Training attitudes

Each year I go to a number of training events and conferences with the standard I use to weigh up their success, usually, being the number of blog posts generated.

But if I'm honest, when I go to many training events, my attitude isn't completely positive and my expectation isn't one brimming with receptivity.

But, having been to two all-day training event this week, I have a renewed marker for conference/training success.

Is my attitude better going out than it was going in?

Because, even if my thinking going into a conference is less than stellar, if the few hours of input has changed my attitude, then the event has done something right...