Type A Mom Conference: Im Speaking!
I am so excited to tell you that Ill not only be attending the TypeAMom Conference, but joining an amazing cast of speakers! Can you believe Type A Mom is going to let me speak in a public arena? (to her credit, she put me on Controversy, who, me?) I suppose she figured since I wasn’t typing, there wasn’t a way for me to spell something wrong and she would give me a chance. *cough*
After all the hullabaloo regarding BlogHer and the massive attendees that left us a little more hungry for some true time with our blogger friends, we are ultra excited to be a part of Kelbys conference.
I have highlighted in red where you can find me.
If you care.
And you should.
Schedule is currently:
| Bloggers’ familiarization (fam) tour of Asheville. | This will be a free optional tour for attendees and their families with a very limited number of spaces. The stops are to be determined. Be sure to subscribe to the conference RSS feed to hear just as soon as we work out the itinerary.
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9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
| Sign In and Welcome | Conference attendees can sign in to get their badges and swag bags.
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9 a.m.-4 p.m. |
| Company-to-Blogger Speed Dating | Companies are struggling to figure out how best to engage bloggers and join the conversation, while bloggers are trying to figure out how to connect to major companies and organizations. Let’s end the madness and do some power networking! Sponsor this event…
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4-6 p.m. |
| Type-A Mom Conference Welcome Reception | Relax, have a drink and h’ors d’ouvres, and find all your mom bloggy friends you’ve been just dying to connect with in more than 140 characters. Sponsor this event…
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6:30-9 p.m. |
Friday, Sept. 25th
| Food and Fuel | We plan to have a light breakfast with coffee.
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8 a.m.-8:30 a.m. |
| General Panel |
Social and Collaborative BloggingBlogging as part of a collaborative or social group on a multi-author blog has many benefits beyond getting your work posted, ranging from a fierce social network with other power mom bloggers to simply being seen as more of a force with marketers and boosting your social reach. For marketers, learn how you can reach a large group of influencers in these mom blogging communities. The operators of various social blogs discuss this powerful blogging trend. Featuring Jill Asher of Silicon Valley Moms, Megan Jordon of Blog Nosh Magazine, Jennifer James of Mom Bloggers Club, Trisha Haas of Momdot, Kelby Carr of Type-A Mom and Alison Worthington of Blissfully Domestic.
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8:45-10 a.m. |
| Power Breakout Session |
Breakout 1: Writing with Authentic Voice and Passion (featuring Anissa Mayhew, Anne Fitten Glenn, Julie Roads, Robin Dance and Arianne Segerman)Breakout 2: Building a Blog from Start to Finish (featuring Victoria Haller, Leslie Flinger and Dawn Schnee of Room704)
Breakout 3: Political Blogging (featuring Joanne Bamberger) Breakout 4: Branding 2.0 (featuring Jessica Smith) |
10:30-11:30 a.m. |
| Work-It Boxed Lunch | Grab a boxed lunch and work it your way: chill and eat it in your room to recharge, nibble and network with some mom bloggers, eat while livetweeting on your phone, whatever.
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12 -1 p.m. |
| Power Breakout Session |
Breakout 1: Personal Blogging – Trolls, Delicate Topics and Controversy (featuring Anne Fitten Glenn, Julie Roads, Heather Spohr, Trisha Haas and Cecily Kellogg)Breakout 2: Mom Blogger Rising - Leveraging Your Pre-Kid Career into a Successful Blog Niche (featuring Gwenn O’Keeffe MD, Kristie McNealy MD and Renee Ross)
Breakout 3: Travel Blogging (featuring Traveling Mamas Jen Miner, Beth Blair and Kara Williams) Breakout 4: Twitter 101 (featuring Shari Keating, Anissa Mayhew and Cheryl Phillips) |
1:30-2:15 p.m. |
| Power Breakout Session |
Breakout 1: The 3,472,109 Hats of a Mommy Blogger – Your Number May Vary (featuring Shannan Powell, Astacia Carter, Angela England and Tara Gerner-Ziegmont)Breakout 2: Selling Advertising on Your Blog (featuring Cheryl Phillips, Victoria Haller and Dawn Schnee)
Breakout 3: Blogger Outreach and Online Public Relations (featuring Katja Presnal, Nancy Martira, Stephanie Smirnov and David Griner) Breakout 4: Power Facebooking (featuring Lindsay Maines and Kris Cain) |
2-2:45 p.m. |
| Power Breakout Session |
Breakout 1: Photoblogging and Better Blog Pictures (featuring Mishelle Lane)Breakout 2: SEO in Plain English (featuring Astacia Carter, Kristie McNealy MD and Jen Miner)
Breakout 3: Earning Money via Blogging (featuring Cecily Kellogg) Breakout 4: Special Needs Blogging (featuring Shari Keating) |
3-3:45 p.m. |
| Asheville Photowalk |
Type-A Mom speaker and photographer extraordinaire Mishelle Lane will continue her afternoon in-room photography session on the street for some hands-on practice with a walking tour of downtown Asheville and the historic Montford neighborhood. Ashevillian, mom blogger and speaker Anne Fitten Glenn will help guide the tour with her local expertise. The walk ends with the speaker dinner featuring Mishelle and Anne at Nine Mile.
