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Top 5 Awesome Moments from the Evo Conference

#5: awesome sessions.

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Our breakout group.

It’s always a good sign when I attend more than one session (and stay) at a conference. The session that stands out most in my mind was the “Hands-On Cause Marketing” workshop where we broke out into small groups (no, it was a good thing I promise!) and brainstormed marketing strategies for a Make A Wish Foundation campaign. My group focused on social networking and photo sharing, and I facilitated the Twitter portion. We came up with amazing ideas for custom donation widgets, Twitter hashtag campaigns, custom Facebook avatars and more. Loved it.

#4: awesome mountains.

Look at that green!

This Okie couldn’t stop looking at the beauty of the green Utah mountains. I even rode up a gondola to the top of a mountain for the Photography Workshop Friday afternoon, and wow, it was breathtaking! Because of that Photography Workshop, I learned how to use the manual mode on my Nikon D40, which was a huge achievement for me. I was amazed at the photos I brought home of the beautiful and inspiring Utah landscape. [Read more...]

LA Times Article on Mom Bloggers = Not Original

A few weeks after I returned from the “controversial” Nestle Healthy, Happy Family Event, I was contacted by Stacy Katz of Katz Media Consulting about a potential interview by the LA Times on “Twitter terrorism”. After speaking on the phone with Ms. Katz, she expressed that a reporter, P.J. Huffstutter, from the LA Times was writing a piece on Twitter bullying, and she wanted to speak to me about the backlash I experienced on Twitter regarding the Nestle event. Although the term “Twitter terrorism” was a bit dramatic in my opinion, I did believe a piece on adult Twitter bullying was a newsworthy article, and wanted to be a part of it.

The conference call between Ms. Katz, Ms. Huffstutter, and myself occurred on Monday, October 25th. At the beginning of the call, Ms. Huffstutter expressed that the article had transformed into a piece regarding food corporation sponsored events involving mom bloggers. Uh, okay? Throughout the interview, I was asked very little about my “Twitter terrorism” experience with Nestle, but instead about which hotel I stayed, swag I received, and where I ate for dinner. It was obvious where this interview was headed, but I still answered each question honestly in hopes that my side would be expressed in the article.

Here is the finished article. [Read more...]