25 Tips to help you get the most out of attending the 2011 Texas Library Association Annual Conference in Austin, Texas (April 12-15th).

1. 25 Tips for the 2011 TLA Annual Conference

2. 25 Tips for a Great TLA 2011 Conference

3. #1. Wear comfortable shoes. It’s a BIG convention center.

4. #2. Don’t forget your rain
boots and an umbrella.

5. #3. Be sure to download the very FIRST TLA Conference Mobile App!

6. #3a.
ConventionCenter Are YOU a smartphone user?
For a better experience, turn on
your Wi-Fi when you enter the
convention center.

7. #4. Plan your meetings, dinners, workshops and parties...
…BEFORE you come to Austin!

8. #5. Trailer food IS gourmet food in Austin!

9. #6.
One Book,
One Conference!

10. #7. Allow yourself
plenty of time to get
around the convention
center.

11. #8. Share new ideas by tweeting (use hashtag #txla11)!

12. #9. Don’t forget your camera!
Share your photos by tagging
them with TXLA11 on Flickr.

13. #10. Wireless will be available
throughout the convention
center! Yay!

14. #11. Carry a pen with you.
You’ll need it for those
author autographs!

15. #12. Wash your hands
frequently and use hand
sanitizer; germs are
everywhere.

16. #12a. Pack your allergy
medicine–it’s Springtime
in Austin!

17. #13. Wear red for the rally on Wednesday!

18. #14. Don’t forget to
bring your business
cards!!

19. #15. Don’t forget the breath mints!
Everyone you meet will thank you for your fresh, minty breath.

20. #16: Meet Jamie Lee Curtis at the Keynote on Wednesday morning
and Greg Mortenson on Thursday afternoon!

21. #17. Party down with Del Castillo at the
President’s Party on Wednesday!

22. #18. It’s a cash bar –
don’t forget the cash!

24. #20. Make time to visit the exhibits and chat with your vendors.

25. #21. Keep a sense of humor.

26. #22. Guard your stuff;
remember you’re in a public
building.

27. #22a. And take your name
badge off whenever you leave
the conference center.

28. #23. Enjoy top-notch “night life” all around Austin!

29. #24. Participate in
the conference
backchannel…
…by friending
us on Facebook!
Or follow our
Twitter feed
(@TXLA)!

30. #25. Make some new friends at the conference! Enjoy!

31. See You in Austin!
http://www.txla.org
Brought to you by your TLA 2011 Program Planning Committee,
adapted from Griffin Technology’s “25 Essential Tips for the Consumer Electronics Show”
http://www.slideshare.net/griffintech/25-tips-for-the-consumer-electronics-show-ces-2010?from=share_email

32. Photo Credits
T1. Austin Night Skyline (By LoneStarMike (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0)], 14. User blary54, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1081068.
via Wikimedia Commons;
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AustinSkylineLouNeffPoint 15. User Snack, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/38723.
-2010-03-29-b.JPG); TXLA Logo (www.txla.org). 16. “Jamie Lee Curtis,” © Andrew Eccles.
T2. TLA 2011 Conference Logo, (www.txla.org). 17. © Del Castillo, courtesy of Maribel Garza-Castro.
1. User siewlian, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1222790. http://www.delcastillomusic.com/.
2. User harrykeely, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1195988. 18. © Absolut Vodka, http://www.absolut.com; TLXA Logo
3. Photo © Core Apps. http://core-apps.com/Follow_Me_- (www.txla.org) [Not sure if we can use this or not.]
_Screenshots.html; 3a. http://interactiveiphone.com/ 19. (CC) Steve Hopson,
4. Top photos, © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online; Austin Skyline http://www.flickr.com/photos/44103481@N00/476373840.
(cc) User: treasuresthouhast (Flickr)
20. “Exhibit Hall,” TLA Staff Photo.
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/74568056@N00/363858729/si
zes/o/in/photostream/) 21. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
5. “Torchy’s Tacos,” Mary Ann Emerson. 22. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online. 22a. User henkster,
6. Photo © Abrams Books. http://www.sxc.hu/photo/478187.
http://www.abramsbooks.com/uploadedImages/Books/978081 23. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
0996175.jpg.
24. Screenshot, Mary Ann Emerson, (www.txla.org)
7. User cema, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1215187.
25. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
8. Screenshot taken by Lee Andrew Hilyer, 1/28/2011.
E1. TLA 2011 Conference Logo, (www.txla.org).
9. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
10. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
11. User johnnyberg, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/987463.
12. (cc) Alicia Nijdam; Prepared by the TLA 2011 Program Planning Committee,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anijdam/3585014905/sizes/l/. January 2011; Final March 2011.
12a. © Microsoft Office Clip Art Online.
13. “Capitol Rally,” TLA Staff Photo.