Hey Creatives! Are you going to this trade show? Well if you are, come find me and say hello! And if you aren’t going. no worries! I will be doing lots of live streams from the show floor! So here is just part of my crazy schedule! Make sure to follow me on Facebook at Rita Barakat 1 and click on those notifications so you don’t miss anything! The show floor festivities will start on Jan 19 – unless you will be there earlier and want to catch me in some classes (see below!)

My day starts by hosting the Roundtable Discussions at 8 am
~Here are just a few reasons to attend the Roundtable Discussions! Don’t miss it!
Topics Include: Strategic Planning For Your Business, Steps To Set Up & Host Your Online Workshops, Leading Design Teams, Creating Engaging Photos for Social Media, How To Get Press For Your Brand! How Facebook Groups Can Help Your Business! Pinterest For Your Business, How To Make Money Doing Live Videos, Self- Sabotage and Negative Mindset: How It Affects Our Business and How It Turn It Around! Getting The Most From Your Membership!
And These Most Fabulous Speakers!
Sara Naumann Joe Rotella Jamie Severtson Dougherty Jennifer Priest Eileen Hull Christie Nieri Troxell Kathy Cano-Murillo Debra Quartermain Design Ken Hess Marjolaine Walker Rita Barakat
If you are a designer you will want to join me at the Designer Section Meeting!at 11 am
Then if you are a designer, creator, DIYer, Digital Content Creator you should join me for my class
S219: GETTING TO THE NEXT LEVEL: HELPING
ENTREPRENEURS IN AN OVERSATURATED MARKET
FRIDAY 01|18 • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Because I know how hard it is when you first get started in this business – this is the stuff I wish someone would have told me when I first started!
Then later I hope you will join me for this fun-filled class! Friday at 4:30 pm
W225 Creation Stations: a new retail model for a thriving business!
In other news! I hope you are working on your New Year’s Eve Challenges!!
To make it easier for everyone to keep track, here’s the list of challenges below.
Make sure to CLICK on the challenge to see and post your result on the RESPECTIVE POSTS to enter to win!
NYE Challenge #1: https://www.facebook.com/groups/201214940814883/permalink/219126975690346/
#2: https://www.facebook.com/groups/201214940814883/permalink/217637802505930/
#3: https://www.facebook.com/groups/201214940814883/permalink/219194912350219/
#4: https://www.facebook.com/groups/201214940814883/permalink/2
#5: https://www.facebook.com/groups/201214940814883/permalink/219220769014300/
#6: https://www.facebook.com/groups/201214940814883/permalink/215602329376144/
#7: https://www.facebook.com/groups/201214940814883/permalink/219035655699478/
ENTRIES are accepted until MONDAY (1/7/19). WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED THAT NIGHT on
Mixed Media Monday with Rita Barakat at 8PM CST!! Good Luck and if you have questions, ask away! Use #RitaBarakatArt
Whew! That was a lot of information~See you soon peeps!



Love all the discussions you’re doing at Creativation!! Going to work on my challenges right now!! Woohooo!!
Perfect can’t wait to see them!