The Social Media Showcase featured 7 talented social media experts talking about the many aspects of social media. Connecting with the World Experts share their tips and tricks on some of the hottest social media tools to expand your marketing reach.

They introduced themselves and what they were going to talk about. They then went to their tables and the audience went to the topics that interested them.

Lisa McKenzie on Facebook Ads & Leslie Eisener on Forums

Rebecca Happy on Social Media 101

Natasha D’Souza on a social website and LinkedIn

Lisa Larter on Twitter

Carrie Irvine on eNewsletters

Jen Hunter on Ning

All women in the room are asked to “ask”.

Laura Booker took us through a focus group and we worked on our asks.

We shared our asks and as a group we gave suggestions for this ask.

Government funded/supplemented tampons. We do have free condoms, why not tampons?

“Take off your shoes” she said. There was a bit of hesitation from the ladies in the room however they did comply. This was followed by lifting one leg off the floor while maintaining our balance. Point the toes, then next leg.

Then sit down on your chairs and get off using your core.

Here’s what some of the ladies were doing.

Laura Booker discussed Authentic Connections.  Laura considers herself to act and live authentically but in her younger years (she’s only 31 so we are not talking that many years ago!) she was reading a book which listed female leaders of Canada and found her aunt among one of the women listed.  This wasn’t one of those distant aunts whom she barely saw, this was an aunt whom she was close to.  She had to read in a book that her aunt was a leader for women in international business – the very career that Laura was involved with.  This revelation helped Laura realize that even with family, friend and collegues that we know (or think we know) quite well we really are not always interacting authentically with every opportunity.

Laura Booker

It was a defining moment for her and one we were grateful that she shared.  We have met a number of each other in this event but have we really connected?  I know I have only done so on the surface and can’t wait for our next break to be much more authentic for the rest of my day and every day from now on.  Thank you Laura!!!!!

The back inside cover is a journal of gratitude and acknowledgements

Belanie Dishong

Do you know where your connections came from? Do you know how you got to where you are today? How often do you go back to the first person to thank you for your success today?

If you are talking word of mouth we must do it from a place of authenticity. Stop looking for the right door or the right opportunity, you must create it. The next is acknowledgement and gratitude.

She has done a lot of work with the deaf community and have now have radio for the deaf community. It’s time to bring down the walls that bring down a culture. Be inclusive.

Thanks for the light, gratitude and acknowledgement.

Nancy Clark

Lisa Lajoie, President of Tapping Into It spoke to a room full of overworked, way too plugged into our BB women about learning to face our fears and love ourselves.   She reminded us about taking notice and listening to our intuition.  She made us realize we are our own worse enemy and we alone create our barriers to achieve our life purpose and dreams.   I have met and worked with Lisa and can state with certainty that she is one of best in her field and can help you tap into the knowledge you already know about solving and overcoming your barriers.

I have to say that it was somewhat weird to be riding the elevator all the way to the penthouse in my pjs. There were a number of events at the Crowne Plaza at the same time however everyone was in their business best.

As soon as I got off the elevator I was presented with a feather boa and I knew that the night was going to be fun. I then met the ladies from Goddessnet and collected my red rose. I did fill in a story about the evening on the forum.

No sooner had I entered the room everyone was ranting and raving about the treats and spa treatments. So I went to see what it was all about.

My initial intent was to get some video and photos of the event and I did manage that. However I even managed to get some much overdue pampering and I have to say that I would definitely go back to these spas that provided these services. The treats were AMAZING!!!

I was getting a facial while Zandra Bell was entertaining the crowd and I have to say that was a first for me. Typically when you go to get a spa treatment there is relaxing music in the background however this time I had a comedian there instead. It great and maybe the spas need to try that out, comedy and facial.

Sue McGarvie told us like it is, how you can keep the spark going way until you are 90!! She pointed out that for women the secret was dark chocolate, wine and omega 3. Well we had 2 out of 3 last night.

Cindy Almond demonstrated the art of pole dancing and the ladies showed us their stuff!!! Way to go ladies.

I did leave shortly after this so have no more stories to tall about the rest of the night however I did upload a few pictures to Facebook for Highlights from the PJ party. I do have video footage however you will have to wait for a bit as I will need some time to edit some of the content. I now look forward to a full day of conference.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Social Media Showcase – connecting with the world from Connect the Dots Ottawa on Vimeo.

In all the craziness, excitement and anticipation Carrie took on an additional role and that was to just say thank you, inspire us and get us there to the finish line

So even though everyone is running around today she sent a beautiful email reminding us that we were here, Connect the Dots is a mere few hours away.

So thanks Carrie for taking time for those emails. Thanks to the awesome team for putting this event together and I can’t wait for it to all begin.

See you all tonite.