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Nashville Conference Was Rather Good
May 01, 2012 posted by Steve Brownstein
by Steven Brownstein
The weekend of April 15th-17th brought the pre-employment screening community together for its annual conference.
It was held at the Nashville Renaissance Hotel, a rather nice hotel, just off the main drag, Broadway where all the country western bars are and a few good bbq joints.
But the music and the food isn't the story. The conference is.
And in Nashville terms - it was a big hit!
There were according to the NAPBS more than 600 attendees, Though one couldn't actually see all attendees at one time, the hotel was crowded and the number doesn't seem exaggerated.
The exhibitor area was full. Many vendors were happy with the crowd. It seems though that most buyers of their products were left backin the office. The attendees were typically upper management and though could make a decision would probably bring information back to their offices before a purchase was made.
Nothing really stood out in the vendor area as new. the lack of county searchers exhibiting tends to support the idea above that purchases just aren't made at this conference.
The sessions seemed ordinary. It is hard to year after year keep bringing new topics to the table. There might be a few, but it is hard to fill two days with exciting topics.
Still those present had plenty of opportunity for education and of course there was networking.
Networking seems to be the biggest benefit gained from the conferences. It is a place where everyone gathers at a non-competitive site and with their defenses down a lot of sharing is done.
I wonder how many trade secrets slip out doing those informal discussions.
You'd have to be there to know.
Anyway, no matter how you slice it Nashville NAPS 2012 was a success.
I enjoyed it as much as anyone and I learned a lot.
