Well I only made it one day to Blissdom, but let me tell you that day was full of awesome women, learning new things, remembering some familiar ones, and hurt feet. Here is my top 10 things I learned at Blissdom.
- Cute shoes and conferences do NOT mix! When will I learn? I now have blisters on my poor feet from walking for miles at Opryland Hotel.
- Do NOT leave my mom home alone with computer unattended. She will download a virus every time.
- Make sure your bus drive to events know where she’s going or you will possibly end up a)the wrong exit twice, b)not even the write hotel, c)possibly dead. #countrypartybus
- There are some FABULOUS women bloggers out there! It was an awesome opportunity to actually meet this great diverse group of women one on one.
- Make sure to check out a Wisdom Workshop. I went to the inspirational writing workshop and left feeling more inspired than I have in a looooong time.
- Always check and see how much parking will be BEFORE going. Seriously $18.00 to park my friggin’ car?
- Make sure you stay till the party ends because you never know what may happen! You may see someone showing you how to bust a move, or win some fabulous makeup from ELF
- Put more of yourself into your blog. THIS is one of the most important things I have learned. So watch out everyone! More of ME heading to a blog near you!
- Make sure to eat before you go. $6 for a slice of pizza that sucks isn’t worth it.
- Lastly, there will always be certain cliques at conferences and some who glance at your name tag and move on to the next person. Do not let it get to you. Those are the ones who think they are more important and influential than they actually are.
I’m super glad I went to one day of this fantastic event. I will be posting a Namedropping Post later next week to give a shoutout to all the fabulous women I met!
You hit it right on the head. SOrry I missed Blissdom but these apply to all comferences, esp that last one – I think I listed that after I attended BlogHer last year.
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Poor Baby…so much toursis…but, still, the amazing folks you meet do make up for the hardships, don’t they? And what place could be more good-natured fun than Opryville!
HAHA @ 2. Can’t wait to hear more about YOU! Hope you had fun
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I am so happy I got to meet you!
I think next year I will try to attend the Wisdom Workshops. I feel like I missed out by not attending them. In fact I may skip the conference itself and just do the workshops!
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Wasn’t Blissdom fun?! So glad you won the ELF makeup!
That was a fun party!
(hey, I’ve got a Top Ten {Tuesday} carnival tomorrow…pretty sure I’ll be posting my top ten blissdom stuff tomorrow, too. you should link up!)
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I love, love, loved the Wisdom Workshops. I really wish that I’d been able to attend the inspirational writing one. I heard such amazing things about it!
I’m sorry if someone did that to you, passed you over.
I think it happens no matter what, sometimes intentionally.. sometimes not.
I found myself staring at name tags to see if I knew and followed the person so I could tell them how much I loved them, if I didn’t follow them introduce and ask them about themselves and sometimes to try to memorize their twitter handles so I could tweet them later
It’s all a bit overwhelming
Congrats on winning the ELF makeup, that is AWESOME!
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So cool to meet you too! I had a great time as well!
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