The 1st Annual Yoli Cruise was so much more than I can put into words!! The pictures don’t do it justice either (although I promise some great ones!!) The Yoli Cruise was a life changing experience!! Please stay tuned, I will be uploading more videos, pictures, and will explain a little more about how much this cruise did for me, my husband, our dedication, and why every event is an important one. But more on that later.

So here is my video of what some of us Yoli folk (the Alkaletes of the bunch, LOL) did in the after hours on the ship. Yoli is my family, and I love you guys!!

The Yoli Blast Off Convention officially kicked off, with Founder and Executive VP, Darren Falter playing the National Anthem, now that was a treat!  Then Yoli Founder and President Robby Fender came out, and introduced the Founders one by one as they came out on stage.  Following the Founders we were all introduced to our fabulous Corporate Team.  The speakers were all amazing; Carl Lewis, Bryan Clay and I especially loved hearing from David Matteson, VP of Business Development at pH Science, about Alka Plex, a product that is a main ingredient in Yoli Fun Active Blast, to read more about it click here  http://phsciences.com/

During the morning session, 3 awards were given out, The Rising Stars Award to Mike and Stacey Healy, The Star Maker Award to Janice Stieglitz and the Rock Star Award to J. Brad and Collette Britton.  Congratulations! Carlos Aponte also won 3rd place in the video contest.  Way to go Carlos!  At lunch, the Founders along with everyone else, made their way to the Yoli Store, we shopped and waited in line, while they met and signed posters for anyone who wished to meet them!  I don’t think they even went to lunch!  For every $100.00 spent in the store you were given 1 entry into the drawing for the free Yoli Cruise on the Oasis of the Seas, April 24th-May 1, 2010 to be given out on Sunday during the Distributors Training.  I got my tickets, put my name on it, as they told us to do, and put my tickets into the basket.

The afternoon session was just as amazing, starting off with the presentation of all of the Diamonds, it was really wonderful to see all of the leaders up there, it was inspirational!  Throughout the day, the Founders each took multiple turns up on stage, opening up to the group of over 1200, as if we were all their close friends.  Robert Meyer won 2nd place in the video contest and Sheldon Collins won 1st place.  You guys rock!!  The 1st Yoli Cruise was also given away, for every paid person you brought to convention you received an entry into the drawing, the winner was Joseph Rosquites, congrats and Bon Voyage to him.

Saturday night was a blast.  The room was decked out, Corey Citron was spinning, and it was time to have some fun!!  Everyone was dancing and having an amazing time.  Because as the Founders say, at Yoli, we like to work hard, and play harder!  Saturday night was time to have fun with fellow distributors from near and far.  I even had a very interesting conversation with Ty Rice that night about the Yoli Cruise, Ty asked if I was going, and even though I knew I had no way to go, I said “where there is a will there is a way”, but more about that later.!  I also want to give a shout out to Paul Sperrazza and his live looping, I have never heard anything like it!!

Sunday was a day of training by our fellow distributors.  Now, in some companies this may be something people would skip, but not so in Yoli.  Not only, was everyone there taking notes, the Founders were sitting in the first row!!  Each speaker spoke from the heart, passing on valuable trainings and tips.  I can honestly say, that I learned something new from every person up there on stage.

Of course, there were so many memorable parts to the convention, but for me, the most memorable part of the Yoli Blast Off Convention was on Sunday a little bit before lunch.  The time had come to pick the other cruise winner.  So they brought out the bin with all of the tickets, and Corey picked one.  His eyes scanned the ticket as he began to read the numbers, and I knew I had not won, because clearly there was no name written on the ticket.  Corey read the numbers, and we all waited, and waited…the person whose ticket it was, was not there, Corey would pick again.  This time when he pulled out the ticket, he read it to himself as if there was a name on it, so this time there was hope!!  He began reading the numbers, and people around me started to sit down, he continued to read the numbers and more people sat.  Suddenly I realized that there were only 3 other people standing, and I was shaking like a leaf, and as I stood there, Corey Citron, Yoli Founder and CMO called off the last 2 numbers, I HAD WON THE CRUISE!! I was so excited, it was a dream come true.

Now I think the real moral to my convention story is that had I given up on getting to the convention, had I said I wasn’t going to go by myself, had I let the obstacles presented before me block my path, I would not have won that cruise!!  But not only that, I would not have had the chance to spend, an incredible 2 ½ days, with all of the amazing people learning, working and playing Yoli.  And this was just the beginning, this was our Official Yoli Launch!! Here see for yourself:

Convention…Is it worth going?  Did you ask yourself that question? Did you do what you needed to, to be where you needed to be?  Today’s post is my story of getting to the Yoli Blast Off Convention.  I hope you enjoy it.

The Yoli Blast Off Convention happened Jan. 22-24^th 2010, at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.  It was non-stop action, from registering, going to the Yoli store, and the late evening reception on Friday night to hanging out with other distributors after a day of incredible training from some of Network Marketing and Yoli’s top leaders on Sunday.  But a more about that in my next post.

