#85 - Organizing and Attending Conferences & Retreats with Kristy Oustalet

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🗓️ 16 August 2016

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Today we want to talk about conferences, retreats, and the importance of OFFLINE connections! We're talking about what it takes to put on your own conference or retreat – and we thought we’d invite our friend Kristy Oustalet on to chat with us about this. We first met Kristy when she attended our very first Being Boss Vacation in NOLA. She runs her own conference in New Orleans called VenturePOP and offered some generous guidance to us newbies that we want to share with you all!Topics discussed in this episode:-The importance of connecting offline with other creatives-Our favorite conferences and retreats-How to get the most out of a conference-Dealing with conferences as an introvert-Starting your own conference or meetup-Scaling a meetup-What to avoid doing at conferences and meetups-Making a profit on conferences and sponsorships

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Boss episode number 85. This episode is brought to you by Fresh Books Cloud
0:06.3	Accounting.
0:07.3	Being Boss and work and life is being in it.
0:16.0	It's being who we are, doing the work, breaking some rules,
0:21.0	and even though we each have to do it on our own
0:23.8	Being boss is knowing we're in it together.
0:27.8	All right today we want to talk all about conferences, retreats and the importance of offline connections.
0:34.0	Emily and I have made so many friends, creative colleagues,
0:38.0	and even clients from meeting with people, IRL, in real life.
0:42.0	So we want to talk to you all about that. We also want to
0:46.2	talk about what it takes to put on your own conference or retreat and we
0:49.2	thought we'd invite our friend Christy Alstellett on to chat with us about this.
0:53.5	We first met Christie when she attended our very first Being Boss vacation in New Orleans, and she
0:59.2	runs her own conference in New Orleans called Venture Pop.
1:02.8	She's offered us so much generous guidance to us newbies and we want to share it with you
1:06.9	all.
1:07.9	Christie is the co-founder of Venture Pop, a conference in New Orleans for Creative Entrepreneurs entrepreneurs and she's also the director of
1:14.0	operations for the nationally recognized events venue, race and religious.
1:19.2	In addition to the annual two-day conference, Christie plays a part in planning and logistics for over
1:23.8	125 events per year. Above all, she is a project manager for those who see their
1:29.7	big ideas in full color that need the right tools to make them happen.
1:34.0	Hey you guys I want to take a second to talk about getting paid.
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