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Moms Clean Air Force: I'm Getting Involved for Olive

Jory's daughter

I don’t know the exact day, but it was sometime last year, when I was in my third trimester of pregnancy, and I noticed it—the air I breathe. I was driving to work and sitting in traffic. I realized that I’d forgotten to press the recirculation button on my air conditioning console; I could smell the sour breath of the exhaust from the car in front of me and I panicked. All these years that I’ve commuted to work, listened to loud music, and lived in some of the most polluted urban locales, I never thought twice about air quality. But on this particular day I was terrified, because I had a growing life inside of me who would be sharing the air. The thought of her breathing it in made me sick.  Read more >

Announcing PepsiCo's Second Annual Sofa Summit at BlogHer'11: Embracing Fortytude

Fortytude book cover

This year at the second annual Sofa Summit at BlogHer'11, Partner Sponsor PepsiCo will be bringing back Gatorade President North America and Global CMO Sports Nutrition, Sarah Robb O'Hagan to lead a conversation with Sarah Brokaw, the author of Fortytude: Making the Next Decades the Best Years of Your Life ... through the 40s, 50s and Beyond. Brokaw will discuss the five traits women can adopt to grow older with confidence and joy.  Read more >

Announcing the Fifth Annual BlogHer Business Conference

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Mobile … metrics … location-based platforms … social commerce … content curation … What's your burning question about the emerging digital marketing trends of 2011? Once again we dig in at our Fifth Annual BlogHer Business Conference. This year, BlogHer has partnered with Social Week, producer of the Pivot Conference, to bring you a one-day event scheduled October 20, 2011 at the New York Hilton as part of Social Week in New York City.  Read more >

Urn, Casket or Cryonics? The Joys of Estate Planning ... When You're Pregnant

Pregnant Woman

I wish I had put at least an ounce of forethought into what we were actually doing when we'd called an estate attorney and set up an appointment to create a will and trust. Instead, I put the meeting into my Outlook and mentally checked off one more thing I'd promised to do before the birth of my first child.  Read more >

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Full Name
Jory Des Jardins
Member Since
January 2006
About Me: 

Jory Des Jardins is a media consultant, and co-founder of BlogHer. She writes on women's business issues, marketing, blogging, and entrepreneurship for publications such as Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, JackMyers.com, and her personal blog, From Here to Autonomy, formerly Pause.

So, now the unofficial bio: I live in the Bay Area with my husband, Jesse, and my cat, Ginger. I'm a total Gemini.

Location: 
Oakland, CA
Location Tags: 

san francisco,new york,chicago

Employers: 

selfemployed,eda,medialive,ivillage,the new york times,time warner,blogher

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university of illinois champaign-urbana

About Me Tags: 

meaningful work,digital media,marketing,entrepreneurship

Other Tags: 

BlogHer

Favorite Tags: 

anything relating to women in business,traveling,europe,wine

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BlogHer '12

The BlogHer Annual Conference is heading back to New York City on August 2-4, 2012! Join thousands of other bloggers, writing on every topic under the sun, for 3 days of learning, networking, and fun. Register today!

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