So What Exactly is a Conference Guide?
The 30th Annual International Nanny Association Conference is coming soon – April 2015!! While many of us are excited about attending, there are a few who are still unsure about 
attending. Those few new people may be shy and afraid to attend a conference where they do not know anyone or maybe just know one person through Facebook or the INA website. We are here to your rescue with INA Conference Guides!
This is the third year this program has been in existence with great success. Whether you are an agency owner or employee, industry service, new nanny or a seasoned nanny, the INA Conference Guides are here to make you feel welcome.
INA Conference Guides contact first time attendees in the months before the conference to interact, meet, and answer questions the first time attendee might have. Many questions are addressed on the INA Conference website and Facebook page but giving a first time attendee a personal connection is what we are all about.
Nanny Carli Lintmuth had this to say about her Conference Guide experience in Louisville, KY at the 28th Annual INA Conference – “Attending my first INA Conference in Louisville, I didn’t know a single person. Here I was, in a hotel full of complete strangers, but I did have a lifeline. I had a Conference Guide! It was very reassuring to know that there was always at least one person to show me the ropes, to sit with at lunch, and to introduce me around. It wasn’t long before I had made many lasting friendships, but having a Conference Guide really made the experience more enjoyable and less scary!”
From another first timer, Jill Keeley, her experience with a Conference Guide at the 29th Annual INA Conference – “In 2014 I attended my second INA Conference in beautiful, sunny Los Angeles. It was my first conference I attended that I had a conference guide, Karen Yatkso. Having a guide made all the difference for me. Karen was a great guide who planned great outings and helped all of us out in many ways. I myself was recovering from strep throat and was the slowpoke of our group. Karen held back with me and offered to walk with me. Another girl in our group fell ill at dinner and Karen saw to it she made it back safely to our hotel and even had her dinner boxed to go for her. Having attended conference before with no guide I was hesitant to venture out and meeting new people was difficult. I’m totally in support of conference guides. Left conference having forges life-long friendships made via out guide.”
If you know any first time attendees, please let them know we have Conference Guides available willing to help them transition into the INA Conference atmosphere thus leaving with a great experience. Request your conference guide today. See you in Cancun!
Karen Yatsko is the official Conference Guide Coordinator for 2015 INA Conference. Karen is a nanny / household manager in Northampton, MA and a former INA Board member.