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Momz Share Website Is Live!

Posted by JennieG on 1st August 2010

So excited to announce that the official Momz Share website is live! So very, very excited!

What you can expect from the new site:

News about blogger networking events in the Baltimore / Washington D.C. Metro Area
Guest posts by fantastic bloggers on important topics.
Features on area bloggers and much, much more!

Tags: Baltimore, Momz Share, washington DC

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DC Metro Momz Share – Silver Spring Video (Better Late Then Never!)

Posted by JennieG on 16th June 2010

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!

Tags: Baltimore bloggers, DC Metro area bloggers, momz share silver spring event, momz share video

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Momz Share: A Successful Silver Spring Soiree

Posted by JennieG on 24th May 2010

I’m exhausted.

But in a good way. In a very, very good way.

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!

Our gratitude goes out to:

La Papillon Spa, Peace Love Lip Gloss, Bring It To Fruition, The Round House Theater, The Maryland Science Center, Port Discovery, The National Aquarium, Tuscan Home Decor & Design, All things Italian, Certifikid, Then Again Photography, The Melting Pot of DC, Tech Savvy Mama, Be Lifestyle MedSpa, Simplify Organizing, BitDefender and their BitMoms community! (Although she won’t want me to, I really must mention my creative-cohort at this point – Lara Dipaola. She worked like a maniac to arrange all of this. I did none of it. She is my personal hero!)

–>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.

INTERESTED IN SEEING MORE PHOTOS? We have a Momz Share Flickr group and photos can be found here. (Many thanks for Then Again Photography and Laura from Better in Bulk for their skills. You ladies are amazing!)

INTERESTED IN READING OTHER BLOGGER’S TAKE ON MOMZ SHARE? There will be a link up here.

FEEDBACK? If you went and would like to provide feedback anonymously, do so here.

Tags: American Cancer Society, Flickr, mom blogger event, Momz Share, Relay For Life, Silver Spring Maryland, Washington DC metro area bloggers

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Momz Share – This Weekend! (May 22)

Posted by JennieG on 19th May 2010

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!
The location and time have changed. Our new location is the Little Gym In Silver Spring from 8-11pm.
There is a $10 food and beverage registration fee. All money raised in excess of administration costs will be donated to charity.
In support of Why Mommy’s battle with cancer, there will be an raffle auction with tons of goodies to benefit cancer research. Bring $1 bills!!!
Follow us on Twitter @momzshare and fan us on Facebook to learn the latest!
Hashtag on Twitter is #momzshare
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!
Blogroll can be found here. We have 74 people registered so far.
Jessica McFadden of A Parent In Silver Spring is the host!
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!