The Power of Conferences in a Social-Media Age

by Alexandra Samuel

Social media has made conference-going more valuable than ever. The value of those in-person encounters comes not in spite of, but increasingly because of, the way we use technology and social media—from the colleague we discover on social media (before setting up a date to meet at a coming conference) to the presentation that takes one’s professional reputation to new heights (because it’s amplified on Twitter).

Read more at The Wall Street Journal.