Summit of Awesome Review, Day 2
Friday, October 21, 2011 16:45We had yet another super fantastic time at day 2 of the Summit of Awesome! See what Craftzine.com and Unanimous Craft say in their coverage of the Summit of Awesome. If you want to follow along in real time, you can check out the hashtag #summitofawesome or #soa2011 on Twitter.
The first morning sessions began including Letterpress with Baltimore Print Studio; Goals and Intentions with Kari Chapin; Pricing Your Work with Megan Auman & Tara Gentile and Craft Fair Booth Set Up and Display with Caitlin Phillips.
Next up was: Letterpress with Baltimore Print Studio; Wholesaling 101 with Kasey and Kelly Evick and Rhonda and Elijah Wyman; Storytelling in Marketing and Business Creation with Tina Seamonster; Craft Fair Applications with Rachel Bone and Andrea and Robert Tucker and Pitch Your Craft Book with Kate McKean.
Today’s lunch and Craftnote was with the amazing Jay McCarroll, as seen to the right. He painted a picture of how he got started in fashion and how he got to where he is today.
The first afternoon sessions were: How and When to Hire Help with Jon Wye, Rhonda and Elijah Wyman and Willo O’Brien; Best of Etsy Success with Danielle Maveal; Your Craft in Galleries with Jaime Zollars and Diane Koss and Crafty Throwdown with Kimberly Dorn and Christine Ernest.
The next afternoon sessions were: Brainstorming and Recording Stories with Tina Seamonster; Event Sponsorship with Kimberly Dorn and Christy Petterson; Copyright vs. Trademark with Diane Leigh Davison MLA; Email Marketing with Amy Ellis and Sharon Teng and Etsy Shop Critique with Danielle Maveal.
Finally the day ended with a Book Garland Workshop with Caitlin Phillips, Let’s Gocco Like It’s 2004! Workshop with Raina Hassan; The Importance of Photography with Miranda Lievers; What the Creative Business Owner Can Learn from Improv with Amanda Hirsh; Social Media 101 with Lish Dorset and Willo O’Brien and Etsy Shop Critique with Danielle Maveal.
Later tonight is also an Etsy Meetup in Baltimore which is open to the public. More information is available here.
To view more photos from the Summit of Awesome, please check out our Flickr pool here. And all attendees, volunteers and speakers are invited to add their photos as well!























