Yes, just under the wire, I am here to announce the BlogHer Community Keynote line-up.
What to say about an idea that prompted hundreds of posts to come flooding in?
How about: We better do this again!
And how about: A heartfelt thanks to our selection committee:
Alice from finslippy
Debbie from Body Impolitic
Heather from NoPasaNada
Jessica from Oh the Joys!
Mona from Kirida
Kristy Sammis and Denise Tanton from BlogHer
And, of course, the woman who proposed the idea in the first place, Eden Kennedy from Fussy.
And how about: We all couldn't stop talking about how tough the job was, what an embarrassment of riches were laid out before us, and when we could do it again!
So, without further ado, your Community Keynote will feature:
Best Rant
Sarah Brown from que sera sera
Danielle Wiley from Foodmomiac
Megan Smith from Megan's Minute
Mr. Lady from Whiskey in my Sippy Cup
Heather Barmore from NoPasaNada
Blogging About Blogging
Liz Gumbinner from Mom 101
Suebob Davis from Red Stapler
Stephanie Bergman from StephanieBamBam
Zan from That cup of tea
Parenting
Casey from Moosh in Indy
Doug French from Laid Off Dad
Lindsay Ferrier from Suburban Turmoil
Polly Pagenhart from LesbianDad
Letter to my Body
Yvonne from Joy Unexpected
Schmutzie from Schmutzie
Jen Zug from This Pile I'm Standing In
Laurie White from LaurieWrites
Humor
Antonia from Whoopee!
Jenny Lawson from The Bloggess
Evany Thomas from Evany's Extended Cake mix
Deb from Deb on the Rocks
Angela from Fluid Pudding
What, you ask, will they be reading? Well, that would ruin the surprise, wouldn't it?
So there they are, your Community Keynoters! Congratulations to all, and we can't wait for them to show their stuff on Friday night!
Comments
I can't believe...
a) someone nominated one of my posts b) my post was actually chosen. I am honored and thrilled to be a part of this!
What an awesome list!
Can't wait to hear them all! Congrats y'all!
aimee/greeblemonkey
www.greeblemonkey.com
Amazing writers. And a huge thank you to
Fussy and the judges
Mrs. Kennedy, thank you -- this is an idea you've had for a couple of years and I'm really looking forward to lurking IN PERSON for once as these fantastic writers let 'er rip at the microphone. Bravo!
And THANK YOU to the judges -- I know how difficult some of these choices must have been.
Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette
I was too busy reading
I was too busy reading the posts in my section to even remotely think about submitting. Furthest thing from my mind. So this is a huge and very cool surprise. Now I just have to forget the fact that speaking public causes me to vomit. Should be fun!
Heather B.
Personal Blog: No Pasa Nada
BlogHer CE: Business, Career & Personal Finance
HOW many people are going to be there again?
;)
Oh. Wow.
At least it's close enough to a respectable happy hour. ;) 9 p.m. EST even!
Laurie
LaurieWrites
Oh My Goodness!
Wow! BlogHer '08 hasn't even started and I already feel like it's a big hit.
I'm more than flattered by this very nice surprise, but be warned---there's a shameless ham inside me just crying to get out.
Thanks, I think, for giving her a chance!
Megan
BlogHer Contributing Editor, TV/YouTube
Megan's Minute
Video Runway
WHEE!
I'm excited, not only to be on this list but to be on a list with 19 other superstars. Thanks!
www.amyinohio.wordpress.com
www.amyinohio.wordpress.com
It will indeed be strange to hear the words and see the expressions on the faces belonging to the words I've read for so long.
Aiiieeeee!
AMSOEXCITEDAMSOEXCITEDAMSOEXCITED. And I'm in SUCH good company!! Thank you!
What she said!
Definitely. As I told Elisa, I'm in Myrtle Beach, where wireless is virtually nonexistent, so didn't get the news til this a.m. at the coffee shop. All of the retired golfing men were taken aback by the outburst from the girl in the corner. ; )
See y'all in a week and change.
Laurie
LaurieWrites
I'm honored!
Thank you so much for including me. What amazing company.
Now there are going to be...what? 100, 150 people there? I can handle that.
Mom-101
Cool Mom Picks.com
I'm going to vomit. But in
I'm going to vomit.
But in a good way.
Bloggess
www.amyinohio.wordpress.com
Dude - you gotta stop boozing it up before lunchtime.
Woo!
I gotta say, I'm pretty dang excited. See you all next week!
puke
It looks like I am going to have sneak some vomit bags off the plane for my co-speakers.
Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come
And fortunately there will
And fortunately there will be 20 of us backstage to take turns holding each other's hair back.
zan (a cup of tea & a wheat penny)
That's love
...or something
Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette
No promises.
I am thrilled beyond belief to be included on this list. I can firmly say I will not be vomiting at the event. However, I just might faint and fall face first into a puddle of someone else's vomit... I'm looking forward to meeting you all! Thanks again for this amazing opportunity!
