Conscious Growth Workshop in Las Vegas (Blog)

[Savage]

Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Steve Pavlina's blog:

Conscious Growth Workshop in Las Vegas

[Aleksander Krstic]

Just to mention your twitter page didn't update the blog post.

[Erin Pavlina]

Yeah, Twitter's been slow to update, but they eventually get it.

[yoopersmith]

Steve/Erin,

I just signed up and I can't wait!!! Sounds like it will be a blast to learn and grow with you guys...

The price is an awesome bargain in my book....I locked in the LOW LOW price now just because I have a strong feeling that it will sell out rather quickly.

CHEERS!

P.S. I'm am doing my "icebreaker" speech with toastmasters today!!

[seeker5]

Originally Posted by yoopersmith

The price is an awesome bargain in my book....I locked in the LOW LOW price now just because I have a strong feeling that it will sell out rather quickly.

Yeah, I have a feeling (or fear?) the prices will probably go up substantially next year due to supply and demand.

[Angela]

The price seems very low to me, too.

[joylangtry]

Steve, I really hope you start a new IM trend with your workshop sales page. It's so... real. Respectful. To the point.

[seeker5]

BTW, Steve, I really like this workshop name "Conscious Growth Workshop" much better then all of the suggestions you gave in the other thread. That goes to the heart of what you're trying to do, and it's easy enough to understand without looking up what it means. It also fits who you are, and your purpose in life quite well.

[yoopersmith]

Steve/Erin: If you need any help with set up or generic "running around" type tasks before/during/after the workshop, please let me know.

I'm a pretty good general purpose helper at such events...I know my way around computers, A/V equipment and I'm pretty good with people...if you are looking for any free help from workshop attendees...consider this hand way up...

Ok...I realize that I am sucking up...but it comes from the heart

[Daffy Duck]

Yooper.

When I considered going, I imagined myself offering to help setup. And here you are doing the same thing. I like to see myself in others, being the egotistical duck that I am.

[Hyperchiller]

Hey Steve

Congratulations on getting this together. I'm sure it will be packed with good content.

Yeah I certainly hope you start a new IM trend as well. Selling with authenticity and transparency is much better IMO.

[Hyperchiller]

Originally Posted by Angela

The price seems very low to me, too.

It's being recorded so Steve can also create an audio/video program which he can sell. Which I'll probably buy since I'm not attending.

[Sindre]

Love the way Steve uses the typical IM hype to his advantage here. It's so much more real.

You say it like it is. That's what I always liked about you, Steve.

[Savage]

10 people have registered for the workshop so far, including 4 from California. I think that's pretty good for the first 24 hours. We still have about 80 days till the workshop and about 45 days till the price increase.

It's fun to see the registrations come in. Since I've never promoted anything like this before, I didn't know what to expect.

[Dukie]

Steve, do you have any idea what you would consider to be the maximum number of registrants? Somewhere in the hundreds? Thousands?

Anyone from Europe planning on going? I'm from Belgium and would love to go and probably will too. I'm not that wealthy, but this would definitely motivate me to manifest some more financial abundance over the next few months.

[Erin Pavlina]

The room we booked will hold 150 people. So that's our cap. We may have the option of moving to a bigger room but Harrah's can't hold that bigger room for us in advance, so as we approach 150 we'll try to determine if we're going to go over 150 and try to get the bigger room. But if it's no longer available, we'll have to stay with our cap of 150.

Someone from Belgium registered for the workshop. Was that you Dukie? If not, you have at least one compatriot attending.

[Dukie]

Thanks for the answer, Erin!

I haven't registered yet, but it's nice to know someone else from Belgium is coming.

Ofcourse I would love to know who it is. So, unknown Belgian compatriot, please make yourself known.

[yoopersmith]

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

10 people have registered for the workshop so far, including 4 from California
If any of you other California people are in LA, my wife and I plan to drive to Vegas on Thursday afternoon.

We are both taking a 1/2 day off from work on Thrusday to get on the I-15 parking lot a little early. Maybe we could car pool?

Note: We plan to stay at Nellis AFB, so we will need a car to do that while in Vegas.....

My travel agent (my wife) determined that we are going to be flying to Las Vegas for the Workshop and then continue to the East Coast from Vegas for a vacation...Sorry Cali folks...my car is out of the pool!!!

[ericabiz]

Originally Posted by yoopersmith

My travel agent (my wife) determined that we are going to be flying to Las Vegas for the Workshop and then continue to the East Coast from Vegas for a vacation...Sorry Cali folks...my car is out of the pool!!!

Southwest has such absurdly cheap flights that it's hard to justify driving! I thought about driving, since Vegas is only 5 hours from here (N. County San Diego) by car, but it's a 1-hour flight and that's so much easier. Plus you don't really need a car if you're staying close by.

I booked a deluxe room at Imperial Palace for super-cheap via hotels.com. (Hotels.com was cheaper than the Harrah's website, and is also offering a $20 mail-in rebate if you book through them.)

