Departing for Austria

Day 4: Leading Ladies of Lyoness Take Vienna by Storm

 This picture with Hubert was taken after Sensation!  Hubert was talking to us about Sensation 2015 and bringing it to America (the first time ever it will be held outside of Austria).  

This picture with Jerry Yerke was taken right before he did his Sensation Update call to the States.  Jerry is looking forward to coming to Chicago (his "favorite" City) February 22!!!

 

 

Some of our fabulous Leading Ladies !!!

 Eva from Connecticut.

The fabulous Dr. Stephanie did an amazing presentation.  You have to see and hear her in person.  Beautiful inside and out.

 Sarah, Dr. Stephanie and me.

 Sheila Gunderson

Sarah and I with Silvio Spangl and Dr. Stephanie right after the Leading Ladies Luncheon.

Max is 24 from California and is rocking Lyoness!

Sunday was an amazing day.  We slept very little after Sensation and Sunday was the first ever Leading Ladies of Lyoness luncheon. We spent hours together getting to know each other, telling our stories and inspiring and motivating each other.  The luncheon ended with a powerful talk by Dr. Stephanie which left many of us in tears as she shared her story and passion for empowering women to be the best they can be.  

Monday will be an off-day to rest, relax, regroup and get ready for two days of fun in Rome before we come back on Thursday.  This has been a trip to remember and I can't wait to get home and get busy and help each of you reach and exceed your goals.  The tools are in place (with more to come) to kick start us this year.  As I always say, we are in the front of the train with the conductor and when the train leaves the station, those that have jumped on now and engaged and worked hard will get to where they want to go quickly.  Don't get stuck in the caboose.

Day 3: Sensation 2014

Sarah Cranston, Will Walker and Me

WOW, Sensation was totally amazing!!!  People started arrving before noon at the Arena and the event didn't start until 2:00 PM.  We had two breaks during the program and it didn't end until well after 10:00 - what a jam packed day!  Here are some of the highlights!

India and Mexico opening in July, 2014

Asia market will be massive

Lyoness is launching it's own Browser fully integrated for our shopping network - will be amazing


Apple is now a Key Account (Gift Cards) to be launched soon

Lyoness Logowear and merchandise is here (I-pad covers, clothing, etc.)

For our SME's:  if you have 5,000 customers or more you are elible for fully branded Lyoness card

REPLICATED WEBSITES: Woohoo - log into your Lyoness account and under My Lyoness, you'll see My Lyconet.  Get your website now to get your choice of names:  Mine is www.mylyconet.com/andrea

AND, SENSATION 2015 is in Vegas :)  So save the date for next March - we all need to be there.

I cannot begin to tell you what it felt like to be sitting among 11,000 international premium members for Sensation.  The feeling of pride as your country flag came in the Arena is one I will never forget.  We sat by country and we had bags with our country flags and headsets so we could tune in in English.  Hubert welcomed everyone country by country. Our amazing leaders Sarah Cranston and Will Walker were recognized for Career Levels 4 and 6 and came in with others from around the world by Country - again an overwhelming feeling. 

Lots more to come - We didn't get to bed until 6:00 AM - everyone was on a high from the event and conversation went late into the night.

We're off to a Leading Ladies Meet and Greet with Dr. Stephanie.  More to come....

Day 2 Trip to Lyoness Headquarters in Graz

 Jerry Kirstin (Level 7, Presidents Team - USA) and our own Sarah Cranston.

Sheila Gunderson and Jim Richardson.

 Headquarters front desk with Sarah Cranston and Sheila Gunderson.

Greenfinity branded Vespa.

 Recognition Award with the late Nelson Mandela.

 Part of Hubert's Private Conference Room

Alana Bishop, Jeff Hatcher, Gary Allen, Stephanie Graham, Mike from Idaho and Sarah

 Pictures of downtown Graz.

Nick G (from Philadelphia an I having dinner with the gang at an SME in Graz.

Stephanie Graham (our Shopologist), Gary Allen and Alana Bishop

That's me with Stephanie Graham and Alana Bishop

Stephanie Graham (the Shopologist) and her sister Alana Bishop, two beautiful sisters :)

 As Jerry Yerke says, WOW -what a day.  We left early this morning by a double-decker bus for the 2-1/2 hour bus ride to Graz through the picturesque snow-capped mountains of Austria.  It was a great time to get to know each other as we shared stories of where we came from, our teams, families and goals.  

Once we arrived in Graz, we toured two different Lyoness Corporate Locations - both equally beautifully.  We saw where the IT Department, Marketing, International SME Deparment and a lot more brainstormed and performed their day-to-day activites.  We toured Huberts Private Conference Room complete with pictures of the late Nelson Mandela and memorials of schools opening in South Africa (you might be able to see more from the pictures above).

Then we saw the Child and Family Foundations offices which were located directly next to Corporate.  There they accept any donation and will give you a T-shirt for that donation which goes directly to the Foundation.  This office was equally as beautifully.

Next we got back on the Bus and headed to the Townsquare in Graz where we took some pictures, enjoyed the architecture and wished we had time to shop, but it was already close to 3:00 PM and the 

75 or so of us were starving so off to a local SME for dinner we went where Schnitzel, Spaetzle, Goulash, lots of different Beers and Apple Strudel were the meal of the day.  

Arriving back in our hotel around 7:30, we were greeted by Will Walker and Kim Simsby who had just arrived and we enjoyed great conversation before heading to retire for the evening - a very full for us.  

Tomorrow is Sensation!!! We are very excited as there will be over 11,000 people attending from all over the world (we have already met people from Ireland, Italy, Australia, Greece and Canada).  We will be sitting in designated areas according to our country.  The event will be streaming over Lyoness TV so tune in to see the festivities.  Our own Stephanie Graham, the Shopologist, will be the very first female to be speaking to the crowd ever and Sarah will be on stage to be recognized as a Level 4 - this is sure to be a very exciting day and I look forward to sharing all of the exciting news with you tomorrow.  Until then, goodnight from Austria :)