Day Two Welcome with Sarah Baker

Day Two kicked off with a warm welcome from Sarah Baker, our Executive Director!

So many conference attendees are tuning in from all over the world and Sarah hopes everyone had a great time yesterday during the panels, breakouts and networking opportunities. 

"I've had a blast! Hope you did too!"

Sarah wanted to know in the chat, what was your biggest takeaway from yesterday?

The word of the day seemed to be momentum. "Momentum is more important than inspiration!"

Others wrote things like "stay true to yourself" and "Play is important." Many loved the AI panel, which was very eye opening as well as the Sticky Note Plotting Breakout Session. 

Sarah reminded us all that replays are available and can be rewatched until September 13th. So spread the word to people you think could get something out of the conference! You can find the replays at scbwi.org under My RESOURCES!

Day Two Welcome with Sarah Baker

 Day Two Welcome with Sarah Baker

"Hi, everyone! So glad you're here with us on Day 2 of the SCBI Virtual Summer Conference, and I hope everyone's having a great conference so far!"

Sarah greeted us with the warmest smile on Day 2 of the virtual conference. We started with a question:

"I would love to know in the chat, what was one standout thing that you learned yesterday?"

The chat lit up with highlights from the breakout sessions, the panels, the keynote, the roundtables.

"The book finds you" -Kari Hale

It's so helpful to know what other people are learning at the conference. Everyone seemed super enthusiastic, because the chat was moving so fast!

"It looks like everyone's been having a great time, and that makes us so happy at SCBWI. We try really hard to make this a really rich experience, and we try to put content in here that will fit for everyone, no matter where you're at in your writing and illustrating and translating journey."

Reminder, if you post any inspirational nuggets on social media, don't forget to use the #scbwisummer25 so everyone can find each other and get to see everyone else's highlights. 

"Okay, so we're going to get started with a fantastic panel, The Ins and Outs of Author Publishing!"

Sarah then introduced our fantastic moderator, Lee Wind.