Follow Friday #BlogElevated Edition

Last weekend, I attended Blog Elevated 2014.  Thanks to Lisa and Bobbie for giving me the opportunity to volunteer with a great group of bloggers.  This conference for me was so different than any I have attended before.  Last year I attended and mingled.  I met several bloggers and the conference was awesome.  I obviously wanted to come back.  But what was different about this year was the connections I made.  Thanks to me working the registration desk I was able to greet so many attendees.  It was awesome, no need for an ice breaker or anything.  I asked them their name and I introduced myself.  Later on and during the conference I knew so many people, it was ridiculous.  It felt great to be at a place where I was not in the corner waiting for someone to talk to me.  I was talking to people.  I was asking if they were ok, if they had any questions, and even offering help.  I normally am shy, even if you do not believe me.  So my mission was to meet, mingle, break out of my shell, and guess what?  I did.  Check out some of the great people I met:

@KaraDriver
@foster2forever
@3hines
@dianamtz08
@BigKidsSmallCity
@nickiwooguru
@sweetercpa
@blossomsnPosies
@soundmindspirit
@oldworldnewgirl
@sharonrose
@simplycintia
@carrascoblog
@BajanTexan


On the last day, last minute-I decided to run around and take pictures of all the people I had met.  This is only some of the people I met.  I had new and old friends that made this experience, an awesome one.  The reason for the pictures was so I could have name/face recognition.  My take from all of this is-step out of your shell.

BE open.
BE social.
BE yourself.
BE there.
BE friendly.
BE ELEVATED!

Great friendships start with a HELLO!  Some of us hide behind our computer screens.  I won't be hiding anymore.  I hope to meet more new people, and can't wait to stay connect with the people I have met.  I no longer sit in a room full of people in the corner.

And you should not either.