Missing In-Person Conferences? This Tweet Won Twitter This Weekend

Are you missing in-person conferences? Want to recreate that same experience for yourself or a loved one?

Well, thanks to one clever post on Twitter and hundreds of creative responses, now you can!

On Friday, June 19, Twitter user Erin Conwell posted that her spouse was participating in a virtual conference for the next few days and what followed was a flurry of responses that brought real-life experiences back into the minds of everyone who has attended any conference ever! Read below to see if you recognize any of these situations (or friends from the association and events industry who contributed to the comments)!

Issues with hotel rooms, unfriendly walkie-talkie users, poor sound quality…

The jargon…oh, the jargon!

Overpriced food, crappy swag bags, not enough outlets…

Endless badge scanning, the email funnels, sub-standard free candy…

Vendor-sponsored happy hours, conference chicken, and lost lanyards…

Unripe honeydew melon…

Questions that aren’t questions…

Rude attendees with large egos…

The shuttle bus to get there…

Awkward networking…

The ongoing bathroom dangers and AC issues…

Hotel room quality and special dietary needs…

What is missing in this collection? If you like these suggestions, be sure to follow the original tweet and add your own, or post your suggestions as comments below, OR you can get really creative and use these ideas to create your own realistic virtual “in-person” experience! 

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