The Uprising 2025 – Recap – Ignite your audience with our social strategies

I wish I could just ask ChatGPT to write up a summary of the incredible experience of my 4th Uprising Marketing Retreat by Mark Schaefer — but it wasn’t there, it does NOT have an opinion or have feelings.

ChatGPT didn’t:

Build friendships and leave with 30 (new) friends after 3 days.

Be there when my mind got blown – yet again for the 4th time!

See me get embarrassed as I did small talk with my marketing “shero” of all time – Ann Handley about my perimenopause journey.

Geek out with Andy Crestodina over breakfast & Brian Piper about AI and how he inspired me to opt for the paid version of ChatGPT.

It didn’t talk about my rant about “Sephora kids” and other Generational Shifts with Mara Singer, Ph.D.

Give BBQ recommendations (in Asheville) to Brit – Dr. Matt Wilkinson & his sweet wife, Charlotte Wilkinson and bond about personalized marketing.

Try a tiny sip of Nicole Hayden‘s wine and want to make a trip to visit her one day in Indiana to pair it deviled eggs surrounded by a corn maize.

Thanks again to Mark Schaefer for making this event incredible. You can check it out for yourself next year for his next Uprising on April 21-24, 2026!

If you’re ready to:

Equip your staff with modern marketing skills
Build a stronger presence as a thought leader
Create consistency across you or your team’s online presence

…then let’s chat. I’ve worked with local businesses, national nonprofits, and leadership teams that finally saw the ROI of showing up intentionally on social media.

Contact me today to book a private consultation or schedule a team training. I’ll bring the strategies. You bring the team. My details are below.