Justify Your Attendance
Copy this note into an email to your manager to prove the value of your attendance at Visual Studio Live! Orlando.
You may also want to remind them if you send 3 or more employees from your company, you can save $500 off per full conference registration.
<Today’s Date>
Dear <manager-name- >:
I would like to attend Visual Studio Live! Orlando, December 5-9, 2011, at the Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando. The conference is produced by Visual Studio Magazine and supported by Microsoft.
I am confident that the 5 days of sessions and workshops at Visual Studio Live! will improve my technical skills and make me a more valuable asset to the company. The tips I’ll learn will make me more efficient and productive by shaving time and endless cycles off my development projects. Saving even 10 minutes an hour, would give me over 345 hours per year to spend on other critical projects. Plus, I’ll share these valuable take-aways with the rest of our team.
If I register by October 5, the company will save $300 off the registration fee, making the 5 day conference price $1,595. Compared to the time and money we spend every year on development, this is a small investment that will improve our productivity and help manage our resources more effectively.
Visual Studio Live! Orlando provides in-depth real-world training on:
- Silverlight / WPF
- Programming Practices
- Visual Studio 2010 / .NET 4
- Cloud Computing
- Data Management
- HTML 5
- Simplification Tools
- Windows Phone 7
If you have any questions about Visual Studio Live!, please let me know, and I will share the conference literature with you. You can also view the conference website at VSLive.com/orlando.
I hope you’ll agree that my attendance at Visual Studio Live! will make a significant impact on our organization.
Thank you for considering my request.
Sincerely,
<insert-your-name-here>