If you still need a little help demonstrating the value of PlanetPTC Live to you and your organization, here is a list of common objections to conference attendance and information that you can use to address them.
If you are encountering other concerns, please send an email to info@planetptclive.com and we’ll try to help. Responses to other questions submitted through this address (without identifying information) will be posted on this page.
(1) Budget
The total cost of sending one employee to PlanetPTC Live (registration fees, hotel and travel expenses, and meals) is likely to total more than $2,000. However, it would be impossible for your organization to secure more than 40 hours of education and PTC community networking for a similar cost elsewhere.
What’s more important that the direct cost savings is the value that you’ll bring back to your organization after attending this four-day event. You’ll gain the resources to create better products, facilitate collaboration and innovation, enhance customer service, and improve speed to market. Through the improved use of PTC technologies, implementation of new processes, and application of best practices successfully tested by leading manufacturers, you’ll deliver returns that will be exponentially greater than the costs of your trip.
Individual registration discounts are available through March 19 and group registration discounts apply for organizations that send three or more employees. By registering, reserving a room from the PlanetPTC Live hotel block and booking your flight early, you can reduce the direct expenses to your company. To view additional opportunities to reduce your trip expenses, visit our
Attendee Discounts page. Calculate the potential savings based on your own travel expense estimates and share these with your manager.
(2) Rotating attendance
It’s not uncommon for organizations to rotate attendance across teams in an effort to maximize training budgets and ensure a fair distribution of those resources.
On the other hand, PlanetPTC Live offers significant discounts (as much as $400 per person) to organizations that send three or more employees. So, if two teammates are already in line to go to the event in 2012, the increase in registration costs for adding one more colleague after the early-bird discount would only be an additional $450! Explore the potential group savings based on your organization’s current attendance plans and share those with your manager.
By sending the additional person, your organization can experience the skill-improving benefits of up to 16 additional breakout sessions and three PTC University seminars along with the many conversations you can participate in with fellow customers, PTC experts and other attendees during the four-day event.
(3) Time out of the office
It’s true that time out of the office at a conference is time that is not spent on specific product development projects. But the temporary decline in productivity by a key contributor is more than compensated for by the short- and long-term impacts of a few days spent improving technical skills and product development processes, identifying solutions to challenges that hinder efficiency and creativity, and establishing contacts with experts who can be leveraged throughout the year for ongoing support.
By reviewing the approval letter templates and other ROI tools on this site, you can identify specific immediate skill upgrades or project enhancements that will result from your trip to Orlando, as well as the long-term effects of education, training and networking. Bring these to a discussion to help make your case.
(4) Relevant content
PlanetPTC Live Orlando’s educational programming and networking activities were developed in close cooperation with PTC/USER Inc., the independent user group for PTC customers. As this group brings more than 20 years of experience with events for the PTC community, their participation is invaluable in ensuring a strong emphasis on user-focused content and experience.
Breakout sessions will offer timely and relevant content for users of varying experience levels and across every major product family. Customer expertise will be showcased in case study, best practice and innovation-focused sessions throughout the four-day agenda.
Before talking to your supervisor, be sure to visit the
session browser to view all scheduled sessions and design a program specifically suited to your education needs and organization’s challenge. Sample agendas can be printed or saved as PDF for ease of use.