It’s been quite the week with Stampin’ Up!® happenings!
1. Our demonstrator leadership conference, BackStage 2024 took place this past weekend online. It was fantastic! (I’ve shared a few photos below.)
2. There is another SU event (OnStage 2025) taking place this next March in Raleigh, NC. Registration opened up on Tuesday and sold out within about five hours. Several of my team members (and many other demonstrators) didn’t get in and are now on the “wait list.” So we are crossing our fingers that SU is able to open up more spots soon.
3. Also on Tuesday afternoon, Stampin’ Up! announced all the top achieving demonstrators in all their markets across the world. And I was blown away to find out I was #5 overall in the US!!!*
I’m posting now because it was a hectic week AND I really WAS feeling overwhelmed with emotion. It’s shocking to find things like this out. I DO really love what I do. I’m passionate about my career and put my all into it. But wow…#5. That IS mind-blowing to me.
Thank you! This is not something that someone achieves without the support of MANY many others. I’m grateful to my family, my customers, my subscribers and viewers, those who like, comment and share my posts and videos, fellow demonstrators that collaborate and share and assist, the employees of Stampin’ Up!, my assistants, AND my Stampers With ART Stars team members. (I hope I didn’t leave anyone out.)
I celebrated all this and my dad’s birthday with my parents on Wednesday night at one of my favorite local restaurants, Margie’s.
And I received flowers from my upline Susan Campfield who also ranked high this year… #11!!! I am thrilled for her and so grateful for her strong example of leadership and her support through all these years.
She also had cookies delivered to me and to Nancy & Kayla (who also attend this virtual BackStage) as a surprise gift to eat and enjoy during the event. Mine were gluten free! How nice is that?
Here are a few other photos from the last couple days.
I watched & participated at times from my laptop in our main room of the house (which I still absolutely love…remember we had it remodeled a little over a year ago?) and at other times in my craft room (which you can see to the right of my face in this photo). It was nice to move from spot to spot not only for the change of scenery, but to get my legs moving. Hahaha!
CEO, Sara Douglass kicked off the event with a wonderful motivational message. More details of the upcoming new rewards program and details/stats of the company were shared. Many demonstrator presenters shared information and tips for how they run their successful businesses. New products including kits and scrapbooking items were revealed. We were inspired by motivational speaker and author, Tara Renze. And I have even more recorded training sessions to watch in the coming days because I couldn’t fit it all in in two days. But already I have lots of notes and gained a ton of information and useful tips and ideas to put into practice.
I also participated in Zoom networking sessions to connect and share with fellow demonstrators. I was wonderful to see and chat with so many. Even Shelli Gardner, the co-founder of Stampin’ Up! joined in.
Virtual events are different than gathering in person. That’s for sure. I am sad I couldn’t spend more time and visit with those people that I know. But I made a few new connections. I saved money and time by not investing in a plane ticket or hotel. And virtual allows more people to participate.
Plus, I was able to multi task and work on my team gratitude cards during the event!!
Check out my 11/6/24 post to see one of these cards being made from start to finish. They are almost done. My hubby is going to help me with the final steps so I can get them out into tomorrow’s mail.
I forgot to mention that SU gifted EVERY demonstrator who registered for this event a brand new Kindle!! I’ve never owned one. So I’m excited.
I’m looking forward to spending time in person with team members and other fellow demonstrators at next year’s BackStage which will be at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas November 10-13!
*Disclaimer: Obtaining these rankings and levels is something less than 1% of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators achieve.
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