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How To Rock A Community: Say Hello

This is the second in the How To Rock A Community series.
Dropping into a new scene or community is like taking your first dive into a cold pool of mountain water.
You don’t really know how deep it is, you are afraid you might get swept away, and not to mention you don’t really like being [...]

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How I Managed to Speak At A Conference When I’d Never Attended One Before

This past weekend I attended the first TribeCon in New Orleans, LA as a speaker on a panel with Sloane Berrent, Taylor Davidson, and Shannon Lane.

What most likely sets me apart from nearly all of the attendees, no less speakers, is that I have never attended a conference before. They just haven’t been part of my circuit. I’ve never been to an unconference, a wordcamp, or anything of that sort. My life has been occupied with dance and events associated with dance for the majority of the last eight years.

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