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Good to see international is on your minds

jaycee — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:44:33 -0500

I will watch with keen interest on where BlogHer goes. I know I'm not the only one in Aus who would be really keen to attend a BlogHer event.

Jen at Semantically driven and Safari suit

If there's one thing women can do

Jill Miller Zimon — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:23:04 -0500

it's finagle and rig things to work sooner or later. Thanks.

Jill
Writes Like She Talks

Definitely have thought of it

Elisa Camahort — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:15:28 -0500

Still fomenting our plans for 2008 events, and international has been on our mind since 2006, frankly. Of course "international" gives us a lot of cool options.

I like your idea of following summer, though? Sort of like Endless Summer for bloggers!

Hopefully we'll have 2008 mapped out in the next month or two...still working on it :)

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer
elisa@blogher.org

Has BlogHer thought of going international with its conference?

jaycee — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:03:00 -0500

How about offshoots in other countries - mmm, let's say Australia?
I know you organisers are all based in the States but summer's coming up here soon so surely you'll want to escape the cold. There could be a summer BlogHer conference, one in July over there and one in January or February over here. How about it?

Jen at Semantically driven and Safari suit

Actually I fixed it for the did-not-attend folks

Elisa Camahort — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:52:22 -0500

I made a mistake when building the logic threads for the survey, which was making people who did not attend answer questions that didn't apply to them.

Since Zoomerang wouldn't let me change the logic on an active survey, I switched some questions from mandatory to optional to make it easier for folks who did not attend to skip questions they can't answer.

Sorry about that!

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer
elisa@blogher.org

I do whatever Denise says

Jill Miller Zimon — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:03:12 -0500

My kids would love to hear me say some version of that, with their name inserted! Thanks, Denise. I've got a little social stats background and I always feel weird doing that without knowing because I hate to think that I'm throwing off results. Silly I know.

Thanks for giving me permission! ;)
Jill
Writes Like She Talks

Hey Jill

Denise — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:45:18 -0500

I just tested the survey and it works fine but you must fill in those starred items. I just filled them in with "did not attend" and it went through.

~Denise
Fast Times @ Homeschool High & Flamingo House Happenings

Could you check the survey?

Jill Miller Zimon — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:29:20 -0500

Hi Lisa et al,

I didn't attend BlogHer but very much am trying and wanting to be involved over the next year and go next year. Soooo I went to the survey, clicked on "didn't attend" but the system won't let me "submit" at the end. It IDs which questions I haven't answered and won't let me go further. Any suggestions?

I'm so sorry - I had a glitch (which Denise helped get fixed, thank you very much!!!) with getting up a profile that apparently wasn't common either. So I know - it could be me. I'll check back here to figure out what to do.

Thanks, congrats on a great BlogHer '07 and I look forward to wading in deeper.

Jill
Writes Like She Talks

You're invited: Vote on BlogHer's next conference location, join BlogHerAds

Lisa Stone — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:01:35 -0500

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Photo credit: Keynote conversation at BlogHer '07, Navy Pier, Chicago, by hyku

August 9, 2007

Greetings everyone ~

Eight hundred bloggers later -- 800! -- BlogHer Conference '07 in Chicago lives on in thousands of blogs (see "blogher07" and "blogher_07" on YouTube, Google and Flickr) and in the memories of those of us who attended.

We are excited and inspired to dig into the coming year. We've been busy -- redesigning our Web site, re-opening our ad network and planning the locations (multiple!) for BlogHer '08. Here's what we're up to:

1. BlogHer Conference '07 hits 800! Tell us: What - and where - should our conferences be in 2008?

2. You're invited: BlogHerAds.com is accepting applications from bloggers who want quality advertising

3. Our new Web site: How to use BlogHer.com as a showcase for your blogging and a news service for getting your word out

Here are the details:

1. BlogHer Conference '07 hits 800! Tell us: What - and where - should our conferences be in 2008?

Photo credit: Elizabeth Edwards, blogger and wife of presidential candidate John Edwards, at the BlogHer '07 closing cocktail party

I never thought I'd have a favorite BlogHer conference -- but I agree with many blog posts I've read that BlogHer '07 was special. In addition to 800 attendees in Chicago, BlogHer in Second Life, led by Erin Kotecki Vest sold out and had more than 500 avatars at the Elizabeth Edwards keynote alone. In spite of the size, however, BlogHer '07 felt...real. Cutting-edge smart. Honest. Meaningful. This fantastic mojo is due to two things: First and always, the extraordinary women who attended and made the conference what it is. Check out the BlogMe2007 initiative and CoolMom Picks' Great BlogHer Scavenger Hunt and BlogHers Act and the Election '08 Voter Manifesto for the examples of all we BlogHers do for each other. And second, I must congratulate BlogHer Co-Founders Elisa Camahort, who leads this event with Kristy Sammis, and Jory Des Jardins, who leads all our sponsorship and business development efforts with Kristin Darguzas.

Our next step is to plan BlogHer's annual conference in 2008 -- and we also are considering whether to hold regional events next year, in addition to the annual conference. We'd love your recommendations: Please voice your opinion in The BlogHer '07 Post-Conference Survey. Thank you!

2. You're invited: BlogHerAds.com has re-opened to applications from bloggers who want quality advertising

After a seven-month wait, BlogHerAds has re-opened our doors to new member applications. If you have an excellent, regularly updated blog, we welcome your new applications and those of other bloggers you recommend for the network. BlogHer's ad network is unique, because we welcome bloggers with the most varied content and traffic of any size. We exist to empower and promote our members, and we are committed to providing the best support, publicity and revenue possible to our members' excellent blogs.

Our invitation to join the ad network is here: http://blogherads.com/for-bloggers

3. Our new Web site: A showcase for your blogging

You made it happen: As of July 23, BlogHer's new beta site is now live with a number of the features requested by this community. All our members have some exciting new superpowers, including the invitation to blog on BlogHer and add your own blog RSS feeds to your profile. (Not a member? Register here) For the full list of new features, you’ll find much more in our new section, Using this site, authored by the amazing Denise.

Opening the site to all bloggers to promote their blogs has helped me personally discover some amazing bloggers -- here's a sample of favorites I found from going to the BlogHer.com homepage and clicking "All blog posts":

Thank-yous from Afghanistan! by Evi

A Woman’s Guide to Scoring by NicoleM

ExpectingExecutive Furious with Newsweek's Yummy vs. Slummy Article by ExpectingExecutive

If you've blogged something you want others to read, come on over. You say it. We share it. We're working together to deliver on the same mission we wrote at a kitchen table in 2005: To create opportunities for women who blog to pursue exposure, education, community, and economic empowerment.

I'd love to hear your thoughts -- comments are open here, and my email is always unorganized but open to you: lisa-at-blogher-dot-org.

Look forward to hearing from you. :)

Best,
Lisa

for Elisa, Jory and Lisa

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