Tips for Attending In-Person Conferences/Events

Are you an introvert who DREADS in-person events? I HAD to enlist the help of André Morys to distill down tips/tricks on attending in-person networking events / digital marketing conferences

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Shiva Manjunath
May 02, 2025

I wanted to get feedback from someone who RUNS conferences to figure out what tips and tricks we can utilize to get the most out of in-person events, ESPECIALLY coming from two people who are actually pretty introverted (if you can believe it...)

We got into:

- Tips for introverts to "get out of your own head" at conferences / in-person events

- Feeling imposter syndrome at conferences (and how to break the nasty mental hold it has on you)

- Being curious about everyone and everything is probably the BIGGEST tip you can take away

Tips for Introverts Attending In-Person Conferences ft. André Morys

How many of y'all feel a bit nervous about going to in-person conferences / networking events? André Morys and I have been there before….

Featured Clip from Episode: Feeling Imposter Syndrome at Networking Events / Conferences

This one was a bit more personal for me, but I’ve 100% felt “imposter syndrome” at in-person events. Being surrounded by AMAZINGLY smart people saying amazingly smart things can feel intimidating. But, as hard as it is to just say “don’t feel that way yo”, you should try the tips in the video to keep on participating in these valuable conversations!

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