Convince Your Boss

So got an invite to the DevCon for Blackberry.  Checked the link out and the "Convince Your Boss" is pure genius.  I had to share

http://www.blackberrydevcon.com/americas/registration/convince-your-boss/commercial
Need approval from your boss to attend BlackBerry® DevCon Americas? We've developed a collection of letters that you can send to your boss to highlight the key reasons why the content at the conference can be so valuable for you and your organization.

There are several variations of the letter so you can customize it to your role. Simply select the most relevant role below, copy the letter into an email and send it off to your boss so you can get approval to register for the conference.
You can also add to your approval request by using our Budget Planner Tool to estimate the total cost of attending.

Convince Your Boss Letters

• Enterprise Developers
• Consumer Developers
• Business Dev Leaders
• Students/Faculty Members
• General Developers

Dear Insert Boss's Name Here,
I'd like to attend BlackBerry DevCon Americas from October 18-20 in San Francisco, California, because I believe my attendance will offer insert company name here real value and return on the investment. This conference is a chance to mix with BlackBerry experts, get technology questions answered and stay on top of the latest development tools. For our organization, being a part of this conference would:

• Help me work faster on new BlackBerry initiatives because I will have trained on the latest developer tools first hand, like BlackBerry WebWorks, APIs, BlackBerry Messenger SDK, BlackBerry 7, and the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet
• Show me best practices that will assist with our development projects because I will have a better understanding of the options for connecting to our back end infrastructure, deploying apps, and how to use web services to our advantage
• Get me up to speed on not just developing apps, but how our team can come up with multi-endpoint strategies using web technologies
• Inspire me and our team by looking at what other companies are doing and how their approaches could benefit our company
• Help me learn how to develop Super Apps that do more for our staff while they work away from the office
• Put me in touch the best of the best in the industry — from Research In Motion (RIM) leaders to partners and colleagues — so I can ask questions and see if they've solved challenges we face
• Show off what our company has already done with the BlackBerry solution to represent our forward looking approach to using technology

Developer Training Courses are also available for a more in-depth education on how to develop for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. These courses take place the day before BlackBerry DevCon Americas, so I can learn even more relevant content all in one trip.
As a company that makes the BlackBerry solution a critical part of our business, I believe this is an opportunity that we can't afford to miss. The knowledge and expertise that I can bring back to improve our mobilization plans and share with the team is priceless.
There are several breakout sessions that are dedicated to enterprise developers like me. Here is some of the content I can learn at the conference:

• DEV22 — Mobile Application Architecture: How Do I Start?
• DEV23 — So You Think You Understand Mobile Web Services
• DEV24 — Tips for Successfully Managing Mobile Development Projects
• DEV54 — Opening Up the Enterprise App Market
• COM01 — Enterprise Application Development Made Easy: The PricewaterhouseCoopers Story

For more information about BlackBerry DevCon Americas, you can visit the conference website atwww.blackberrydevcon.com. You may also find the following links useful:

• About the Conference
• Session Content
• Photos and videos
• Attendee Testimonials
• Access Last Year's Session Content

Please consider this conference as an investment and provide me with approval to register for BlackBerry DevCon Americas.