20 Questions….
20 Questions….
Wondering about the Ultimate Homeschool Expo? Wonder what it is all about? Want to know how it all works? Let me help!
First, before we dig in, I want to welcome you. My name is Cindy Rushton and I am your hostess for this event. This is our fourth year to host this amazing event. It just gets better and better and better. I want for every one of you to join us. If you have never been a part of our online classes or seminars, this is one that you will NOT want to miss! It is just amazing! Or should I say, ULTIMATE? Want to know a few things about the Ultimate Homeschool Expo ? Well, let me answer some of the questions that have come across my email. Ready?
1. What IS the Ultimate Homeschool Expo?
Great question! The Ultimate Homeschool Expo was the very first online convention specifically for homeschoolers. Now, it has become the largest and most expansive homeschool conference in the world. You will find everything you would typically find at a homeschool convention, but even MORE!
We have a wonderful speaker line-up, a virtual “Vendor Hall” and even a virtual “Mommy Grab Bag.” The biggest difference in our event and all of the others is that the Ultimate Homeschool Expo has a much, much, much larger speaker line-up than traditional or other virtual conventions. We have over 50 speakers this year. Plus! You don’t have to miss even ONE of them or their workshops–you can tune in at your convenience, either live or by downloading their audios later to use for years to come.
We have the best line-up of vendors ever! The difference in these “Vendor Booths” is that you not only get to know the company PERSONALLY (you have more time to visit with them and get to know them completely since you can also do that at your convenience), but you also get to try out their resources (there are lots of freebies from each of them) and personally get to know who they are and what they are all about–many are online during the sessions so you can directly ask them your questions in our chat room. You will LOVE this method of getting to know these great businesses. It will help you now and for years to come.
Finally, the Mommy Grab Bag –well, you have seen NOTHING like this. Not only do you get your traditional catalogs and special offers that come in the grab bags at conventions, but there are thousands of dollars in free ebooks, free audios, free lesson plans, and much, much more. It all combines to bring you the ULTIMATE Homeschool Convention–The Ultimate Homeschool Expo!
2. Who are the sponsors/vendors? How can I check them out?
We are so thankful for our awesome sponsors for 2007, 2008, and 2009. We are currently signing up vendors/sponsors for 2010 (Click here here if you want to become one of our vendors … and click here if you want to become one of our sponsors. ) They have been the ones who made this event happen for the past four years. They are busy at work helping me to make this year the best ever! I would love to encourage EVERYONE to really get to know these awesome companies. They have something very special about them–they really care about homeschoolers. Every single one of these companies caught the passion for blessing homeschooling families. When you get your ticket and see all that they did to bless our attendees this year, you will see that there is just something incredible about their hearts. I cannot stress enough how much fun it has been to see their hearts pour out so lavishly. Well, check out the list and give them YOUR support. You will LOVE these companies:
OUR ULTIMATE SPONSORS (coming soon)
If you visit their site, let them know you heard about them from the Ultimate Homeschool Expo .
3. Do I have to be there at all of these events?
That is a super question! AND, one of the biggest perks about the Ultimate Homeschool Expo . First of all, you do not have to there live for any of the workshops. Now, saying that, you probably will WANT to be there live. It is such a blessing to just kick back and enjoy listening to the speaker teach while you simultaneously get to text chat with new kindred spirits. You don’t get this type of fellowship anywhere else–we are like NO OTHER online event! You will make new friends who will be there on your homeschool journey. You can ask that question that may be burdening your heart. You can even have prayers on your behalf from moms around the world. After each session, you get personal time with the speakers via chat or you can even call in on your phone to ask your question. It is just an amazing way for moms to get their mom-time and really have needs met.
Back to the question, you don’t HAVE to be there. Every session will be recorded, so you can easily download the seminars to listen at your convenience on your computer or on a portable mp3 player. You will also get access to all of the gifts given out–we post them on our members-only Membership Site. While they are profiled during the event to be sure that every gift gets the attention of the attendees, they are also posted on the Membership Site as a service to our members. In fact, you can access all of the wonderful gifts in our Mommy Grab Bag as well. Talk about awesome! So, you don’t have to be there, but you will LOVE being there if you can join us for even one session!
4. What do I get for $39.97?
Talk about stretching your homeschool dollar! This will be the very best expense ever! You get over 100 audio seminars–go to any other event and you have to pay EXTRA for the seminar audios. With our event, you get access to over 50 audios before the Expo Week even begins–we launch the Membership Site bright and early on May 3, 2010 and it includes all of our audios recorded up-to-date in our Preview Chats! Not just ANY topic, but the very best and fullest list of topics anywhere–we have expanded again this year! That would be worth more than the ticket price, but there is MORE! Our Virtual Vendor Hall is being packed out with even more free gifts from our vendors and speakers. Plus, we have special gifts that they have donated to our Mommy Grab Bag. There are thousands of dollars of gifts that you will really use when you purchase your ticket for our event. Again, you will find that this is the best expense EVER for your homeschool.
