It’s the beginning of the year, which means we have a couple of weeks to finish planning our first half of the year travel.  I’ll be headed to Boston in 2 weeks for the BIG deal on January 17 and then off to Atlanta
for ACG Capital Connection on February 8^th and 9^th.

All this talk of travel reminded me of a helpful checklist I created when I first got my start as a BD professional.  Here’s a list of things you don’t want to forget before your next conference.

1. Business cards
2. Phone and phone charger
3. Laptop and laptop charger
4. Electronic or hard copies of travel documents, hotel reservations, meeting schedule with addresses
5. If your phone doesn’t support a mapping app, then get one that does!
6. One-pagers and other marketing materials you use
7. Event attendee list
8. Save any presentations you need to give to the cloud and to a thumb drive
9. Extra chargers and adapters
10. List of bars/restaurants in the area to host meetings and dinners
11. Map of the conference venue
12. Download the conference app (if available)