Last week I told you that I was leaving for NYC to attending BlogHer 2010. What a crazy time it was! The trip had its fair share of ups and downs, but overall I had a good trip. Some of the highlights…
Arriving a day early to go out to Chef Tom Colicchio’s restaurant Craft and attend Wicked was a great idea. I enjoyed being out on my own that evening.
During the I made some amazing connections that will help me grow to reach my vision for Heathen Homeschoolers. I met some wonderful bloggers (too many to name here) and some bloggers who were a little too fond of themselves (I’m too nice to mention them here). Some of the sessions were exactly what I was hoping for while others left me wishing there was more substance to the discussion.
The Scholastic and the City event was wonderful beyond words. I loved meeting the people behind Scholastic and having a chance to see what is coming out this fall. Just as a side note~I will be blogging about the Chief Educational Officer’s talk regarding the trends in education in the coming weeks. I met Ms. Frizzle…yup…Magic School Bus owning Ms. Frizzle…other homeschool moms can appreciate the excitement of that moment, lol!
I met Chelsea (after talking through emails for weeks) and Terry from JVC. The dinner we went to was delicious, but having the time to sit in a small group and just talk during such a crazy conference was priceless. I would like to thank JVC again for sponsoring my trip to BlogHer10.
My consultation with Tara Gidus was motivating. I will be writing more about my consultation in my upcoming post about my participation in the Better for BlogHer campaign sponsored by Healthy Choice.
I blog on occasion about crafts for children, but I *heart* crafts. I enjoy a wide variety of crafts. Just ask hubby, he will tell you I have craft stuff stashed throughout the house, lol! I was so excited to be invited to attend the Bloggers’ Night Out hosted by Martha Stewart-Omnimedia. I had a great discussion with Andrea from Martha Stewart Crafts about projects for children. I am looking forward to following up with her to learn more.
This was my second year attending BlogHer. I plan to attend BlogHer11 in San Diego. I am also looking into the possibility of attending BlogWorld later this year. I never pictured myself attending blogging conferences, but now I’m searching for new learning opportunities. My how things change over the years.
I will be posting some pictures from the conference soon!
Disclosure: JVC paid for my conference ticket, travel, hotel and food allowance. They also hooked me up with a sweet video camera to record the fun. I am participating in the Better for BlogHer campaign sponsored by Healthy Choice. I received coupons for free Healthy Choice meals, free health consultation and monetary compensation in exchange for my participation in the campaign.
RE: “others left me wishing there was more substance to the discussion” I felt the same way with sessions at Book Blogger Con 2010 (the first year it was held). It seemed more for newbies.
I also felt of that conference that it was more about meeting some people that others had made friends with online, like a club meeting or something. I am busy homeschooling and blogging and doing volunteer work so I don’t have a lot of cyber-best-friends. No offense to anyone.
I worried I’d not get much out of BlogHer ’10 so I didn’t go. I wish I went but maybe I’m fine.
Regarding you saying you want to learn more I am sure with all of the Internet there must be ways to learn this great stuff rather than go to a conference. Then again I am a homeschool conference attender who gets something special out of that person-to-person experience so who am I to talk?
Christine-I totally agree with you about getting something special from the person-to-person experience. I think that is one of the reasons why I went again this year. I went to the conference this time knowing that there would be times that I would be doing things on my own just because of the differences in interests between me and some of the people I knew from the conference last year. Branching out and meeting new people was a good thing
I am looking into attending another blogging conference that would cover more of the geek side of blogging. That is the nuts and bolts type of info that I need to learn to grow this site into what I envision it to be.
Love the photo slide show and enjoyed your tweets from New York. The Scholastic and Martha Stewart sessions sound great. Wondering if I should attend BlogHer11.
If we both end up in San Diego we will have to meet
I LOVED meeting you Thursday night! I only wish we could have talked longer. I loved your ideas and the fresh points of view you gave me. Looking forward to seeing you – and TALKING with you – next year! You know, I often think that most of the problems in our education system could be easily solved if administration and government would just listen to parents and teachers and take us seriously. Anyhoo, thanks for the awesome conversation!
Hi Andrea! Had to stop by your blog and check it out! Love the photos! Will stop in again!
I am so happy that I ran into you in the lobby. I enjoyed our conversation about the state of education in the US. I am looking forward to seeing you next year in San Diego. Keep in touch!
Thanks for dropping by Sara! Look forward to seeing you around again!