5. What about the audios? Can I get them on CD?
Each session for our event is recorded, edited, and uploaded to our Membership Site. You receive over 100 audios. After the event, we will offer the audios for sale on CD, on a pre-loaded Mp3 player, or on a USB Drive. Those will be an expense in addition to the ticket fee. Those with tickets will be able to purchase at a discount. But, those expenses will be separate from your ticket cost. As you can imagine, that will be a big job for our office to prepare. We will offer those after we get our audios edited, uploaded, and available for our members.
6. What if I have a MAC?
Great news!!
We have changed our format this year and now ALL may attend–Mac or PC, computer or telephone! You can listen on your computer or listen by telephone. You will LOVE IT! We heard your requests! We make it very, very easy for you–EVEN if you only have access to dial-up internet (I do–the price of living in the middle of the country!)
7. May I share this with my friends?
The audios and Membership Site are copyright protected. You may not share any of the audios with your friends. Also, you may not share the links to the website or to any of the free gifts/special offers with any of your friends. Anyone violating this copyright protection will be removed from our membership and banned from our site without a refund of their money and risk prosecution–this is a violation of the law.
This event depends upon your honesty and integrity. Our speakers and vendors are each giving you hundreds of dollars in gifts. We ask that you respect their generosity by not sharing anything but your enthusiasm with your friends. If you want to share the materials, send them to our website to purchase their own ticket or purchase a ticket with your friend (we have a special for those signing up with their friends). We would love for them to join us. They may purchase their own tickets here:
COMING SOON
Remember, this is to insure that our sponsors are able to be as generous in future events. We appreciate your help in this.
Now, with this said, DO REMEMBER that your friends may join us live for free and they will be blessed with many free gifts just like you. We would LOVE for you to bring all of your friends to each and every session. Bringing friends along is even more fun!
Of course, our Membership Site is for members only. Thanks for helping us to continue to offer this amazing resource!
8. What is RSS?
RSS is a nice new technology online. It enables you to subscribe to the feed from websites and receive their information directly into your computer as it is available. Look at it as you would a subscription to a magazine–you would decide which magazine you want to receive, subscribe, and it comes to your mail box. With RSS feed, you can subscribe to a website offering subscriptions and receive their posts directly into your computer. We have feed for our audios that can be received using a program like iTUnes. ITunes is free online. I LOVE IT! You can simply download it in minutes at http://www.iTunes.com . Then, you can find our easy instructions on the Membership Site for setting up our feed in your iTunes. You don’t have to have an iPod, you can receive the audios by feed in your computer. If you do have an iPod (or get one!), you can simply plug it up to your computer and the audios download from iTunes into your iPod. Talk about easy! You would be ready in minutes to carry our Expo on-the-go!
9. How long will I be able to access the site?
OH!!! This is one of the biggest perks! You do not have time limits on how long you have to pull the information offline. IT IS THERE! It will be there for your convenience! Can you beat that? There are a few offers and resources that expire (good reason to set aside time to devour each Vendor Booth), but all of the free gifts are loaded into our site for you to enjoy at your convenience. We know you are busy. So, we have set up a site that will bless you for years to come.
In fact, if you want access to our past sets, you can grab them here on our site right now and get instant access to the full library of resources at each Membership Site. They live on and NEVER expire! Check them out:
10. I have dial-up. Can I join you?
Oh! DEFINITELY! I have access to Wireless Internet when I am in town. But, at home, I only have dial-up for my home internet service. I teach and record all of our workshops using Dial-Up Internet. Actually, I recommend that if you have the option that you use Dial-Up internet for our Conference Room. It works consistently and has fewer problems with connectivity. My Dial-Up is only 26.4-28.8. It works WONDERFULLY!
If you can view THIS page, you can join us! You will LOVE IT!
11. I don’t have a headset/mic. Can I still participate?
Yes! You will need speakers to hear the session. So, that is your biggest need. If you want to get a good headset, you can find really nice sets at Walmart for around $16. Look for the Logitech brand. Those have great quality and are very reasonably priced. If you want to call in and “speak” with the speakers or ask them your questions directly, you will actually need a telephone, cell phone, or SKYPE. We open our lines at the end to accept your questions, comments, feedback. We LOVE this time mom-to-mom (or dad!)!
12. When are audios posted and ready?
Our sessions are all recorded then edited and posted on our Membership Site. When you purchase your ticket, you get access to all of edited and uploaded sessions recorded in our Preview Chats, Seminar Sessions, and free bonus audios. Because of the HUGE number of audios and time spent recording, please allow time for all of the audios to be recorded, edited, uploaded and posted to our Membership Site. Until then, enjoy all of the wonderful audios that are pre-loaded into our Membership Sites. You will love them! We think that they will keep you a bit busy for a little while until the final audios are online. Actually, we PROMISE that they will keep you busy–they are amazing!
