MEETUP SCHEDULE 2024

Your fellow attendees have planned the best meetups! You’re sure to find one that fits your vibe. No need to sign-up, just show up! Unless otherwise noted, plan to meet at the pool and go from there.

SUNDAY AT 4:00 PM

Journal, Paper, and Stationery Nerds Hangout Are you a paper nerd? Do you love journaling? Have you wanted to document your adventures and experiences more meaningfully? Then cruise on down to bobo Palm Springs Stationery Shop and let’s have a journaling meetup. Bring your journals and planners, and let’s hang and get organized before we kick off the week’s events. With lots of indoor seating, (and ice cream from Carmela!) it’s a great place to plan, socialize, network, and chill before Alt kicks off!
Host: Angie Chua
@ Bobo Palm Springs Stationery Shop

The Digital Nomad (Living/Working Abroad) You want to work from anywhere? Let’s talk about what it’s really like (the pros, the cons, the how to’s) to living a life and maintaining a business abroad. Let’s talk true stories behind the digital nomad.
Host: Andrejka Hirschegger

Wedding Pros Unite! Are you a wedding pro? Let’s get together to kick our feet up, have a cocktail and find ways to collab and support each other!
Host: Kim Evans

Canadians Meetup Do you ever feel like all the cool creative stuff is happening south of the border? Obviously we have it going on up north too, so let’s meet up and share our talents with our fellow Canadians!
Host: Yoko Tamai and Julie Hawkins

LGBTQIA Creatives and Biz Owners Calling all fellow queer Alters! Come meet other queer folks before we dive into the conference. Let’s learn more about how we can help each other during ALT and beyond.
Host: Taji Torrilhon

Women Entrepreneurs with Kids Brands Let’s share our stories and support each other through the ups and downs of starting a kid’s brand!
Host: Julie Anne Penn

YouTube! YouTube creators (or wannabe YouTube creators) come together and meet and discuss all things YouTube growth strategy! Not only will you be networking but Erika will be leading a discussion on all of the best practices she used to grow the YouTube channels in her agency and with her YouTube coaching clients.
Host: Erika Vieira

Brand, website and graphic designers Come meet and connect with other Brand, Web and graphic designers. Exchange notes and what’s really working in your business (and what to leave behind), find your next bestie and talk about ways to collaborate!
Host: Ayesha Santos

Learn the Best Styles for YOU from a Personal Stylist (at Anthropologie Palm Springs) As a personal stylist I am well versed in the best brands, styles, and shopping there is! Join me at Anthropologie Palm Springs to chat about body shape, best silhouettes, and some cult favorite styles and try on some amazing pieces. Let’s start Alt off on a stylish note – you may even find fresh pieces for the summit!
Host: Sahra Brandt

TUESDAY AT 5:00 PM

Midlife REINVENTORS Mighty midlife women, let’s connect! You’re seasoned enough to already be a proven leader and boss of many arenas (family, home, first careers), yet are still curious and learning as you navigate your next chapter. Whether you’re in your 40’s, 50’s, or 60’s plus, come to this meetup to meet with wise souls and elevate your spirit. The best is still to come!
Host:  Samantha Plavins

Home Designpreneurs Hey, homebodies! This meetup is for shelter-centric content creators and entrepreneurs. If you’re into interior design, house renovations, remodeling, architecture, construction, or sustainable living, let’s connect for collaborations and support.
Host: Mona Ying Reeves and Aletha VanderMaas

Artists, Illustrators, Makers From fine art to surface pattern and kid books. We love our brushes, our iPad, our paint —  and we share the fun and struggles of having an art-based business. Let’s get together to chat and support each other, to share tips, and most of all, get to finally meet in person after following each other on insta.
Hosts: Ana Bianchi and Lucy Kelly

Mom-preneur Meet & Greet A chance to discuss/empathize/strategize about creating while raising little kids. Parenting littles (or bigs!) takes up so much time, energy and headspace, and the time to create can be one of the first things to go when life gets chaotic. We’ll chat about how to keep the juices flowing when we’re running on/near empty!
Hosts: Alexandra Nolan and Daphne Kiplinger

Secondhand Roses I’d love to gather women who enjoy vintage, consignment and thrift shopping for their closets. There are many tips and tricks we could share including cleaning, repairing, reworking, best fabrics, best sources. If every woman purchased one ‘new-to-me’ item a year we would save tons going to landfills.
Host: Gucci Erasmus

