Jul 6, 2022
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In this episode, my wife, Pam, and I go through a set of suggestions so that you leave the World Discipleship Summit a stronger disciple. We will cover a number of topics that will help make the summit or any conference you go to a memorable, life-changing event.
How to Make the Most of a Conference
Beforehand
- Pray beforehand that God gives you what you need:
- Learn what you need to grow in
- Make friends
- Develop partnerships in the ministry
- Contact people beforehand that you’d like to spend time with
- Don’t worry about people you see normally
- Try to find housing as close to the conference as possible
- If you are a speaker, get all your work done by July
15th.
- Don’t allow yourself to go into the conference focused on your material
- Rehearse it 4 or 5 times and get it critiqued for excellence (John Lusk)
- Look your best
- Wear your best clothes or buy some new clothes
- Get your haircut
- Confess any sin prior to the conference so you are free in your spirit and confident.
- Have a quiet time the morning of. Make sure you are in a happy,
positive mindset.
- Have some good news to share
At the Conference:
- Be loving to every person in front of you
- Acts 17: “God has determined the times and places…”
- „You only have to have two loves in your life: for God, and for the person in front of you at any particular time.“
- Smile! Be as warm and as loving as you can to everyone you meet.
- Sit in the front three rows toward the middle.
- Engage with the speaker, smile, nod and lean forward.
- Take notes of the lessons.
- Immediately after a lesson:
- Approach the speaker and thank him/her for the lesson
- Give your name and where you are from
- Share what you learned and want to apply
- Share what you are trying to grow in and ask if they have any advice.
- Try to meet all the leaders organizing the conference and thank them for putting it together.
- Use meal times to go out and meet other people.
- Don’t get hung up on the cuisine, go where it’s easy and fast
- Don’t spend 30 minutes on your choice, know what you want
- Try to make friends:
- Remember peoples names
- Repeat it in the conversation
- Write it down immediately
- Ask questions
- Don’t dominate the discussion
- Encourage, praise or thank freely
- Exchange numbers
- Remember peoples names
- Go on dates if you are single.
- Dom Munson met Tabby Gully at conference and now they are married
- Take recommendations and be open
- Write a thank you card
- Ask good questions and don’t only talk about yourself
- Don’t get hung up on the cuisine, go where it’s easy and fast