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[Subject:]
Attend 2016 Ellie Mae Experience user conference
[Body of email:]
Hi [Insert manager’s first name],
Ellie Mae has opened registration for the 2016 Experience user conference in Las Vegas from Feb 29-March 2, and attending would
be an excellent opportunity for both myself and the entire company in terms of what I can bring back.
An entire community of approximately 2,000 Encompass users, Ellie Mae product experts, and mortgage industry leaders will be on
hand to share best practices, provide hands-on training, and demonstrate new innovations. The networking alone is an incredible
opportunity to get problem-solving strategies, real-life insights, and practical approaches to make our organization more efficient,
compliant, and successful.
At Experience there’s one day of 12 mortgage and hands-on Encompass Pre-Conference Training classes, plus two days of 24 indepth breakout sessions during the Experience conference. There’s five conference tracks overall, each with a specific focus, and
the one I’m most interested in attending is [insert track name, choose from: Compliance; Operations; Technical; Sales & Marketing;
Executive].
Take a look at the website to get a better sense of the value: http://experience.elliemae.com/
To ensure I’m getting the most out of it I’d like to specifically place my focus on bringing back a solution or best practice to move
[insert project] forward.
And here’s an approximate breakdown of training + conference costs:
Average U.S. Airfare
Four night stay at hotel (discount rate at Wynn)
Dinners (breakfasts and lunches are provided)
Round-trip airport taxi
2016 Experience, March 1-2 ($300 off early registration discount)
Or: 2016 Experience + Pre-conference Training ($300 off early registration discount)
Total for Experience alone:
Total for Experience + Pre-conference Training:
$395
$916
$150
$50
$995
$1,795
$2,506
$3,306
I’m looking into ways to keep expenses to a minimum, including airfare sales, hotel discounts, ride-sharing, and meals with vendors.
And I'll be sure to submit a post-conference report that will include a summary of my sessions and networking, and a set of
recommendations based on the best practices I learn at the conference.
We could even turn this into a team-building event and save an additional 20% on registrations if we send five or more people. As I
mentioned, there’s five tracks with a total of 24 breakout sessions, along with 12 pre-conference training sessions, and 10 solutions
showcase drop-in sessions. If a team of us attend we would really cover all the bases. And just for reference, the advanced
registration discount price expires on December 15.
Let’s set up a time to talk if you want to go over any details, or you can let me know if I have the go-ahead.
[your name here]