It is becoming increasingly important to understand that every conference is unique in its own way.
Some conferences are easier for tutors then others.
No matter what the scenario though it is important to remember that there are some basic techniques that can be applied to various situations and that can be effective in those situations. No matter what the variation of the conference, there is some way to deal with it in a positive manner that allows the collaborative effects of the conference to help both the writer and the tutor. It is important to understand that conferencing with a student without a paper may require more work on the part of the tutor because he or she must continuously pose questions to cause the writer to dig deeper and validate his or her answers. A specific error paper is one that requires a tutor to be able to utilize the strategies of reading aloud and being able to listen to the paper to depict various errors. Similarly, a global revisions paper requires that tutor to not only read the paper aloud but to also probe the writer with questions.