Attending your first conference? Here are 7 essentials

That first conference can be a bit intimidating, says Ragan Communication’s healthcare editor Jessica Levco. But it’s a rite of passage for every young PR pro. “I was hit with a double whammy when I attended back-to-back conferences,” Levco wrote for Ragan.com . “I started with Ragan’s health-care social-media summit at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., and then reported on Swedish Medical Center’s ‘Innovation in the Age of Reform’ conference in Seat…