What you need to know is that I’ve never made a video movie before so it is not the greatest. <–Disclaimer But here is a video of some fabulous bloggers who came out for the second Momz Share event. Recognize anyone you know? Yes, the most annoying music ever. Anyone have easy movie making software that will let me put pictures AND video in? (If you don’t help me then I will have to continue making cheesy videos like this one that you will have to watch. So basically you would be helping yourself… you know, in the end!)
IF YOU ARE IN THIS VIDEO – LEAVE A COMMENT SO READERS CAN FIND YOUR FABULOUS SELF/BLOG!
This past Saturday we (Lara & I) held our second Momz Share event. (First event details here.) This one, appropriately titled “The Silver Spring Soiree” was hosted by the wonderful (and hilarious BTW) Jessica McFadden of A Parent In Silver Spring at the The Little Gym in Silver Spring, MD. We had over 70 (totally lost count) bloggers from the DC Metro area in attendance!
Some of the night’s highlights? Well, where to begin…
–>RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY! An auction to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and Team Why Mommy, anchored by Sunday Stillwell of Extreme Parenthood in honor of our friend Susan Niebur of Toddler Planet’s courage and tenacity. The women in attendance were extremely generous, buying up raffle tickets for the cause. And the donations? Well, we had THOUSANDS of dollars worth of DONATED items from business as well as an additional $1,000 donation from Bit Defender! Truly overwhelming!
–>WE MUST NOT FORGET THE FOOD! Food for the soiree was provided by Sarah of The Soupergirl, Theresa of Treet, and the last minute heroics provided by Done Right Catering. (Seriously, they saved the day and personally supervised the entire time. What a fantastic company. Hire them NOW!)
–>GOT PASSION? We were also lead in an exercise in finding our passions by Lauree, life coach and owner of Simply Leap . (I’m planning on writing a separate post on this tomorrow. Inspiring stuff!) Also much gratitude to Melanie Spring of Sisarina, our Momz Share mentor and sponsor extraordinaire.
–> DID I MENTION THE NETWORKING? This is just such a unique opportunity to meet other area bloggers and network offline. Someone told me that evening that Momz Share was “the best part of a conference.” Which totally made me smile. BECAUSE THAT IS THE POINT. The entire reason we began this project was so that bloggers can network offline and build strong relationships. We want everyone to form partnerships so that they can reach out and have support in their online efforts.
DC Metro Bloggers… our second Momz Share is this weekend! Woo hoo!
Some quick bits of information for you:
If you haven’t already registered, please check out this post and register. Our theme is “FINDING YOUR PASSIONS!” Lauree Ostrofsky, life and career coach from Simply Leap will be offering some tips and hints for busy moms on cultivating their inner passions and dreams!
We will have a McLinky link up after the event, details will be announced. We also have a Flickr Momz Share pool for pictures after the event. Video is encouraged as well!
Melanie Spring of Sisarina will be at the event! Melanie and Sisarina are official Momz Share sponsors and will be developing a website for Momz Share in the next month! Be sure to thank her when you meet her!
See ya Saturday! (MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND – DON’T FORGET!)
NEW Location: The Little Gym /1386 Lamberton Drive /Silver Spring, MD
Price: $10 NOTE: All payment will go towards food and beverages for the evening and admin costs (launch of new website) after that all money raised from ANY Momz Share events will go towards charity. More will be announced at the event.
Topic: What is your dream? Tailor your blog to your goals!
And yes, there will be an unofficial after-party at a super-secret location. Super-secret is code for “we’ll tell you when you get there!”
TO REGISTER: All bloggers who wish to attend must register. (Even if you registered for the last one, this is your official ticket in to the May event so registration is important!) We need the deets on you. Yes, your REAL NAME. Yes, your REAL ADDRESS. Why? We mail confirmations, we do name tags… its all sorts of official, you know? You will receive a confirmation email and further communication from this address: jlgerlock(at)comcast.net. Please look for it! REGISTRATION HERE.
MOMZ SHARE LAUNCH SURVEY: Help us make Momz Share better! If you attended the first one, please (PLEASE) fill out this confidential survey. CONFIDENTIAL, ladies. No one will have any clue who wrote what. So give us the real deal. The results we get from this survey will help us shape future events. SURVEY HERE.