13. What is the Mommy Grab Bag?
Remember those fun grab bags that you get at conventions? One of my favorite things about going to a convention is getting a nice cup of tea at the end of the day and digging into my grab bag. I love looking over the new products, reading all about them, and getting all of the extra goodies, like magazines and samples.
We could not think of planning an event without a Mommy Grab Bag. AND–our Mommy Grab Bag is ULTIMATE!!
Not only do you get the great catalogs with tons of fun, new products listed and described, but you get SO much more! You get free audios, free ebooks (some of these you may even have on your shopping list!), articles, coupons, special offers, complete studies, printable planning sheets, notebooking printables, and much, much more. I LOVE compiling all of the goodies for our event and I can barely wait for all of you to dig into them. This will be the most ULTIMATE Mommy Grab Bag EVER!
14. Can my children listen in?
Yes! Each of the workshops are taught with the entire family in mind. Some are more specifically for the entire family. But all are completely appropriate for any age. In fact, remember those old radio shows with the entire family gathered around? Well, we are just bringing that concept into 2010! Gather around the computer and dig into topics that will inspire the entire family!
15. How long do sessions last?
Talk about a tough question! Our Preview Chats have had an average of 1- 1 1/2 hour for the presentation and up to 2 hours as we answer all of the questions. We do have a few Mommy Pajama Party Sessions lined up–with those, we throw away the clocks and just have mom-time. Those are some of our favorite sessions–but we never confess how long those go into the night! 
The schedule during expo week will be much tighter. But, we do allow time for questions to be answered in detail–we are here to help all of you. We do not want for anyone to leave our expo without ideas and answers or at minimum, direction toward their answers. If you have to miss any part of the expo, it is recorded and it will be available on the Membership Site as soon as the audios are edited and posted online.
16. Do I have to be live for doorprizes?
Most of our doorprizes that are given to everyone are posted on our Mommy Grab Bag page in our members-only Membership Site. There ARE some super doorprizes that will be given out live for those that are in attendance—these are above and beyond the doorprizes given to everyone. We have some great donations from our sponsors and speakers that will only be available for those attending sessions live. These are extra goodies!
17. Who are the speakers?
We have an INCREDIBLE AND COMPLETELY AMAZING line-up of speakers for the UHSE 2010. You may want to know how they were selected? They were selected by several criteria:
- Their heartbeat for homeschoolers–they are all passionately devoted to helping families step-up to the call of homeschooling. They are all committed to seeing you succeed.
- Their passion for seeing YOU succeed as a wife, mother, and homemaker. These speakers are committed to help you step up to your call as a godly woman (or, man–we don’t leave the guys out!). Every speaker on our line-up is committed to share messages that help you to DO IT. Their passion is to see you succeed!
- Their messages–their message are life-changing, practical, and easy to apply. I personally know each and every speaker. Their ideas WORK. When each was asked to speak for our event, they were asked to share what was on their heart. These awesome topics were their choices for this year. You can be assured that you will hear fresh, new, excellent topics each time you tune in. Plus! Watch how consistent the message is. We have spent hours praying and seeking God for HIS messages. You will love them! We will begin introducing you to all of our speakers for this year on February 16, 2010–the date of our first UHSE Preview Chat! We are finishing up the schedule details with their topics at this time–either sign up here for our REMINDERS LIST (on the right side of the page) or purchase your ticket so you don’t miss even ONE of these great workshops!
18. Will there be other events like this?
YES! We are planning to offer this particular event every year as the Lord directs. Plus, this event is brought to you in part through Talk-a-Latte. Talk-a-Latte is an online ministry for godly women. You can learn more about it here:
Talk-a-Latte brings you classes, seminars, and regular ULTIMATE events, like UHSE. You can even join the Talk-a-Latte Mommy Club for continuing education and encouragement. Check it out today–you can even SAVE on the ticket price for this event when you join the Talk-a-Latte Mommy Club!
19. What is the schedule? Do you have a calendar that I can print out?
We give weekly updates via email, here on our website, and at Facebook on all of the sessions planned for each week. Be sure to be on our UPDATE email list (sign up on the right side of this page) or purchase your ticket so you stay updated!
20. When can we access the Membership Site?
The very best question! Our speakers, vendors, and sponsors are busy at work preparing goodies for all of you. As they finish their goodies, we are posting them onto the Membership Site. We get everything ready and launch our Membership Site this year on May 3, 2010–bright and early! Get your ticket today so you can access the site immediately when it is OPEN!! You can grab Your Ticket TODAY!
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