Hi all! I was recently invited to do the Saturday session at my church’s women's camp, which was held at Anatoth, just outside Kuils River. This being my first official Bella Donna event, I was a nervous wreck for a whole month after being asked! I had two hours to fill – the question was, WITH WHAT?? We have so many wonderful subjects that we offer that is was close to impossible to settle on only a few. The theme of the camp was “flying high like an eagle”, which also means upliftment of the body and soul, so I worked around this. In the end I got a few favourites together and divided my presentation into two parts – upliftment of the body and upliftment of the mind and spirit.
Since I’m a bit of a computer buff, I did a Powerpoint presentation to go with my chat. Sounds pretty cool, huh? Only thing is, I would have been LOST if hubby Herman didn’t happen to do the sound at the camp as well – my laptop and the screen wouldn’t listen to me!!! Nothing worked when I’d set it up! So he tweaked a bit here and adjusted there... and we had life! Sooooo useful, these things called ‘men’. Though I had to work in front of my screen instead of behind it due to cable restraints, I think it worked out well.
Some of my favourite subjects to talk about are ‘the many uses of a little black dress’, ‘different make-up styles with just 3 items’ and ‘what to always carry in your handbag’. I challenged the ladies to bring their handbags and try to match me item for item – they actually did very well! Some even trumped me! My husband actually came up with a brilliant idea of what gift to give the ladies that would connect with this subject... tiny little handbags made from my pamphlet, filled with a lip-gloss and a business card - see pic below.
As an icebreaker in the middle, on BD’s Operational Manager Mandy’s suggestion, I had the ladies do facial exercises – we were in stitches! Will definitely use those again. My second half focussed on goal setting and personal growth, especially in your career. I have a passion for this part, as I have a vision board with my dream for my future pasted on it, which I work towards every day. I also found a motivational speaker on the internet called Marcus Buckingham, who has done 12 years’ worth of research on what successful women have in common – the results are very refreshing! Do yourself a favour and go do his test here Markus Buckingham's Strong Life Test to find out what YOUR strengths are, then build your way to a brighter future on those strengths!
Keep on polishing!
