Alt Summit NYC Recap

It has been way too long!  My apologies for the crickets around here lately- it has been a busy (but fun!) summer so far.  Way back on June 20th I had the honor of attending Alt Summit in New York City.  It was a jam packed day of speakers, different panels and networking with brands and other bloggers all under the Martha Stewart Living headquarters.


It would be impossible to tell you everything I learned and I think I am still digesting everything but here are some of the highlights from the day.

Keynote Speaker: Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge

I have been a long time fan of Grace's and was thrilled to hear her speak.  She talked about the growing and ever changing blogger community and how to stay on target.  I learned its ok to revisit your mission statement, breaking down big projects into small manageable steps, and to adopt early but maybe not fully- it's ok to sit back and see how things pan out.  Trends are important but it's not necessary to follow all of them.

And then a suprise visit from Martha Stewart... no big deal.

Yeah right!  I think the whole room jumped out of their chairs when she walked in!

Next favorite speaker- Isabel Kallman of Alpha Mom 

Isabel spoke on the topic of urgent vs. important using Stephen Covey's quadrant

Spending too much time in Quadrant #3- Urgent & Not Important can really drain you and leave you feeling empty.  I feel like too often I find myself in this category and I am going to try and make it a point to get myself in Quadrant #2 and #1 more often.

As a new blogger it can sometimes feel lonely- never really sure if anyone is reading it or getting anything out of what I am posting.  But I left Alt with a new lease on life- feeling motivated and inspired to keep blogging.

To see more pictures from the event- stop over to Alt Summit's Flickr page.

all photography courtesy of Justin Hackworth and sponsor, Atly