𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 💜

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Hey all! I wanted to stop by with a little update on hosting my first summit inside my Skool community, The AI MAP Room.

There’s a lot I’m already grateful for, and a few things I would approach differently next time. And what better place to share those lessons than with other Skool founders?!

𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿:

𝗢𝗻𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸.

Planning, speaker communications, classroom setup, promotional materials, graphics, emails, links... every finished piece seems to introduce three more things that need doing. 😂

I knew it would be work. I underestimated how much.

The good news is that I’m building the framework and templates as I go, so a future summit should be easier to put together.

𝘔𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺: 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴𝘦.

𝗧𝘄𝗼: 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆.

This has probably been my biggest lesson. I over-committed myself to a lot of other engagements on top of putting together and running my own summit.

That on-top of all the work means I’m more tired at the end of each day, and I’ve had less energy for the interactions and live sessions I love inside my community. I’ve also been less present in other communities where I enjoy connecting and collaborating, including this one.

The posts are still happening. But being present takes more than having content scheduled.

𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴.

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲: 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿.

Having speakers introduce the summit to their own audiences has been one of the biggest benefits.

You’re reaching new members through people they already know and trust, which is a lovely way for them to discover your community.

It’s also shown me how much promotion can happen through collaboration. Paid ads can be an option, but they don’t have to carry the whole event.

𝘔𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺: 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺-𝘵𝘰-𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺, 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.

𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴.

New women are joining because they’re excited about the summit, and they’re already commenting, sharing their stories, and coming to lives.

That brings more conversations and connections for everyone, including the members who were here before the summit...and I’m really grateful for this part. 💜

𝘔𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺: 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴.

𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

An All-Access Pass and member promotional pinned posts can create income opportunities around the summit itself.

I’m still ahead of the event, so I’ll have more to share about actual results afterward. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺.

𝗦𝗶𝘅: 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆.

More members joining creates more opportunities for them to experience how you teach, how you support people, and what your community offers.

That can lead to paid memberships as trust grows. 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵: 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴?

✨ I have just over two weeks until 🫆𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮–𝟰, with 22 women sharing how our experience, expertise, creativity, and judgment can help us build in the age of AI.

We’ll be exploring everything from designing offers and creating brand assets to building community and using AI to make room for the work we want to do. And our very own

@Donna Thornton

is one of the speakers!

I’m excited, a little tired, and learning plenty along the way😂....and I hope that some of these lessons learned help anyone considering hosting their own summit.

👉🏻 For those of you who have hosted a summit or a bigger community event, what would you absolutely do again, and what would you change?

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𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 💜