<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/institutes-and-centers/center-applied-technology/catlab/blog/three-reasons-take-your-team-conferences.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>06/04/2019</pubDate><title>Three Reasons to Take Your Team to Conferences</title><excerpt>A common (if somewhat short sighted) belief in the business world is that sending your team to a conference takes away precious hours from office work, costing the employer time and money. Yet on the contrary to this misconception, everyone benefits from conferences: attendees come home with an expanded business network; renewed energy; and tangible, viable ideas to help innovation flourish in the workplace. As the CATLab team looks forward tomorrow to attending Lead Where You Stand, a world-class leadership conference at Westmont College featuring David Brooks, Erin Meyers and John Meacham, the benefits seem all too tangible. So why take your team to a conference? Here are three great reasons.</excerpt><author>Emily Peterson</author><image>
            
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