"I would really like to go to SolidWorks World, but my boss would never let me take the time away from work."<\/p>\n
"My company would never pay for it."<\/p>\n
I hear these statements a lot. What really surprises me though, is the answer to my follow-up question – "Have you asked?" In a lot of cases, the answer is no. My advice is always the same – just ask. <\/p>\n
Put together a strong case highlighting the technical sessions (training<\/strong>), the SolidWorks Partner Exhibit (tools<\/strong>), and the productivity gains ($$$<\/strong>). Visit the SolidWorks World website and look over the agenda<\/a> for sessions that can help increase your productivity, or download the Exhibitor Directory<\/a> and look for companies with products that can improve your engineering or manufacturing processes. Research the airfare and accommodation expense, and make your pitch. If you REALLY<\/strong><\/em> want to go, offer to trade a vacation day or two. You might be surprised at the response.<\/p>\n If you’re still not convinced, let us ask for you. Follow this link<\/a>, give us a little information, and SolidWorks will send your boss an information package that includes the advance program and a letter outlining the many benefits of attending SolidWorks World. You just might get a surprise visit telling you to make some travel plans.<\/p>\n You’ll never know until you ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" "I would really like to go to SolidWorks World, but my boss would never let me take the time away from work." "My company would never pay for it." I hear these statements a lot. What really surprises me though,<\/p>\n... Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}