Dancing at My Desk

Blissdom 2010: Opening Remarks

Blissdom 2010 kicked off with opening remarks presented by the co-founders of Blissdom Allison Worthington and Barbara Jones.

Ali was clearly overwhelmed by the moment and laid out what Blissdom is all about it. She talked about meeting friends for the first time in person and “getting” other bloggers even if you’ve only read each other’s blogs. Barbara introduced Paula Bruno who helped out tremendously for the 2010 Conference.

All three women spoke about nerves, lack of sleep and gratitude. Paula spoke about wanting to get involved in Blissdom because one of her passions is empowering women. She believes that women, with the right tools, can change themselves, their families, the world. Knowledge is power (amen sister) and enjoys watching women grow into who they truly were meant to be.

Lots of thank you went around including to the sponsors (more on that later). And as they continue to lay out what the sponsors have done for attendees, thank yous are definitely deserved. Ali also laid out the fact that Blissdom is really new and sponsors are taking a major leap of faith in supporting this event.

Barbara talked about how much has changed in blogging in the past few years and how it’s easy to get caught up in the craziness of it all, but she encouraged us to really think about what our PERSONAL strategy is for our own blogs. What is the best for you personally? What do you want to get out of it? Do you even have a strategy? What do you do when you lose the love for blogging? It’s all about the bliss.

Let’s rock it.