The In-HOWse Designer Conference is the single, most inspirational business event for in-house creative managers. It’s your chance to connect and network with hundreds of your peers, refresh your creative energy, and pick up brand-new tips and techniques that you can put to use back at the office.

But the Conference is also overflowing with concrete information that will have a positive effect on your company’s bottom line. And that’s the kind of information your boss is looking for when she asks “Why should I send you to the In-HOWse Designer Conference?”

Or if you want to take a less formal route, check out the list below. Here are just a few of the tangible, bottom-line-boosting benefits of attending this event. Print off this page and pass it on to your boss, or use the copy to craft a compelling dialogue about why you should join your peers at In-HOWse.

>>You’ll learn how to save your company money.
The economy’s on everyone’s mind, and this year’s program reflects it—that’s why you’ll discover strategies for overcoming challenges, streamlining processes and conserving resources.

>>The In-HOWse Designer Conference is a smart investment for your company.
Attending this year’s event will help you increase efficiency, renew creativity and ultimately, make your department stronger and more capable than ever before.

>>You’ll become a better manager and designer.
You’ll learn skills that will have a lasting effect on your work, everything from setting up a charge-back system to managing your staff through uncertain times to establishing an effective business model for your team.

>>Our speakers are experts.
We’ve hand-picked the best and brightest in-house experts to share their wisdom with you this June—and you simply won’t find advice this specific to improving your in-house team anywhere else.

>>You’ll learn how to make the most of what you already have.
Whether you want to inspire your staff to greater creative heights or need to get by on an older version of design software, you’ll learn tips for reducing costs, rethinking workflow and refocusing resources.

In other words, you’ll gain valuable strategies that will help you do more than you ever thought possible with what you already have—and that’s music to your boss’s ears.