Comments on: BlogHer ‘06 Was Femtastic http://www.spideysenses.com/2006/07/30/blogher-06-mostly-femtastic/ Ted Rheingold's web journal Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:54:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: feacjgipet http://www.spideysenses.com/2006/07/30/blogher-06-mostly-femtastic/#comment-94575 feacjgipet Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:43:29 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/2006/07/30/blogher-06-mostly-femtastic/#comment-94575 Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! ufdjnmzgbrx Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! ufdjnmzgbrx

]]> By: Sour Duck http://www.spideysenses.com/2006/07/30/blogher-06-mostly-femtastic/#comment-3435 Sour Duck Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:55:00 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/2006/07/30/blogher-06-mostly-femtastic/#comment-3435 You may not have tied sponsorship into the speaking slots, but you're not so naive as to think that Mena Trott is going to get up there and *not* plug Six Apart and Vox. I agree that the closing panel was very dull, and also a bit of a love-in between the panelists, which was not edifying to watch. What is the process for recruiting speakers? I'd like to see more transparency between those in charge of the BlogHer conference and the potential attendees about how that works. You may not have tied sponsorship into the speaking slots, but you’re not so naive as to think that Mena Trott is going to get up there and *not* plug Six Apart and Vox.

I agree that the closing panel was very dull, and also a bit of a love-in between the panelists, which was not edifying to watch.

What is the process for recruiting speakers? I’d like to see more transparency between those in charge of the BlogHer conference and the potential attendees about how that works.

]]> By: Jory Des Jardins http://www.spideysenses.com/2006/07/30/blogher-06-mostly-femtastic/#comment-3418 Jory Des Jardins Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:20:56 +0000 http://www.spideysenses.com/2006/07/30/blogher-06-mostly-femtastic/#comment-3418 Molly, fellow KAFM (kick-ass female blogger), thanks for making the trip down the peninsula and joining us. Everything you've offered up in this post is incredibly useful and will be incorporated into the feedback notes we're gathering on the event. I'm still coming down from the BlogHer high so I'll be brief: The feedback on the closing panel was fair enough. I know a number of single or married women without children felt the way you did. But as the gal in charge of sponsorships, I have to mention on behalf of both myself and Elisa Camahort, who programmed the conference, that we never tie sponsorships into speaking slots. Ne-ver, won't do it, even if you'll hate us, zip. Sponsors who supported keynotes were allowed 10 minutes to introduce the keynote then that's it--church ends and state begins. You may have noticed that none of the sponsored sessions allow shilling by sponsors, we keep it out of there. We simply felt that, as the co-founder of a company that had created a platform for itself by, well, creating a platform, (and the panel was about women creating their own platforms) that Mena was ideal for the panel. That's it. And we certainly didn't encourage her to plug Vox in the session. I'm really happy to hear you got a lot out of BlogHer. See ya next time! Molly, fellow KAFM (kick-ass female blogger), thanks for making the trip down the peninsula and joining us. Everything you’ve offered up in this post is incredibly useful and will be incorporated into the feedback notes we’re gathering on the event. I’m still coming down from the BlogHer high so I’ll be brief:

The feedback on the closing panel was fair enough. I know a number of single or married women without children felt the way you did. But as the gal in charge of sponsorships, I have to mention on behalf of both myself and Elisa Camahort, who programmed the conference, that we never tie sponsorships into speaking slots. Ne-ver, won’t do it, even if you’ll hate us, zip. Sponsors who supported keynotes were allowed 10 minutes to introduce the keynote then that’s it–church ends and state begins. You may have noticed that none of the sponsored sessions allow shilling by sponsors, we keep it out of there. We simply felt that, as the co-founder of a company that had created a platform for itself by, well, creating a platform, (and the panel was about women creating their own platforms) that Mena was ideal for the panel. That’s it. And we certainly didn’t encourage her to plug Vox in the session.

I’m really happy to hear you got a lot out of BlogHer. See ya next time!

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