Except I’m not going to dwell on the social side of the conference. Others have already done a brilliant job with this topic, including:<\/p>\n
My personal plan for navigating the social side of BlogHer is simple: have no expectations, enjoy the moment, smile and try to listen more than I speak.<\/p>\n
And sunscreen.<\/p>\n
No, my post is about the BlogHer Conference<\/strong>.<\/a> You remember — that thing sandwiched in between the parties and swag bags and bowling and private events and makeovers and such?<\/p>\n BlogHer is a damn brilliant blogging conference. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Here are some of the sessions I am looking forward to.<\/p>\n Friday at 1:15 – Brands and Bloggers.<\/strong> It’s a great panel, and Jory DesJardins is always an excellent moderator. Plus, FTC regulations,\u00a0 boycotts, lions, tigers and bears. Oh my!<\/p>\n Friday at 2:45 – Blog to Book.<\/strong> What can I say. I will finish this book someday.<\/p>\n Friday at 4:45 – Community Keynote. <\/strong>It was the best session last year. Full stop.<\/p>\n Saturday at 10:45 – Travel Bloggers as Boundary Breaking Evangelists.<\/strong> I’ve just started a family travel blog<\/a> and will also be attending the Travel Blog Exchange <\/a>meeting on Sunday.<\/p>\n Saturday at 1:30 – Women Writing In The Age Of Britney: Pop Culture & Gossip & Feministy Stuff, Oh My.<\/strong> The ladies of MamaPop.<\/p>\n And of course in the cleanup slot of Saturday at 3:00 pm, we have the panel I am moderating, Enough About You…Who’s Reading You? <\/strong>so I am definitely planning to show up for that one.<\/p>\n My fellow panelists are Laura Roeder, Twanna Hines and Ree Drummond, and we’ll be talking with you about the relationship of a blogger with her readers. Do our readers impact how we blog or what we say, or not? Does the author have a responsibility to her readers?<\/p>\n We’re on opposite the Room of Your Own, Dying is Easy, ROTFLMAO Comedy is Hard: It’s two, two, two comedy panels in one!<\/strong> with, among others, Deb on the Rocks and the Bloggess, but I’m still hoping a few of you will show up to talk with us.<\/p>\n Take the time to make your own list of sessions that matter to you. Don’t feel that you have to go to every single session, but do yourself a big favor: don’t miss the conference while you are at the conference.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Except I’m not going to dwell on the social side of the conference. Others have already done a brilliant job with this topic, including: Deb on the Rocks’ BlogHer One-Year Cycle Motherhood Uncensored’s 10 (well 11) Tips Christine (BostonMamas) on Shedding the Adolescent Baggage at BlogHer Mom-101’s pre-BlogHer Field Guide My personal plan for navigating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[5,20],"tags":[69],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t