Why visit events?

4 days ago I visited a local conference called “Agile days” where team leaders from different companies explained which agile practices they use and why. Of course, nothing has been said you can't read in books and articles in the internet. It is always so. Obviously, that’s why 80% of my colleagues do not visit such events. So it seems to be an interesting question Why I’ve spent my time and money if I could have not ?

Surprisingly, knowledge is not what I was looking for. Real profit events like this give is energy. All good speakers radiate positive and creative energy. It is a psychological phenomenon - when one passionately tells you about agile practices it gives you charge to do something about it. It does not mean you turn into scrum master next morning but it helps to make a step forward.In my case it was enough to have a look at new issue tracker and even to start using it. Moreover, may be I’ll agitate my teammates for scrum meetings or something.