Convince your manager

We want to make sure your experience at our Bay Area conferences is a worthwhile investment in your learning and professional growth. You'll be inspired and motivated by worthy ideas and connections.

Are you looking to attend but are unsure how to bring up the subject with your manager? Below is a sample letter we have written to help you build your case and explain the value of attending our Bay Area conferences and how you'll benefit from the insights shared.

Use our template to help persuade your manager

Hi [MANAGER’S NAME],

I am writing to kindly ask for your approval to attend the upcoming LeadDev / StaffPlus / LeadingEng Bay Area 2023 conference taking place on October 17-18 / October 19, 2023.

LeadDev is a community of software engineering leaders that come together to learn and get inspired on all things team, tech, process, and personal development. They have been organizing leadership conferences in the US and Europe for over 6 years and this year are bringing three in-person conferences back to the West Coast, spanning all levels of engineering leadership.

I've been following them for some time and I believe I would find value in attending this particular one as it will explore new technologies, practices and case studies in topics that will directly help me in my career. The agenda features some of the biggest leading experts in our industry.

Topics at this year’s LeadDev Bay Area 2023 conference include:

Scaling
Diversity & Inclusion
Mentoring
Incident Management
Accessibility
Refactoring
Sustainability
...And more

Topics at this year’s StaffPlus Bay Area 2023 conference include:

Influencing at Scale
Technical Decision Making
Fundamentals
Technical Leadership
...And more

Topics at this year’s LeadingEng Bay Area 2023 conference include:

Career Vectors
Building Alignment
Cross-functional Collaboration
Networking
Managing Managers
Building Culture
...And more

While attending, I'll have the opportunity to network with hundreds of peers from all over the world and learn more about how they are solving similar challenges to ours.

Here are just some of the exhibitors and attending companies that came to the previous conferences in 2022:

I'll document all my new insights in a post-conference report detailing all the valuable takeaways which we can use in future projects. If there are any changes that I think will benefit our business I can recommend them to our team.

LeadDev currently offers group discounts for teams of 2+ members, along with workshop + conference bundles. If you feel that other colleagues would also benefit from attending the conference, we can save up to 20% on the ticket price.

There are also leadership workshops running on October 16 & 20, offering an additional full day of tutoring and group roundtable training and discussion from world renowned leaders.

Thank you for taking the time to consider this request. I see this conference as an investment in my professional development and couldn't be more excited to attend. I’d be happy to discuss business advantages, costs, or logistics with you in more detail if needed.

Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]