Monday I leave for a week to help put on our company's International Leadeeship Conference in Salt Lake City. My role includes scripts and speeches and other activities that happen in our general session room. There will be about 1,000 attendees, and everything that goes on in that room is live, so there's always room for error. And there always are errors, but the most important thing is that the audience never notices any mistakes.
Our department works hard to make sure everything is as planned out as possible. The entire event is scripted and timed down to the minute, but there are always those things that crop up at the last minute. The actual conference begins on Wednesday and ends on Saturday night after about a four hour awards ceremony. But that's the good news. This particular event used to push midnight, and now we anticipate it ending at around 10:30.
We usually put in 18 hour days once the show finally gets going, but it really is a lot of fun. We work like maniacs but somehow manage to have a blast. As crazy as it sounds, I can't wait for it to be here, and once it's over, I'm always looking forward to next year.
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