Congratulations to @Donna Thornton! She rewrote our About page and created a new community image, and now we appear in the number 1 position in Skool Discovery when people search for "Skool growth." We all know she doesn't like to talk about her own success, so I'm doing it for her. P.S. I usually get a very serious look from her afterward. :) Also, Skool started showing Skoolology in its Meta ads this morning. Coincidence? I'll share my thoughts on why later. Remember the new very important rule: once one person clicks your ad and pays to join, Skool moves your community up to Growth Boost level 2, where Skool creates about 10 different custom ads for you, as long as you meet all of Skool's other requirements.

Another Skoolology builder is taking the stage. 🙌 @Jessica Cosci is a featured speaker at the Beyond the Scale: Second Chapter Summit happening September 28–29. Her session, “From Old Idea to New Opportunity,” feels especially fitting for someone we’ve been watching build, test, and create right here alongside us. Jessica has also been giving us a peek behind the scenes as she builds her own Human Advantage Summit, so I love getting to turn the spotlight around and celebrate her as the speaker this time. Congratulations, Jessica! Go share what you know. We’ll be cheering you on from here. ❤️🐼

Okay, according to a certain Off-Road Warrior, there’s a birthday happening somewhere around NOW. 😂❤️ And since you’re in Spain, and I’m over here in Kentucky trying to do birthday math across time zones, I’m just going for it! Happy, happy birthday, @Miranda Van Gogh 🥳❣️ I hope you have the loveliest day and that @Mikael Van gogh spoils you just a little extra. I’m so grateful our paths crossed. I’ve really loved getting to know you, laughing with you, and especially the conversations we’ve been having lately. You’re just such a joy to have around. ❤️ I hope this next year brings you more of what lights you up, lots of adventures and laughter, and plenty of those moments that make you look at each other and say, “Yep...THIS is the life we wanted.” 🥰 Big birthday hugs all the way from Kentucky, my friend. ❤️ And Mikael...if I’m a day early, I’m blaming my Off-Road Warrior source. 😂 Let's show Miranda some Skoolology 🐼❣️

Hi Everyone!! As I'm getting ready to bring speakers into my first summit, I thought I'd share a little of what I've actually been working on behind the scenes, and hopefully help anyone who might be thinking about hosting a summit out with some of this. Because I had NO idea how many decisions would happen before a single speaker ever stepped onto a virtual stage. 😂 And, to be fully transparent, I've been in a 9 week training program to learn how to launch and host a summit! So here we go... so far, I've: ✨ 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿. I wanted the summit to be really aligned with the focus of my community because that's where I'm hosting it. That eventually became 🫆𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁, focused on what makes our (midlife women's) experience, judgment, creativity and other human strengths even more valuable in the age of AI. ✨ 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁. How many days? What types of topics fit? What kinds of sessions? What speaker/sponsorship options will I offer? How much am I willing to spend on ads? What does the attendee experience look like? There were a LOT more decisions here than I expected. ✨ 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝟵𝟬-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻. Using a timeline provided to me in my training, I worked backward from summit week and mapped out speaker recruitment, applications, asset collection, promotion, tech checks, recordings and all the other things that need to happen between “I'm going to host a summit!” and actually hosting one. 😂 ✨ 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. Instead of just inviting people and hoping their topic fits, I created an application around the summit theme, audience and the kind of experience I want attendees to have. ✨ 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀. I've created a full Speaker Prospectus website that explains the summit, who will be in the room, the types of topics I'm looking for, expectations, deadlines and what I'm trying to create with the event. ✨ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹. This is where accepted speakers will get everything they need without me emailing or dm'ing different documents and links all over the place. 😂

I have permission to hype her, so obviously I’m going to. 😂❤️ Just over a week ago, @Lisa Vanderveen opened the doors to Kingdom Peace & Prosperity. If you’ve been following along, you know Lisa has been BUILDING. 😂 She’s been experimenting, changing things, following ideas, having conversations, and creating something that feels very much like HER. And today... SOMEONE PAID TO BE IN THE ROOM!!! 🎉🥳❤️ KPP officially has its first paying member. Lisa, I know you have BIG dreams for what you’re building, but I hope you stop and enjoy this one. Because there’s only ever ONE first paying member. ❤️ Someone saw what you’re creating and said... Yep. I want in. THAT deserves a celebration. Congratulations, Lisa!!! 🎉❤️🥳