>> I think it's that networking part of it.
You know, when I was an undergrad, I went to an outdoor rec and education conference
in Keystone, Colorado for this, for an association,
and I didn't really know what it was, and I knew it was an opportunity to meet others
in the field, but, you know, I was 19 years old or 20 years old.
I didn't really know how important that was.
I've been going back four years, and this will be, this coming,
actually in a couple weeks even, it'll be my fifth conference, and, you know,
I'm excited to see people that I met, you know, those previous years,
and really built some strong connections, and they've helped me out.
I've tried to help them out.
So I think networking is the biggest piece.
If you can do it at a national conference, great.
If not, you know, just reach out to other schools in your area,
other people in the southeast that are into outdoor rec.
Start building those connections because you never know, you know,
they all say it's about who you know.
So I think that's the big, the most important thing.