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social media diva highlights

presented my half day workshop on social media for the 2nd time at EXHIBITOR2014 in Las Vegas, NV

and again at EXHIBITOR FastTrak in Boston, MA

spoke on a panel on event planner at the 2014 Cvent Corportate Meeting Summit

was featured in an article on mashable (!!!) on top stressful jobs

had my first [paid] speaking gig on social media for the Upper Midwest EDPA

spoke on a Power of Live webinar on Amplifying the Social Experience at Every Touchpoint hosted by Cvent and BrandRepublic

life + family + travels

got ENGAGED to my best friend and love of my life [b] on the beaches of st. eustatius in march

traveled to: florida (x5), the carribean, las vegas (x2), texas, kansas city, cincinnati, niagara-on-the-lake, on (canada), nashville, phoenix, san diego

celebrated 2 years with [b]

met my social media soulmate, dick vitale. and he said i was Awesome with a capital A

went to my first, second and third concerts of my life. (imagine dragons, iggy azelea, garth brooks)

sold the townhome & bought a first home together in st. louis park (sidenote: moving is the absolute worst)

my big brother bought a house + got a job! my baby brother graduated from high school + started college! my momma & daddy celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary!

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i’m not good at giving myself credit. nothing is ever good enough. i am never good enough. it could always be better, stronger, smarter, funnier, prettier, etc. striving for excellence is a wonderful thing; striving for perfection will leave you with nothing but disappointment. perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order. part of this is just being human. but part of it is because of my obsessive compulsive personality disorder. my ocpd makes me so focused on unattainable perfection that it keeps me from doing anything. it makes me feel like a fraud when i do achieve good things; that i wasn’t good enough or didn’t deserve them. [b] introduced me to the term, imposter syndrome and it completely describes how i feel sometimes. and so often when we want to celebrate our own success we feel like we are “bragging” or “showing off” and it makes us feel guilty for something we should be proud of.

thanks to some wonderful people in my life who are always there to support me, i’m working at getting over this. we need to own our successes. i didn’t get lucky by chance; i worked my (excuse my language) booty off. i put myself out there; i went after what i wanted; i took chances and risks; i made the most out of every opportunity that i’ve been given. at the ripe age of 25 i’ve been fortunate enough to have some pretty damn awesome opportunities. i am not perfect. i am not an expert. but i am someone who struggles with anxiety and depression and ocpd and despite it all has powered through to do some pretty snazzy things.

today we celebrate the successes with no guilt, just pride and happiness and smiles. in the past months i have had some incredible things happen in my life, and i’m excited to share them with you…

gave my first paid speaking engagement on social media to the Upper Midwest EDPA. best part? it was in a CAVE!

will be giving my session on ‘unleashing the power of social media’ for the 3rd year at EXHIBITOR2015

participated on a webinar with cvent on ‘amplifying the social experience at every touchpoint‘

was featured in an article in mashable on the top 5 stressful jobs; representing my fellow event professionals (yes mashable, the website i read daily and always refer my attendees to as a resouce of information… this is real life.)

let’s all start celebrating our success. our stories. i may not be perfect; but parts of me are pretty awesome.