It’s Thursday and the conference has begun. It started with the opening of the Expo Hall so I was at our booth with bells on. We had such a super day in the booth.  So many new faced and so many members introducing themselves from all over the world. We launched the Social Media TeleSummit and everyone is so excited about the line-up of experts.   Thank you so much for your support! 

Angela had a leadership meeting with the board members of each NAPO  chapter and then off to the Ask The Organizers Panel. This panel is always fantastic; everyone has so many of the same questions and they get answered by veteran organizers who have paved the way and learned a great deal over the years. We are so proud of Lauren Halagarda, an A Red Bench member, who is a panelist and a NAPO Conference speaker this year. I was a panelist in 2005 and I can remember how nervous I was so be sitting in front of my peers. Lauren did and amazing job!  You go girl!

Our opening keynote speaker was Scott McKain, author of “What Clients Really Want.” He was amazing and he actually brought me to tears in his presentation.  One of the comments he made was “If you have not done everything you could possibly do to build your business, your problem is not the recession, its business development.”  Wow! 

I excitedly went to my first education session which was 7 Proven Steps To Designing Workshops Participants Will Love.   It was outstanding.  I got a few little nuggets I will be sure to use in my next workshop.  When its not 1am, I will write more details, but its too late now and I have to be at the booth in a few hours. 

After the session, it was back to the Expo Hall, a cocktail reception with all the CPO’s and then…. well…. yeah…. it was back to the bar.  It’s Orlando and conference…… hey THE RICH BROOKS was in the house. 

Good night!