The best conferences are ones that fill your head with new knowledge, your spirit with new inspiration, and your heart with new and growing connections. For me, attending my sixth National Speakers Association annual conference was all three. This year I’m going to keep my event wrap-up short and sweet and focused on my favorite…
NSA/NC – September Meeting Recap
I was delighted to see my schedule open for the September 10th NSA/NC (aka the National Speakers Association/ Northern California) chapter meeting and to see that the topics looked particularly pertinent to my interests. Attending this day was a good reminder that in order to build relationships and networks, you have to keep showing up!…
Podcast Movement – Event Recap
I’ve thought about doing a podcast for quite awhile, but have been struggling with where to put my focus (and on how best to incorporate it into my already jam packed scheduled.) So when I saw Podcast Movement, a 2 day conference dedicated to the art and passion of podcasting, I figured that would be…
Women In Tech Festival – Event Recap
I’ve been rocking the conference circuit these days, and last Wednesday I attended one I haven’t been to before. The Women In Tech Festival held in Silicon Valley is focused on, you guessed it, Women in Tech. I had to arrive a bit late so unfortunately I missed the first two panels (which looked really…
Habit Summit 2016 – Event Recap
This was the second year I attended both the Hooked Workshop and Habit Summit. Since I learned so much last year I decided to go back and I’m glad I did, Nir Eyal does a really great job of keeping things fresh. The book these events are based on “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products”…
SXSW 2016 Event Recap
It’s always good to go into an event like SXSW with a plan, otherwise you might get swallowed up in sheer potential of all the possibilities. As this year I wasn’t doing a full presentation, I decided to focus on networking. There are tens of thousands of people that attend SXSWinteractive each year, so who…