Creatives of Color Mix and mingle with fellow creatives of color. Join us for a session of intentional networking with the Networking Queen, Aria Leighty. You are sure to leave with new powerful connections and collaborators!
Host: Aria Leighty

Podcasters Long form content is not dead — podcasts are one of the best ways to connect with your community and build trust. Join creatives who have a podcast, want to start one, or want to be guests. This is an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and gain valuable insights to elevate your podcasting journey.
Hosts: Raven O’Neal and Kellee Conrad

AAPI Creators and Makers Let’s meet and connect with other AAPI creatives at the conference! We’ll chat about our unique perspective on running a business, showing up on social media (though we are potentially introverted), and how our culture has shaped how we approach business spending, risk, and opportunities.
Hosts: Calvina Nguyen and Kirstie Wang

Portland Locals Let’s keep the Alt love going all year long. Meet other Alt attendees from the Portland area and make plans to connect in real life every quarter.
Hosts: Nicci Wollam and Posy Quarterman

Sustainability Sisters Trying to live your best creative life while lessening your load on the planet? Let’s swap ideas about what’s working (and what’s not) on your journey towards becoming the finest version of your sustainably sexy self!  
Host: Jessica Purcell and Jen Panaro

Chicagoland/Midwest Area Meetup Let’s connect with other creatives in the greater Chicago area and create a network where we can support each other throughout the year!
Hosts: Anna van Tonder and Juliet Abeille

Authors supporting Authors Becoming an author is much more than writing a book. You also have to navigate the publishing industry and (gulp) promote your work. In this meetup, bestselling author, Emily Silva, invites fellow authors to exchange ideas of what’s worked and not worked in their pursuit of sharing their books with the world! Come to meet fellow authors, collaborate, and build your writing community!
Host: Emily Silva Hockstra

Sexism Support Group and Strategy Session Sexism can be kryptonite for women’s creativity, power, and joy. Come share the pain points you’re currently experiencing and benefit from the empathy and wisdom of the group! Leave with skills and tools you can use right now!! This discussion requires vulnerability, courage, and kindness.
Host: Amy McPhie Allebest

WEDNESDAY AT 10:00 AM

Entrepreneurs with ADHD If you’re an entrepreneur with ADHD your “get shit done” mode is on point, but slowing down doesn’t always feel natural. In fact, we usually do it grudgingly. In this meetup we’ll discuss how high-achieving women who have ADHD can build joy and pleasure into each day and get excited about it.
Host: Becca Feauto

Marketing, Networking, & PR Support Group Is business promotion or self promotion something you spend a lot of time on? Join us for some support! We’ll share what’s been working for us as far as promoting ourselves and our businesses, and where we could use some help from the group. Let’s talk about events, email, content and more.
Host: Arianne Foulks

Bay Area Baddies Are you a business owner or creative located in the Bay Area, CA? Or maybe plan to move there anytime soon? Let’s connect at ALT so these connections can continue to grow and thrive even after this week! The connections made here have the potential to be lifelong. As an attendee last year, I made many connections that continued to flourish. We’ve been able to support each other in our pursuits along with collaborate even after we returned back home.
Host: Sapna Tandel

Influencers and Affiliates Calling all Amazon Influencers, TikTok Shop Affiliates, YouTubers and content creators! Join us for a meetup where to come together to share insights, network, and collaborate on leveraging the power of e-commerce and social media platforms. Connect with like-minded influencers, exchange strategies, and discover new opportunities to level up your influencer game.
Host: Deanne Gustafson

People Who Run! It’s nice to move your body and feel the pavement under your feet, especially after sitting in chairs all day! Most of us small business owners are very active and love to do all different types of movement, running is something that everyone can do, it’s an incredibly inclusive sport. Also, what a great way to see a bit of Palm Springs and close out the Summit. The pace will be nice and easy and we’ll talk about all things that we learned from the week and maybe leave with a forever running bud
Host: Carissa Melillo

Creative Writing Is “dedicate more time to writing” on your need-to-do-list? Let’s meet up and do a little uninterrupted writing time done together with a group of interested people. It will begin with a short time of sharing what you’re working on, followed by writing time, and concludes with sharing any wins, highlights, etc from the writing time.
Hosts: Trudi Lebron and Rebecca Lynn Thomas

Coaching Professionals Calling all coaches and coaching curious. Let’s learn about each other’s businesses, find collabs and do some mini masterminding on ways to improve!
Host: Emily Merrell