You know the feeling you get when you’ve been listening to the same conversations, eating the same food, and meeting the same people—conference after conference, week on week? Yeah, same. Here’s some of your emotional and physical exhaustion, captured through the TV sitcom, The Office.
If you are reading this on your phone, while at a conference, you can thank me later.
1. Getting your third out-of-town conference invitation, when you are already going to two that week
2. Listening to somebody’s “question” that comes with a 10 minute explanation about their work, life, and world views
3. When one more corporate crossover says that the social sector needs to run like a business
4. Trying to beat the line to the buffet during lunch
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5. Walking in and seeing that it’s the third “manel” discussion of the day
6. When the session you’re in ends before time
7. Recovering from the networking you had to force yourself to do
8. Being the only philanthropist in a room full of nonprofits
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