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* Do not go round taking all the stickers – share and make new friends. | * Do not go round taking all the stickers – share and make new friends. | ||
* Wash your hands. Lots. Before meals. After meals. You’ll be talking, working, eating, and otherwise hanging out with a thousand of your closest coworkers. It’s probably your best bet for not catching "mozflu", and it’s definitely your best bet to not transmit it. | * Wash your hands. Lots. Before meals. After meals. You’ll be talking, working, eating, and otherwise hanging out with a thousand of your closest coworkers. It’s probably your best bet for not catching "mozflu", and it’s definitely your best bet to not transmit it. | ||
* Do not feel bad wearing a face mask or make others feel bad for wearing one. | |||
* Do not feel obliged to hug or shake hands, or make others feel bad for not doing so. | |||
* Make sure you get some sleep. | * Make sure you get some sleep. | ||
* Read Brianna's emails! At an All Hands these are a key source of logistical and practical information (and one or two things that will make you smile) and should be the first thing you should consult if you have a query. | * Read Brianna's emails! At an All Hands these are a key source of logistical and practical information (and one or two things that will make you smile) and should be the first thing you should consult if you have a query. | ||
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=After the event= | =After the event= | ||
* You may feel a bit down or exhausted, | * You may feel a bit down or exhausted, which is completely natural after working with great people and something you care about. Take a day or so out to sleep, rest, and get used to the world again. | ||
* Keep in touch with people you met at the event. Work with them and follow up on meetings. | * Keep in touch with people you met at the event. Work with them and follow up on meetings. | ||
* Check | * Check in with your family. You have hopefully had an awesome experience, but they too will also have been doing awesome and amazing things. | ||
* Work on the goals you set out beforehand or modify them to focus on what you are bringing back with you. | * Work on the goals you set out beforehand or modify them to focus on what you are bringing back with you. | ||
* Look at the event pictures and any video footage, it will bring back good memories. | * Look at the event pictures and any video footage, it will bring back good memories. | ||