Reply by Margaret/Florida on 5/14/05 10:12am
Msg #37755
I went last year and the last night is very formal. Bring a jacket/sweater as the meeting rooms are very cold. I would bring your laptop if you need to check your email. I have my own wireless laptop with t-mobile because when they said the hotel had Wireless Internet, it was only in the business office in the lobby and it was not free, it charged by the minute.
Also there were only a few (3-5) companies there last year and I had already signed up with all of them. Still have never gotten any work from any of those companies. I was real dissappointed and will never go to another NNA Conference. I have gotten more from attending property inspection trainings than I have with Notary conferences. I thought it would be a good opportunity to network, but that was not what I thought it would be either.
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Reply by Anonymous on 5/14/05 6:34pm
Msg #37841
A question for Margaret?? Please
I am trying to do home inspections and am signing up for as many companies as I can. My question is for training? What companies are the best for training? I want to take as much training as I can, so I will be able to a good job.. I want to learn to do all inspections(hud,fha,fema etc). Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thank you very much!! Jimmy/FL
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Reply by Bobbi in CT on 5/14/05 2:08pm
Msg #37809
Notary Conference dress ...
I am not going this year, but in the past conferences I attended a dress for the last evening is fine. Some wear long dresses, short, day dresses, nice pantsuits - just not jeans or casual wear. Many times the room they hold the dinner in is a little chilly, so bring a shawl or sweater to throw over your shoulders. Last year I had a light, summer shawl that worked fine. Year before I was glad for the suit jacket. Common sense: You will be in a air-conditioned banquet facility so you never know what to expect. If nothing else, you'll want to layer for the meetings (to jacket/sweater/shawl or not will depend on the room). Bring dress shoes for the dinner and comfortable shoes for the seminars or walking around the casinos and Vegas during down time.
Laptop. I always disconnect when I am away. If you need yours, call the hotel direct and ask them if there are in-room connections and is there a charge. Some of the NNA conference hotels had them; some did not (experience from fellow attendees who are permanently attached to their laptop).
Companies may have packages for you to pick up and complete and mail in. Always handy to have a short resume and business card to hand them as you pass by. May be Way TOO CROWDED to do this or people managing table may not be the person that actually reviews the application and approves it. Last year it seemed like there were more vendors SELLING products than companies looking to hire NSAs. Bring plenty of EXTRA business cards to share with other NSAs you make friends with: faster and easier that writing out Emails, phone, etc.
At last year's NNA conference, I met the people with Vital Signings, sign up with them, and did get work from that sign up.
First day you get there, look at your schedule and plan out which seminars you want to attend (unless you are on a specific certificate track). Keep the schedule handy. You may decide after meeting fellow attendees to switch from what you planned to attend to a different seminar ... or take a break from the whole thing to play in Vegas for an hour or two. Every conference my old and new friends and I at lunch break end up going over our "planned" schedules and re-arranging what we will attend and agreeing when there's a time conflict who will attend what and then sharing/swapping what we learned over dinner.
You will enjoy meeting so many people in one place at one time who are in the same industry. Seminar value is based on individual needs. Check out the people who've attended these for 10, 15, 20 years .... it's a lot more for the camraderie than the education (while still being a business expense, save your receipts for everything and, if there's an NNA product you want, take advantage of any discount by purchasing at the conference or, if you can pick the item up, no shipping costs).
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