Summit

2010 Summit of Awesome
June 16-18
McMenamins Kennedy School
Portland, Oregon

The Summit of Awesome is an annual conference that brings together crafters and makers from across the U.S. to learn, grow, and be prosperous in this ever-changing economy. With a desire to help sustain the handmade movement and support independent crafters within the community, Hello Craft welcomed more than one hundred independent business owners and crafters from across the country to the 2010 Summit of Awesome.

The Summit was three days of business classes, mentoring sessions, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities.

Seminar topics ranged from teaching crafters how to prepare taxes and form LLCs, to how to organize craft fairs and develop successful product lines. For more information on this year’s Summit programming, please view our 2010 schedule and speaker line up.

This year’s Summit was co-produced by Hello Craft’s event partners and PDX crafting superstars, Crafty Wonderland and DIY Lounge.

A Saturday show and sale, The Show of Awesome, was also planned in conjunction with the conference. It provided Summit-goers, as well as the Portland community, an opportunity to mix and mingle while shopping for unique handmade goods.