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4-5:30 p.m. |
| Speaker Dinners | Ever felt like conference speakers are up on the stage and totally inaccessible? Think again. The Type-A Mom Conference wants to eliminate the detached, sterile feel of many conferences and give every attendee a chance to learn directly from a speaker. Each speaker will host a dinner at one of Asheville’s 60-plus independent restaurants. All participants will do is pay for their own dinner. Dinners are only open to registered attendees of the conference (no guests, spouses or children) to keep the tables small, but children can stay at the hotel as Kid Con programming and babysitting will be under way (or in-room sitting can be arranged). Watch for a sign up for the speaker dinners and, again, slots will be given out based on first registered.
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Varying times. Attendees will receive a schedule of when their shuttle to dinner leaves the hotel. |
Saturday, Sept. 26th
| Mom Market |
We take a break this morning to enjoy a simple Asheville pleasure: the Saturday morning market. At the Type-A Mom Conference, of course, we have our own spin. This market will feature select local foods, but also provide attendee moms a chance to show off and sell their mom-made wares.
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8 a.m.-10 a.m. |
| Power Breakout Session |
Breakout 1: The Blogging Payoff – Understanding the Longview (featuring Angela England and Joanne Bamberger)Breakout 2: Blogger’s Balance (featuring Tara Gerner-Ziegmont, Robin Dance and Melanie Edwards)
Breakout 3: Business Blogging (featuring Alyssa Gregory and David Binkowski) Breakout 4: Power Tweeting (featuring Amy Lupold Bair, Lucretia Pruitt and Sugar Jones) |
10:15-11 a.m. |
| Power Breakout Session |
Breakout 1: Blog Kharma and Social Capital (featuring Katja Presnal, Jessica Smith and Kelby Carr)Breakout 2: Video Blogging (featuring Sugar Jones and Trisha Haas)
Breakout 3: High ROI Social Networking (featuring Angela LoSasso and Lindsay Maines) Breakout 4: Problogging (featuring Angela England and Cheryl Phillips) |
11:15-12 p.m. |
| Power Lunch | Dine and learn with a general panel session over lunch.Working with Companies
Companies want to work with bloggers, and most bloggers want to work with companies. From reviews to spokesblogging to direct blog advertising, there are many ways for the two worlds to collide. At the same time, there are questions about how to do it right. Experts from both the corporate/marketing side and the blogging side share their experiences and insights. Featuring Angela LoSasso, Stephanie Smirnov, Nancy Martira, David Binkowski, Amy Lupold Bair and Lucretia Pruitt. |
12:15 -1:30 p.m. |
| Blogger Town Hall Meeting |
Blogging ethics, spokesblogging, reviews (paid or not), whether companies should pay more, pay less or not pay bloggers for representation and consultation… Let’s get it all out there and make sense of this brave new world of mommy blogging. With leaders in blogging, PR and advertising and the whole audience participating, we take all those sticky blogging topics and talk them through to come up with best practices and some consensus.
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1:30-2:30 p.m. |
| Keynote Address |
Breaking the Mommy Blogging MoldThere is no such thing as a cookie cutter mommy blogger. Moms who blog cover the entire spectrum of political beliefs, religious beliefs, ethnic background, areas of expertise, topics of interest. No two moms who blog are alike, despite a general view that mommy bloggers just write about parenting. In that spirit, the Type-A Mom keynote attempts to reflect the amazing and wonderful diversity of the momblogosphere. Featuring Anne Fitten Glenn, Julie Roads, Renee Ross, Allison Worthington, Cecily Kellogg, and Megan Jordon.
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2:45-4 p.m. |
| Local Beer and BBQ, Local Wine and Cheese Bash |
Whatever your style, enjoy some Asheville flavors at this reception, dinner and party all rolled into one.
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5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. |
| The conference ends. |
Sunday, Sept. 27th
| Bloggers’ familiarization (fam) tour of Asheville. | This will be a free optional tour for attendees and their families with a very limited number of spaces. The stops are to be determined. Be sure to subscribe to the conference RSS feed to hear just as soon as we work out the itinerary.
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9 a.m |
Oh, and Ill be hosting a dinner along side Jessica Smith and RockNRoll Mama.
Who can I look forward to meeting?
~Trisha
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11 Comments
Hoping to nab a sponsor so that Ican go! You are my idol Trish! LOL Only joking a tiny bit.
I wish I knew about this conference before BlogHer–I see a ton of interesting ppl and interesting sessions that I would love to go to!
I’ll be there, girlfriend.
Awesome! I’m trying desperately to go. I don’t live far from Asheville and I am pumped about the conference. I would love to see you there!
Ashley
I can’t wait to see you there!
Although I live in N.C., I can’t make it due to health reasons. But, I wish I could come and meet you.
You? Controversial? P’Shaw! They’re crazy! LMAO
I really wish I was going to this. I need to follow my sheep herder, right. LOL
Looking forward seeing you there! But you talking about controversy?? What’s that all about?
That’s so cool, Trisha! Congrats! Wish I could be there to see / hear you.
WooHoo! Can’t wait!!!
Neat!! I would love to go if I can get sponsored. Asheville isn’t too far from where I live!