As most of you know, I sell Home Interiors and Gifts. This is a home party plan that keeps me sane, allowing me to associate with adults since I am a “stay at home mom.”
So this past weekend was our Home Interiors seminar in Denver. Talk about a party. They have such a demand for this seminar that they split it by region into two seminars. I attended the second wave of 5000+ women (and a few men).
Have any of you ever been to the Denver convention center? The place is enormous. Huge. It’s a good half a mile wide and much longer.
Besides tons of recognition for the top people in the company, we have spirit day, and we learn about all the upcoming decorating trends as well as see all the new merchandise that will come into our line this year. SO COOL.
Spirit day was a ball. Imagine 5000 women dressed to match their team to signify something. My district was “Bobbi the team builder.” So we wore jeans, bright green shirts, a hard hat, and a tool belt with recruiting tools in it. Everyone screams and shouts trying make their team win the spirit stick. Crazy? You bet ya.
The down side to all this is bathrooms. Due to the elevation increase from many of our hometowns, we were highly encouraged to drink lots of water. This creates large lines in and out the door of the bathrooms. Now the funny part is that they close most of the bathrooms to the men and make them women’s bathrooms. So the men that were there had to hunt for a restroom to visit. Most of the time I left the general area of the current session in search of a restroom that was not overcrowded.
I do have to say that I was truly amazed at how organized the whole event was. 5000 women can certainly create chaos if allowed, but they had hundreds of people available to help and guide us to and from everything.
I’ll definately be going again next year. It’s an undescribable experience. Our key note speaker was Joel Zeff. Anyone heard of him?
Have any of you attended any amazing conventions?