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I am still on a high from my weekend in Atlanta. It was honestly, game changing.
For the new readers, to keep you up to speed, I attended the O You! Oprah Magazine Conferencethis past weekend, as a Brand Ambassador for Kleenex. The speaker's lineup was out of this world... Gayle King, Lisa Ling, Suze Orman, Nate Berkus, Dr. Oz, Peter Walsh, Martha Beck, Bob Greene, Donna Brazile, Val Monroe, Adam Glassman, and Miss Oprah Winfrey herself.
I was in Atlanta to attend the O You! Conference, learn, enjoy, and work the booth with myKleenex peeps. As an inspirational Top 10 Brand, the strategic move to launch their softest tissue ever, Kleenex Cool Touch, at an inspirational conference, using me, an inspirational blogger as the ambassador, proved to be fantastic. In case you haven't seen it yet, Kleenex Cool Touch actually uses your own body heat to release a cooling sensation to a relieve a sore nose. It contains moisturizers and aloe, and is so soothing if you're sick... OR NOT! Or if you have hot flashes, as we learned in the booth--- 5,000 hormonal women, walking by our booth, cooling their hot faces withKleenex, going crazy for COLD tissues! Not sure Kleenex realized ALL the benefits when they made the first-ever cool and soothing tissue. ;)
From the moment I walked off the plane, alone, no kids, no husband, I felt free. Let's face it, with life's daily routines, kids, carpool, dinner, homework, extra curricular activities, PTA meetings, husbands, how often are we really alone in our thoughts, just focusing on ourselves? I imagine not too often. I went to my hotel and got ready for dinner with the Kleenex and Oprah Magazine team. Wow, I actually got to shower, put on makeup, get ready, without little people calling my name! To say it wasn't somewhat refreshing, would be a lie-- not forever, but just for a little. The moment I met the Kleenex team, those that I had only spoken to over the phone, I relaxed, and knew this would be a great partnership.
- Me and Deb from Oprah Magazine
- Me and Stephanie from the Kleenex Team. Yellow was obviously the color of the night. And I look pregnant. Ugh.
I went to bed early. Had a great night sleep. Woke up, and it was SATURDAY! Conference day! I headed over to the Georgia World Congress Center, and got my Media badge. The action happened right away. First I went to check out our Kleenex booth, it looked great and was located in the perfect spot. Then, as part of the media, I was INSIDE the ropes, watching the 5,000 screaming fans shout, "Suze, Nate, Dr Oz, look here!" Here are some of those highlights....
- Me and Dr. Oz - SUPER NICE GUY!
- Me and Lisa Ling - smart, beautiful, the whole package. And TINY
- Me and Suze Orman - DA BOMB. You'll see a little treat from her to you below
- Me and Martha Beck - I ADORE her and her writings
- Me and Nate Berkus - This guy is more ADORABLE in real life. So cute! ;)
- Me and Adam Glassman - LOVE THIS GUY! So cool and nice!
- My favorite moment - Me and Sheri Salata. I CRIED TO HER. FOR REAL. OY. And oh yeah, there's Gayle in purple!
While speaking with Suze Orman (pictured above), something amazing happened.... she RAN WITH MY BRAND! Yes, it's pretty darn cool when one of the world's top Finance Gurus tells your own readers how to get off the fence-- and that just so happens to be the name of your brand. Very exciting!
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So after chatting with all these superstars, the day began. The sessions were eye-opening. The booth was phenomenal- women were sending inspirational messages to loved ones and sharing Kleenex packages with people everywhere!
