Well, its been about a week now since I’ve been back from the conference and I am still mulling over all the information I received while there but here is some more recaps of the event. Since I took five classes, what I’ll do is recap one class each week for the next five weeks; I may toss in a few pictures too.
So class one was with Vonda Skelton and was entitled “How to Develop a Speaking Ministry to Women”. I have to be honest and admit that this was not my first choice for this time period of classes; it was in fact my third choice. I won’t discuss my first two choices because I believe this one was the best of the three and deserves all the praise. I will say though that because I went to my first choice, decided that one wasn’t for me, then moved to my second, decided that one wasn’t for me either, that I missed the entire first day of Vonda’s class which I truly regret. Now, they were recording her classes and offered those recordings for purchase, which I did buy, but it’s not the same as being there. Not to mention that the conference paperwork said the recordings would be CD’s and when I picked them up they were cassette tapes, I have no way to play tapes anymore so I have to find someone who can convert the tapes to CD’s in order to listen to them. Anyway…
Vonda is truly an amazing woman and it was an honor to be able to sit on spit row in her class. Not that I was spit on but I was so close I could have touched the hem of her pants. The reason this was not my first choice is simply that it is not my dream to get up in front of people and speak, especially to women. Just the thought of doing that terrifies me because women, based on my personal experience, are way more judgmental than men are, but by the time the conference was over I was encouraged to step out of my comfort zone, not be so shy, and try something new.
Vonda is extremely funny yet serious about presenting a true biblical message from the word of God. She discussed the best way to mix these two elements together to deliver a powerful message in such a way that it gets your attention and keeps it till the end and then leaves you thinking about the changes you need to make in your life long after the message is over. She also discussed some basics like, how to dress and how not to dress, along with hair and make up tips, as well as blogs, web sites, and marketing.
If you have never heard of Vonda I encourage you to look her up at her web site which I have listed on the right in the link bar and likewise, if you haven’t seen her hilarious video on You Tube, I have provided the link here for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEmhI8FL_ZI
Also, if you have never seen her in person and you see on her schedule, listed on her website that she is planning on being in your area, do yourself a big favor and go out of your way to see her, I promise you won’t regret it.
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