-Erica

[yoopersmith]

Originally Posted by ericabiz

Southwest has such absurdly cheap flights that it's hard to justify driving! I thought about driving, since Vegas is only 5 hours from here (N. County San Diego) by car, but it's a 1-hour flight and that's so much easier. Plus you don't really need a car if you're staying close by.

I booked a deluxe room at Imperial Palace for super-cheap via hotels.com. (Hotels.com was cheaper than the Harrah's website, and is also offering a $20 mail-in rebate if you book through them.)

-Erica

So true...I didn't want to drive in the first place, but I volunteered to "save money"...mostly because we planned to stay at Nellis and would need a car to do that.

The vacation afterwards is what changed the plan...silly to go back to LA only to fly out the next day, when flying out of Las Vegas was just as easy.

Thanks for the tip on Hotels.com...I will pass that to my wife!



--Yoops

[Erin Pavlina]

Update: 2 fellows from Belgium now attending.

And so far it's 75% male attendees. come on ladies, represent!

[Angela]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

And so far it's 75% male attendees. come on ladies, represent!

Well, here's the scoop from one lady, such as I am: the program sounds (feels) to me to be very yang energy, much like Steve's book. Because of what has been described of the event so far, it doesn't call to me despite the absurdly low price and the value I know you guys will impart.

Do you know what I mean? It's kind of the engineery -TLP-y- auditory digital - ness I'm getting; to put it more simply, it feels more Steve than Erin. I love what Steve has to offer, but I'd be more likely to spend time, money and effort if there was more Erin. I don't mean literally more Erin; I mean more Erinocity.

I hope that's useful feedback.

[Savage]

Originally Posted by Angela

Well, here's the scoop from one lady, such as I am: the program sounds (feels) to me to be very yang energy, much like Steve's book. Because of what has been described of the event so far, it doesn't call to me despite the absurdly low price and the value I know you guys will impart.

Do you know what I mean? It's kind of the engineery -TLP-y- auditory digital - ness I'm getting; to put it more simply, it feels more Steve than Erin. I love what Steve has to offer, but I'd be more likely to spend time, money and effort if there was more Erin. I don't mean literally more Erin; I mean more Erinocity.

I hope that's useful feedback.

Hmmmm... yes and no.

I would expect my workshop to be more yang than yin, so if you prefer a very relaxed yin style, this may not be your thing. I can't do the Eckhart Tolle style -- bores me to tears.

Ideally I'd like Erin and me to do two workshops back to back in the future, so people can register for either one or both depending on their prefs.

On the other hand, one of the problems I had with the presentation you saw at ICDI is that 90 minutes really wasn't enough time to cover all 7 principles in enough depth. I made that presentation way too dense. I lightened it a little for Tampa, but it was still too dense. After that I realized that a 90-minute presentation just isn't the right medium for covering these topics. In 90 minutes we can only scratch the surface.

This is why I'm doing things differently for the workshop. I'm devoting all of Day 1 to the 7 principles, which gives us much more time to learn, explore, and experience them. That means we can go at a more reasonable pacing and take time for more stories, exercises, and fun.

[Daffy Duck]

My main motivation for attending would be to meet all of you wonderful people. That would be fun.

But as for the workshop itself, I'm unsure. I'm unsure about workshops in general. In exercise, a fitness trainer can show you what to do, but ultimately you have to be the one who lifts the weights and does the exercises. Likewise, I wonder if these workshop exercises are already things I know and the growth only comes from doing them, not hearing about them again.

Steve's book is filled with many wonderful insights and I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in that type of literature, but there weren't many things or ideas that were new to me personally. What I enjoyed most was hearing your personal implementation of the ideas. Your story. I'm sure you'll share some personal stories in your workshop. That's going to be awesome!

[Angela]

Just to be clear, I wasn't factoring in the ICDI presentation in my evaluation -- just what you've said about the new conference. To me it feels like you're marketing more towards a "male-energy" audience (the programmer/auditory digital/scientific mentality), and that's why the marketing doesn't appeal to me, with my preference for a more "female-energy" (tonal/feeling/inspiration) type of seminar. I wouldn't include Eckhart Tolle in the category I'd want to go to, by the way. That would bore me to tears, too! It's not so much about relaxation -- I prefer lots of energy, too. (but maybe not all the hubba hubba of a Tony Robbins seminar!)

That's great! I think in many ways, that "Steve" audience is underserved in the area of seminars and conferences. They may be getting a little sick of all the yin.

Your response to me here was more of what I'm referring to, if you can see what I mean. More "Steve" than "Erin." (which of course, I would expect, just like I would expect it in your conference. )

Just talking about my own personal response, and speculating in response to Erin's remark about only 25% female sign-ups so far. I'm quite sure it will be an excellent event!

[Dukie]

Originally Posted by Erin Pavlina

Update: 2 fellows from Belgium now attending.

The second one is me! See you there

[Erin Pavlina]

Dukie: Excellent! Germany is also representing now too.

[Bing Wu]

Alex Wu is flying in from Ottawa for the workshop! Woot!

[Gaspar DiSalo]

Gaspar is flying in from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada !


Double Hooray !

[jonas]

Im In

All the way from Norway!!!

No way back

This is gonna be the best weekend EVER!!!!