Are you interested in building a better workplace? Would learning what to do about the gender pay gap, glass ceilings, and employee turnover help your company?

WTIA is here to help you convince your company to pay for your FullConTech registration and/or let you take a day off work. We’ve also provided a ready-to-use email template to make this process even easier.

Here’s how to argue that attending FullConTech is a worthy investment.

1. FullConTech Features action-oriented Workshops

We’ve received a lot of great feedback on the FullConTech experience from attendees. “I’ve never been to a conference where I felt engaged the whole time. Usually people are just kind of there, mostly on their phones or computers, coming in and out, and by the next day you’ve forgotten everything. This is the opposite of that.”

At FullConTech, we believe “Action Starts Here” because we convene people like you who get things done. We believe in learning through doing, which is why most of the day is spent in interactive breakout sessions where you’ll get to learn alongside other action-oriented people. Every year, WTIA publishes a Playbook within six weeks of FullConTech that details ideas and resources shared and outlines opportunities to take action.

You can view the Playbooks from past FullConTechs here.

2. You’ll Create an Impact Beyond FullConTech

Learning from real success stories is not only inspiring in these rapidly changing times, but it also means you will save time and money instead of trying to figure out what works in isolation. FullConTech will challenge your ways of thinking and also provide you with actionable tools to take back to your office to start making changes that will benefit the company.

Some attendees carry out the ideas outlined in the Playbook and share them with the community, not just their companies. Volunteers groups have created a Diversity Charter template and a Women in Tech Resource guide.

WTIA’s level-the-playing field job fair, Training Camp + Draft Day, came from brainstorming done at the inaugural FullConTech. Today, we’re helping prepare hundreds of top nominees from underdog schools get hands-on interview prep and providing diverse talent to tech companies.

3. A Chance to Learn from Different perspectives

Don’t you hate going to conferences where you see the same people and hear the same perspectives? WTIA prides ourselves on bringing together diverse perspectives who will challenge how you think. We do this with expert speakers and the attendees we attract.

Our speakers represent a wide range of diverse perspectives. They’ll share mistakes made and lessons learned. You’ll hear from a data-driven CEO of the world’s largest HR consulting firm; the Chief People Officer for GoDaddy, a company known for its sexist ads; a venture capitalist at the region’s largest VC firm; the author of the popular career development blog, HR Nasty; the regional leader of Comcast; and a director appointed by Seattle’s Mayor to oversee the Review of Harassment and Discrimination Policies.

At our last FullConTech, we brought techies and farmers together to discuss how to support the immigrant workforce. At this upcoming FullConTech, you’ll get to collaborate with educators, techies, civil servants, and nonprofit staffers who are leading at all levels and in all functions.

“FullConTech was spectacular. I loved my breakout group (full of smart, diverse, thoughtful people I would never have met otherwise),” said Ed Lazowska, University of Washington.

Bonus: You’ll get Authorship

The playbook that was just mentioned above? By contributing your knowledge, you AND your organization will get listed as a co-author. Just scroll to the end of any Playbook to see what I mean.