And of course, don’t forget to follow Momz Share on Twitter (@momzshare)and friend us on Facebook (here). (BTW – We tweet with the hashtag #momzshare) We use those to communicate cool stuff with attendees. If you would like to see pictures from the first event – check them out on Flickr! If you are a business that would like to become involved in some way, please email lara.momzshare(at)gmail.com.
On Saturday night Lara Dipaola and I had the privilege of launching Momz Share and playing host to 45 amazing DC Metro area bloggers!
In case you are not familiar with Momz Share: The concept is to simply provide a real life opportunities for moms who have a passion for blogging to connect, build relationships, learn, share information and form strong personal networks. The events are held quarterly and hosted by a different, fabulous D.C. Metro Region blogger. It is one part girl’s night out and one part networking.
Okay, official speak over.If you wanna read more, click here. It is now time to gush!
I don’t even know where to begin except to say that we had the most fabulous, interesting and diverse group of women. I was humbled and in awe of every single one of them BEFORE they even got there. And to have them all assembled under one roof was truly an honor. I am putting a linky on the bottom of this post because I think that while we were the hosts, THEY will tell the real story!
If you would like to see some photos from the event (Because, as we all know, a picture is worth a thousand words and I don’t have enough space on this blog for that.) —->We have a Flickr group here.More pictures will be added by the attending bloggers in the future so check back! (Why am I wearing a tiara, you ask? Lara provided it and well, the Tarara wine was so yummy that I felt a little “uninhibited.” Enough said.)
And permit me, if you will, to acknowledge the wonderful companies who came on board and donated services to help our vision come to fruition. This would still be in concept stage if they hadn’t offered their services!
107 Designs –Michael Guill designed the Momz Share logo and buttons! He is an amazing talent and wonderful friend. Give him some love on Twitter @107Designs or check out his totally cool website here.
Sisarina – Lara and I met with Melanie Spring in Bethesda one day and she totally got the concept. Not only that, she jumped on board! Her company Sisarina designed the Momz Share banner and soon to be collateral material, not to mention…. OUR NEW WEBSITE! (Under construction. More to come!) Wow, right? Tweet her up @sisarina or check out her business online!
Tarara Winery – I can’t even tell you how overwhelmed we were with their generosity! They jumped in with both feet and poured wine for our guests all night and even sent each lady home with their own vino. Thank you to Jordan and Kerri for supporting Momz Share! Give them some love @tararawinery and on the web.
And there is no way that I can forget Laura of Better in Bulk and Amanda of Then Again Photography for coming in and saving the day with their photography genius. Ladies, you are wonderful! (But I kinda already knew that!)
The next Momz Share event will be held on May 22nd and will be hosted by Jessica of A Parent in Silver Spring! We will require another round of registrations which will begin this Friday on this website. Look for details on the event and the topic from @mammamania, @dipaolamomma and @jessicaAPISS via Twitter soon! And BTW – the next event better not end in a trip to the ER. But that is another blog post entirely, isn’t it?
Tell us a little bit about your blog: I used to just blog about random stuff, then I kept reading how it was better if you picked one topic to blog about, so I started blogging about social media and realized I had a lot to say about it so it stuck. I blog about social media–trends, what’s new, what’s coming, and what bugs me about it. I work for an association so I also blog about social media as it relates to associations.
Most surprising or coolest thing that has happened as a result of your blogging? When I started blogging in 2006, it a) never occurred to me that anyone would actually read it and b) that I’d end up getting a job because of it. Both have happened; I don’t have a ton of readers but more than I used to, and my posts are frequently featured in other places, which is nice. And I am the online community & social media manager for an association.
What do you love the most about blogging? That I can write about whatever I want, when I want–and only if I want to. When I’m not feeling it, I don’t do it.
Name one thing that might surprise people about you. I have webbed toes (some–not all of them!)
Aside from blogging, what would you name as some of your passions? My family, reading, movies, anything cute and Japanese, social media, home decorating.
We all love to discover new blogs. Name two of your favorite blogs on the internet!
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