If you read my notes from yesterday you may think… Adam, you are wasting your time going to this conference.
If all I were getting was their content, I’d agree. But here’s the thing about conferences. (I have 2-3 more to go to this fall as well.) When I am listening to a great innovator or a great teacher or a great marketer talk about his thing… it actually spurs on my ideas.
An interesting thing happens to me when I sit and listen. I generally grab a legal pad and start coming up with some of the most clear, concise, and effective ideas I will ever get. It’s an amazing thing as a speaker is doing his/her thing and it triggers this thought that I furiously write down.
At NYWC during a message I came up with our identity formation thing I call "Light Force 101."
At the Summit 2006, MainStreet was born. As were several things that made Light Force tick last school year.
At NYWC 02, my "pop quiz" review was born.
The Acts message series of 2006-2007 was born at Founder’s Week 2005.
On and on. Right now I have so many projects swirling around for the ministry of Romeo that I need this time to get clarity. So there is the very practical "good stuff" of a conference in that I get encouragement and can network and recharge… but these conferences are also a major innovation time for me as well.
It’s time spent that pays massive dividends for me.
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