Fluid Pudding
Hooray! Huzzah! Hip-hip! And YAY!
I'm super-ultra looking forward to meeting and reading with everyone! This is going to be all kinds of fun!
Love,
Evany "Public-Speaking Shy" Thomas (AKA the one in the corner quietly girding her loins with a flask full of fortified sippables)
Shut UP!!!
I feel like Elaine from Seinfeld. Totally shocked and honored and SO FRICKIN' EXCITED!!!
I am the foodmomiac
I will not barf...
But, I will ONE HUNDRED PERCENT cry. And it will be The Ugly Cry.
There will be tissue there, right?
Yvonne - I really hope so.
Because we will have to share.
Laurie
giggles
"The ugly cry." That's stinking hilarious. And true.
Link to fix
debontherocks.com needs to have a www. put before it, it's going to the wrong page at the moment!
Fixed, sorry!
Elisa Camahort Page
BlogHer
elisa@blogher.com
My BlogHer profile truly shows you everything I do online...Check it out!!
There Are Tears In My Beer
http://momo-fali.blogspot.com
I don't know if I've ever been so sad that I WON'T be going. Best rant featuring Heather Barmore AND Mr. Lady? That will by just one more unfulfilled dream to add to my list. Of all weekends, I picked that one to hostess a charity event...in Ohio. Sweet.
This is why I love being a GIRL!
This has to be one of the coolest things ever!
Bravo Blogher! Cheers to the women who were chosen! Thanks for holding it down for all of us!
Love,
Babz
I'm so excited!
Mr. Lady, The Bloggess & Heather B.?? Dream come true!!!
Deb on the Rocks, and my copanelists Lindsay & Polly? Icing on the proverbial cake!
- Maria
immoralmatriarch.com
Is this a Rick Roll?
Day-um. I can't wait. The tea I drink to prepare my vocal cords for reading (it's called Lemon Verbena Mescaline, I think it's a Yogi Tea brand) keeps me pretty calm, so I'm hoping I get to go first. I can't imagine following any of these divine women! Not to mention to possibilities of a damp microphone.
Thank you Mrs. Kennedy, Ms. Alice and all of the Hers. So, so, so kind.
Deb
www.3smartgirlz.com
www.debontherocks.com
when life throws you on the rocks, it's time to get your rocks off
Congratulations!
I'm so excited to hear you all read! I can imagine those were hard choices. GO GO GO!
Surrender, Dorothy - When I was your age, we just let them ride in the back window.
Rita Arens is a contributing editor for BlogHer -- Mommy & Family.
Also, hell, yeah, Eden!
And a big ooh-rah for Mrs. Kennedy, who is always thinking about everyone else and how to get their voices heard. I really admire that.
Surrender, Dorothy - When I was your age, we just let them ride in the back window.
Rita Arens is a contributing editor for BlogHer -- Mommy & Family.
thank you!
This is so amazing, I can't even believe it. Thank you so much for the opporunity!
---
Jen Zug
The Pile I'm Standing In
www.thispile.com
One Woman, Many Piles, Much Grace.
uh, that is...
opporTUNity. :)
Jen Zug
The Pile I'm Standing In
www.thispile.com
One Woman, Many Piles, Much Grace.
I concur
I concur with all the above comments regarding the gratitude to you organizers for the idea itself, and for the honor of being a part of it, and the awe at the company I find myself in. On whose shoes I fear my hurl will find itself. (Apologies in advance. Though evidently I won't be the first, nor the last. A veritable ralph-fest, it seems. Strangely comforting.)
Great, great keynote
Thanks for a great keynote, everybody! I am in awe of every single one of you.
Elkit in Wonderland
thanks
this was a really great part of BlogHer...
Thanks, thanks, thanks
It was one of the most fun things I have ever done. The posts were so well curated - such a nice variety of experiences - laughter, tears, serious, fun, completely nuts...
I can't wait to see next year's.
Was there a recording and is it posted anywhere?
Yes, I Have Started Posting Video of the
Keynoters
I'm still getting over the post conference BlogHer Virus - Summer Cold so I'm hacking, sleeping and uploading. I have three of them up and will try to move more of them online this weekend.
Antonia http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post.html
Doug
http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com/2008/07/doug-french-blogher-2008-commu...
Schmutzie
http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com/2008/07/schmutzie-blogher-2008-keynote...
Gena - Out On The Stoop
VIDEO: Community Keynote
Most are up at http://www.youtube.com/user/antkatprod. I must apologize for missing 4 readings due to tape change/battery/technical issues. My apologies to these women:
Mr. Lady from Whiskey in my Sippy Cup
Heather Barmore from NoPasaNada
Liz Gumbinner from Mom 101
Suebob Davis from Red Stapler
I saw other videographers/vloggers on youtube who did post up these videos.