to input all the sessions I'm attending and hopefully organizing my week. I will transfer over from the list I scribbled out on paper. I need that to be comfortable, great initiative with the app. I've googled both airports, downloaded apps, followed everyone in transit and talking on Twitter, checked out the hotel and picked a tentative schedule.
Here are some of the highlights I'm looking forward to:
- Sunday's leadership forum
- meeting a ton of colleagues
- working with CoSIDA and the other grant recipients
- basically every session I'm confident I'll come away with something new
- networking informally
And lots more!
And lots more!
We are a small school so I'll hit up a lot of the DII and DIII sessions during divisional day as well as get together with my fellow Canadians in attendance. I wish there were more of us but we'll carry the torch.
Tuesday evening will be special with my fellow grant recipients at the President's Reception (this will be a dress shirt night event).
I am also honoured to have been asked to sit with Paul Carson who is winning a well deserved Trail Blazer Award at Wednesday's CoSIDA Special Awards Lunch.
I have an iPad on reserve from our IT department and will install One Note as my app of choice for note taking.
I'm still a bit unsure of the 'unofficial' events that I've seen a few of the SID's chatting about. The YC Young CoSIDA event looks like a ton of fun, off to research that a bit more.
Really happy to be staying on-site, look forward to meetings in the 'long Starbucks line' and of course the hotel lobby bar.
Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @RourkeMarty I'll post more I promise! Also check out @BishopsGaiters as we have a great team working on these social media channels, I'll share some posts there too.
My volunteer grant time will be covering the event for CoSIDA on social media and doing a recap where I'll lean on this platform to help me out.
We'll see how it goes, I envision the next post to be from the airport on Saturday, and we will see how it goes throughout the week.
See you in Orlando, until next time!
Marty
I'm still a bit unsure of the 'unofficial' events that I've seen a few of the SID's chatting about. The YC Young CoSIDA event looks like a ton of fun, off to research that a bit more.
Really happy to be staying on-site, look forward to meetings in the 'long Starbucks line' and of course the hotel lobby bar.
Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @RourkeMarty I'll post more I promise! Also check out @BishopsGaiters as we have a great team working on these social media channels, I'll share some posts there too.
My volunteer grant time will be covering the event for CoSIDA on social media and doing a recap where I'll lean on this platform to help me out.
We'll see how it goes, I envision the next post to be from the airport on Saturday, and we will see how it goes throughout the week.
See you in Orlando, until next time!
Marty
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