The keynote speakers, Maxwell Ryan, CEO of Apartment Therapy, and Carley Knobloch, a lifestyle and technology expert, were my favorite speakers from the event. They blended all the topics to be covered at the conference so well. It was a real joy to hear them speak! In between the sessions, we were encouraged to mingle, visit the booths (they had puppies!), and take our turn styling a sofa for Joss&Main's white sofa challenge. I'm not going to lie, I wish I could take all of the styling stuff home, it was so fabulous!
All the pretty stuff aside, here are the main points that I took away:
- All good paths have missions.
- You should always want to be of service to others.
- Blogs changed everything. Social Media changed it again. Mobile and video are changing it now.
- Millennials are driving the current mediums, and therefore are driving the content on them.
- As long as you keep your energy flowing, it's okay to make mistakes.
- Whatever you're doing, you need a structure and process.
- In order to start a business, or stay in business, you must be solving someone's problem.
- What technology you use should be based off the problems you have, and if you don't take to it, then it's not your technology.
- Smart is great, but thoughtful is better.
- People want to know you, so be yourself and be authentic.
It was really hard to limit my list to just ten things, because I really did learn so much more than what I'm sharing in this post. If you have the opportunity to attend conferences for your career or hobbies, I highly encourage you to! It's a great way to meet people that are pursuing the same things you are, and learn more about the things that interest you the most.
xoxo,
Kitty
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