{"id":351,"date":"2012-05-17T14:03:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T14:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=351"},"modified":"2012-05-17T14:03:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T14:03:39","slug":"carnivalesque-the-value-of-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/carnivalesque-the-value-of-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnivalesque: The Value of Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/carnivalesque_final2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-352\" title=\"carnivalesque_final\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/carnivalesque_final2-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/carnivalesque_final2-220x300.jpg 220w, http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/carnivalesque_final2.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>This week our Carnivalesque Travelling Blog heads to <a title=\"Joanne Brothwell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joannebrothwell.com\/blog.html\">Joanne Brothwell&#8217;s\u00a0<\/a>blog where we&#8217;ll be talking about attending conferences and whether it&#8217;s worth the money? So come join\u00a0<a title=\"Hayley E. Lavik\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hayleyelavik.com\/\">Hayley Lavik<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Janet's Journal\" href=\"http:\/\/jscorcoran.blogspot.ca\/\">Janet Corcoran<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Jana Richards\" href=\"janarichards.blogspot.com\">Jana Richards<\/a>, <a title=\"Joanne Brothwell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joannebrothwell.com\/blog.html\">Joanne Brothwell<\/a>\u00a0and myself over at her place as we let loose our opinions. You can also find us on Twitter:\u00a0<a title=\"Karyn Good\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/karyngood\">@karygood<\/a>, @jscorcoran, and @hayleyelavik and follow the discussion using hashtag #blogshow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week our Carnivalesque Travelling Blog heads to Joanne Brothwell&#8217;s\u00a0blog where we&#8217;ll be talking about attending conferences and whether it&#8217;s worth the money? 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