BlogHer - Announcing: BlogHer '09 LobbyCon - Comments

Lobbycon ticket

thecouponsista — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:53:28 -0500

Are you still selling this?

lobby con ticket!!!

theloop — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:20:12 -0500

If you need my extra ticket to LobbyCon, pls email me asap: editor@theLoopNY.com

Thanks!

Polly

I'll be there :)

TheClothDiaperExperiment — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:17:19 -0500

I'm really really new to blogging...but I'm diving in head first and I'll be at lobbycon!

I can't wait!

Holly

http://www.theclothdiaperexperiment.com

i'm going!

kcengle — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:58:45 -0500

I just bought my ticket! Can't wait to see you all there!!!

Cassidy

the1sttimearound.blogspot.com

I got my ticket!

lizzydear — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:28:54 -0500

Can't wait!!

I will email you soon Rebekah. :-)

Lobby Con Daytime Activities

rebekahj81 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:55:48 -0500

So, I'm an idiot who mistyped both her blog name and her email address. This is what happens when you change URLs. Sigh.

blog@rebekahj81.com

http://rebekahj81.com

I'm from St. Louis. I think as we get closer to time and find out about the weather we can decide on museums vs. things outside, but we should definitely make lunch plans for a group on Friday!

All LobbyCon-goers, email me (the address is right this time) and we can make a mailing list to keep everyone informed of plans/ideas/etc.

See you there!

Meet Up

ckachelmuss — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:10:17 -0500

I am very excited too about Lobbycon! I waited too long before and the
tickets got more expensive and then sold out, but this price is just right!
Keep me posted about your plans and we can meet up. Where are you from? I
am actually less than an hour from Chicago in a suburb.

Rebekah - neither your email or blog are working right now.

Who wants daytime activities?

rebekahj81 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:39:57 -0500

I'm so excited to do LobbyCon - it's my first BlogHer and this is the only way I could afford to go.

We're going to have some free time during the breakout sessions, and if any LobbyCon-goers would like to hit some of the fine Chicago museums or other attractions with me (remember, we don't get lunch!) during the day, let me know! I know we can't spend 2 whole days in the Expo, and I'm happy to coordinate if we'd like to get a group together.

Rebekah

http://rebekah81.com

blog@rebekah81.com

this may work!

slmagill — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:58:06 -0500

I was so bummed that BlogHer was sold out but this might work. Thanks for doing this--I know better next year to not wait to get my BlogHer tickets. :)

suzi @ pinkvanillacupcakes.com

LobbyCon will indeed rock thanks to Miriam and team

Lisa Stone — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:53:38 -0500

Elisa, Lori, Jes, Erin -- really everyone! -- all deserve credit for this terrific idea. I cannot wait to see you all there!

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

BlogHer is non-partisan but our bloggers aren't! Follow our coverage of Politics & News.

Great solution

Jill Miller Zimon — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:48:22 -0500

Still not sure if I can swing this time-wise between sending kids off to camp (one just before one just after), home demolishment (is that a word) and oh that political campaigning thing but...I LOVE this solution because it definitely represents a lot of what I'd love to do with my BlogHer pals. Huge props as others said for creativity.

Jill Writes Like She Talks

I am going!!

Tigger210 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:25:25 -0500

I was on the wait list for BlogHer 09. I am so excited to be attending LobbyCon. See you there!!

Sandy

Smart Cents Mom

Great idea!

melissasiig — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:50:42 -0500

I came late to the blogging world so missed the window to buy BlogHer tickets. But now I have my chance to go. Great idea! A+ for creativity.

mountainmommmamusings.wordpress.com

LobbyCon

sfauquet — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:11:21 -0500

I just bought my ticket...see you in the lobby!

Stefanie

www.MommyMusings.com

Thanks!

ckachelmuss — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:46:17 -0500

Thanks so much - I got my ticket!

Announcing: BlogHer '09 LobbyCon

Elisa Camahort — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:51:22 -0500

BlogHer '09, BlogHer's fifth annual conference, will be our biggest conference yet. Every year we have sold out and dealt with the dreaded waiting list. This year we sold out BlogHer '09's original capacity in mid-March, which left us with lots of community members wanting in.

We went to work to make it happen. Conference sales woman extraordinaire Miriam Anton was able to secure additional sponsorship that allowed us to let in 300 bloggers off of the waiting list, but that just wasn't enough! We started to hear about people who were going to show up and hang in the lobby, just to meet friends and attend some of the after-parties being planned.

Enter: LobbyCon
We decided to figure out how we could turn more of The Chicago Sheraton and Towers into all-BlogHer, all-the-time from July 24-25, 2009. And this is what we came up with: LobbyCon

Please join us for LobbyCon on Friday and Saturday, July 24 & 25, where you will receive:

Access to the Chi Bar at the Sheraton, where we will be live-streaming of all four general sessions, including the Community Keynote and Saturday morning's powerhouse trio of media mavens taking part in the Traditional Media Chops meet a New Media Calling keynote

Access to the Expo floor, and the 40 sponsors on that floor (and their swag)

Access to both official BlogHer cocktail parties

What are the fees to attend BlogHer '09 LobbyCon?
BlogHer '09 LobbyCon costs $99 for the two-day experience

What is *not* included with your BlogHer '09 LobbyCon pass

Access to the seven tracks of break-out programming, including the Geek Lab

The official conference tote bag

Meals during the day (breakfast, lunch, snacks)

We can take up to 125 folks in the Chi bar, so that is our capacity for BlogHer '09 LobbyCon. Register now!

We hope this provides yet another option for folks who are making the trek to Chicago with or without a ticket in hand!! We look forward to seeing you there :)

Elisa
for Elisa, Jory and Lisa, BlogHer co-founders