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Episode 285: EwK285 - 8/10 Learning through conferences


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To celebrate 10 years of the English with Kirsty podcast, I’m creating a 10-part series to celebrate 10 different forms that learning can take.

Part eight of the series is about learning through conferences and what we can learn through attending, speaking at, or organising them.

I wanted different perspectives – geographically, in terms of specialisations, and to have different types of conference represented as well. So I put together our panel of five guests whom you’ll meet in this episode - Suzie, Anna, Silvie, Andrea, and Aída.

It’s interesting how the main theme that ran through the answers was around community and connection rather than specific memorable talks and presentations! These were some of the topics that we discussed:

  • What’s one key thing that you have learned through a conference recently, whether as an attendee, a speaker, or an organiser?
  • Travel costs to attend large conferences in person can be a barrier for some. Have you experienced other variations on traditional conferences? (Moving the location each time, smaller events, online participation etc)
  • What would you say to someone who’s feeling overwhelmed with the number of options out there. How can they narrow down which event/events would be the best ones for them?
  • What about events that are aimed at the branch for which you translate? Do you have any experience of attending those?
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    Click through to the show notes page to find out more about the guests and for links to the events that were mentioned in the episode: https://www.englishwithkirsty.com/podcast/episode285

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