DC Local Levo: Levo League Power Panel

Have you heard of Levo League? If you haven't, you need to become acquainted immediately. Levo League is an online community for Gen Y women that offers a vast array of articles, weekly live mentoring sessions called, "office hours," job postings and even opportunities to connect with your local Levo community.

Monday evening, I received a reminder that there was a Local Levo Power Panel at George Washington University in DC on Tuesday. I immediately texted my two friends Erin and Andrea, told them we must go, and the next day, after work, we were on our way.

The Levo League Power Panel included:

Carly Heitlinger

New Media Director, Levo League, Editor-in-Chief, Sweet Lemon Magazine, & author behind The College Prepster

Cori Sue Morris

Co-Founder, Bitches Who Brunch & Communications Specialist (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy)

Laura DiLibero 

Owner & Creative Director, York Design Company

Elizabeth Kane

Founder, CharityChicksUS

Megan Griffith 

Associate Director of Sales Development, Wedding Wire

Allison Sheren 

Founder, Neighborsations

Laura Simmons 

Corporate Sales Executive, Social Tables

While I did feel as though the discussion in the room was, at times, somewhat geared towards college student, I still found it very informative. I personally really enjoy receiving advice from others. I think each person you come across in your life has something to offer in terms of advice and it is up to you to figure out how to use it. Here are some things that were said that night that struck a chord with me:

Explain yourself in concise, direct, differential manner. I cannot tell you how many emails I get and there will be six paragraphs that I have scanned through and I have no idea what they are asking for or why they are emailing me... Be cognitive of people's schedule. I'll meet you for coffee for 15 minutes, close to your office kind of thing. Be cognitive of people's time. - Cori Sue Morris

I think the big picture is how much value you put on other people's opinions of you. It is really easy in business, especially when you run your own organization, to get caught up in other people's energy and let people take that from you. Yes, you want to have good relationships with people that you work with, but you don't want to care so much that you lose what you can contribute. You shouldn't be afraid of anything. It's a total useless emotion. - Elizabeth Kane

I have always stayed true to myself. I kind of put my blinders on when it comes to blogging in that I pretty much only read mom blogs because, you know, I'm not really stealing ideas for valentines for two year olds. I put my blinders on and I just do me. I try to be as honest as possible. I don't talk about politics, religion, or boys. I try to be as open as possible and I think if you are writing about things you are really passionate about, that's when people stick. - Carly Heitlinger

Fail fast. We all know we are going to fail multiple, multiple times but if you recover quickly, you are more likely to start something new. I would say, fail as fast as you can and recover as quickly as you can. - Megan Griffith

Stay passionate. There are thousands of people that want exactly what you want and you have to be the one that is going to work harder than they are. - Cori Sue Morris

xo-K