BlogHer Conference Wrap-Up

Everyone gathered in the main room  at the conference center at the end of the day. Jory thanked everyone that helped put the conference together, the advisory board, even the "guy fridays" that helped with registration. There was a lot of applause for everyone and later on Lisa Stone got a standing ovation.

Then Elisha led a wrap up discussion about what participants learned from the conference, our "next steps," and any feedback about how to make the conference better the next time around.

There were some interesting ideas thrown around.  Mary Hodder suggested putting together a list of women speakers so we have more visibility at tech and business conferences. Debi from Mobile Jones took that a step further and suggested that we "get women to smartmob the next male-dominated conference!"

Another participant said she felt that people often don't go beyond their comfort zones and tend to only read blogs written by people just like them. She suggested everyone "find five blogs of people that don't look like you and learn something about them." Someone else suggested that everyone identify three people they know and help them create and learn how to use a blog.

The only negative feedback was from one participant who asked if next time around they don't put so many good sessions on during the same timeslot. That's positive when you think about it - there was that much good stuff!

All the sessions were recorded for later podcasting and there are a ton of people blogging at and about BlogHer so there's plenty for you to read and listen to.

The evening ended with a cocktail party sponsored by Yahoo!  I mentioned to Lisa that the fact that so many people were hanging around afterwards and chatting was visual testament to how successful the event was. The networking and relationship-building outside the conference rooms are just as important as the sessions and speakers, especially in a conference like this.

Jet lag is starting to set in so I'm going to sign off and order some room service.

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[Beth]

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