My story begins several months back when I found out the dates of the Yoli Convention.  Michael and I knew that of course we were going to go, after all, we all know the saying “Leaders are born at Events.”  So we booked our room, and made sure that we had tickets, and started getting ready for a once in a lifetime experience.  Then sometime in December, Michael changed jobs, and circumstances being what they may, Michael was not going to be able to join me for the Yoli Blast Off Convention after all!  So, I changed my plans, and asked my dear friend, and fellow Yoli distributor to go with me.  After all, we could make it a girl’s weekend away!  The plans were made, and both of us were getting very excited!

The anticipation was building, this was going to be a very special event.  Keynote speakers like Yoli’s very own Bryan Clay, World’s Greatest Athlete, and one of the greatest athletes of all time, Carl Lewis, a big launch party with Yoli Founder and CMO, Corey Citron spinning, and a Sunday training with some of Yoli’s top leaders.  This was going to be FUN.  I was a little worried about the weather. We live in Los Angeles, and had always planned on driving, we figured what was the worst that could happen? Who knew LA would be hit by 4 huge storms in a row!

Finally the day had come, we were both all packed, I woke up early, and checked my phone.  PROBLEM, there is a text message from my friends daughter, telling me my friend is deathly ill, and there is no way she is coming with me.  Now as bad as I felt for my friend, I was heartbroken, and to be honest a bit scared to go by myself.  I paced around my house for hours, I was upset!  The rain was pouring outside, my parents had called suggesting I not go because of the weather, and I needed to get on the road because I WAS GOING TO CONVENTION!!  To not go was never an option!

I got on the road and began the 271 mile drive, it was raining, and I don’t mean a little drizzle, I mean a steady downpour!! I pushed on.  It rained, at time torrential for the first couple of hours.  As I continued the drive, the rain did start to come down less hard, but as I looked down at the thermometer in my car I realized that was because it was no longer rain, but snow that was falling, but I pushed on, laughing, as I have only seen snow falling a handful of times in my life, I thought it was neat at first.  Then it started coming down faster, harder and bigger, and I just kept hoping I was going to get through before chains were needed.  I just kept on driving, and as soon as I was through the blizzard, the rest of the drive was one of the most beautiful and scenic drives I have ever made, snow covered mountains, 3 different rainbows along the way, and then finally I was in Vegas!  Maybe things were going to be alright…

I checked into my room at Bally’s, had my luggage brought up and started to get settled, only to find used soap, toothpaste, and other miscellaneous used toiletries in the drawer by the bed, AND the safe didn’t work, time to change rooms!  So they got me a new room, a few floors away, and then with no bellhop or any help, I lugged all my stuff to the new room.  I was really starting to think that it was not my day!  I went to go find Julie Booz, my friend and Sponsor but somehow could not find her, connect with her, or anyone else I knew for that matter.  I was on the verge of tears, I was there, but ready to give up.

But then, something happened, the magic of Yoli you could say.  As I was walking though the walkway, looking at all of the YOLI banners hanging.  I ran into Robert Meyers and his wife Lyn.   I had met them several times at events in Los Angeles, but it was like seeing old friends, Lyn seeing how upset I was, made sure I had their number, and that if I wasn’t able to find the people I was looking for to make sure to call them, I knew I was not going to be alone!  So I walked over to registration, and bumped into Corey Citron, who was surprised to hear that I was alone, and about how my day had been going (how nice, that he took the time to see how I was, even as the launch of both his Company and Event were about to occur!) I assured him I would be fine, and we went on our way.  I then registered and checked out the amazing Yoli Store, and started talking to people, my day was changing before my eyes, and I realized I was exactly where I needed to be!!

By the way, in case you don’t know the kind of person Corey Citron is (we all know what an amazing marketer, leader and mentor he is but I mean what kind of person,) he texted me about an hour later to make sure that I was okay,  As I said the magic of Yoli was happening around me.

And then the events began, there was a late night reception put on by my upline where I was fortunate enough to be hanging out with our team along with some of the top leaders in the company, Eugene Hong, Janice Stiglietz, Julie Booz and of course the Founders made an appearance as well.  What a way to start things off!  And this is only the beginning!!  Check back here in the next few days to read the rest of my Convention story, I promise you, it only gets better in every way!! And remember until next time NEVER BLAST ALONE!!

On October 27th, 2009, the first official Los Angeles Yoli Blast Meeting took place at the Marriott in Marina Del Rey. There was an amazing turnout with over 250 people attending! Lots of leaders in the house, including Janice Stieglitz, David Hull, Eugene Hong, Joe Barden and Ty Rice, just to name a few. It was a great presentation, David Hull took introductions and warmed up the crowd, Robby Fender started off the presentation and after about 30 minutes, he handed over the mike to Corey Citron to close it all out.

Following the presentation, everyone had a little Yoli. And then, many of us gathered together to hang out with our new Yoli Family. It was a great night for all, and we can’t wait for the next one.

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