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  1. Conference Corner: Tips for BlogHer First-Time Attendees (Newbies)

    5/24/12 7:00am by mrlady
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    BlogHer '12

    With two weeks left until BlogHer Food in Seattle and just ten short weeks *gasp* until BlogHer '12 in New York, the pre-conference jitters are starting to set in across the internet. Whether it's your first BlogHer Event this year or your eighth, we are all united by one thing... we all, always, feel like a #BlogHer12Newbie.  Read more >

  2. Conference Corner: Add Yourself to the BlogHer Food Attendee Page

    5/15/12 10:00am by mrlady
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    BlogHer Food

    Whether you're attending BlogHer Food in Seattle as an attendee, a speaker, a sponsor, or a party guest, you're in for one amazing weekend of food, fun, inspiration, and, of course, networking. While you're sending your business cards off to the printers and practicing your handshake in the mirror, BlogHer is helping you get a jump start on your networking with our Attendee Page for BlogHer Food.  Read more >

  3. Conference Corner: Schedule Updates for BlogHer '12

    5/10/12 11:00am by mrlady
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    BlogHer '12

    If you ask me what the best video game ever created it, I will without hesistation tell you that TETЯIS: The Soviet Mind Game by Tengen. You can't get Tengen Tetris anymore; in fact, you couldn't a month or so after it came out. It was really a brilliant video game, even for 8 bit, and it's a big reason why I love working as Conference Programming Manager for BlogHer today. So much of what we do on the Programming Team has to do with fitting square boxes into right angled spaces and making everything flow together seamlessly.  Read more >

  4. Conference Corner: What I Didn't Know About BlogHer Food

    4/30/12 9:00am by mrlady
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    BlogHer Food '12

    Awkward confession: I've never been to a BlogHer Food conference. I know, this is a terrible thing to confess as the Conference Programming Manager, and I honestly couldn't give you one good excuse as to why I haven't gone before. I mean, I actually blog quite a bit about food, both on my own blog and on my Babble site. I'm an avid cook (sometimes it's even edible, unless it's cookies.). I have a love-love relationship with food, and also with blogging, and yet I've never attended the BlogHer event dedicated to my two favorite things in the world.  Read more >

  5. Last Chance for Voices of the Year Nominations!

    4/24/12 9:27am by mrlady
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    VOTY

    In just under a week, we'll be closing submissions for one of the most highly anticipated elements of the BlogHer Annual conference program, Voices of the Year. The Voices of the Year Community Keynote honors up to 120 of the brightest voices in the blogging community, as chosen by the community. We'll get the opportunity to hear 15 of them read their posts live during the Closing Keynote on Friday, August 3rd, and the others will be honored on BlogHer.com.  Read more >

  6. Conference Corner: Two Days Left to Submit a Room of Your Own!

    3/13/12 11:59am by mrlady
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    BlogHer '12 in New York

    No pressure or anything, but the deadline for submitting a Room of Your Own at the BlogHer '12 conference in New York is this Thursday, March 15th!Here's a great big article on BlogHer.com explaining what the original definition of the Room of Your Own program was, and why you’d want to submit -- but the main points of that article are:  Read more >

  7. BlogHer '12 Voices of the Year Submissions Are Open!

    2/23/12 1:49pm by mrlady
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    VOTY 2011

    Four years ago, a lone microphone stood on an empty stage in a ballroom in San Francisco. A crowd of BlogHer attendees sat waiting, not entirely sure for what, as Eden Kennedy walked out onto the stage and began what has now become one of the most eagerly anticipated events at the annual BlogHer conference -- the Voices of the Year Community Keynote.  Read more >

  8. Saying Hello

    1/24/12 1:12pm by mrlady
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    They say you never really know a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes, and after last week, I can confirm for you that the proverbial "they" are absolutely correct. Last week, Jes Ferris announced that she will soon be leaving BlogHer, and I am *beyond* excited to announce that I am taking on her role as Conference Programming Manager.  Read more >

  9. Teaching Children the Fine Line Between Honesty and Manners

    5/23/11 8:00am by mrlady
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    Chess Pieces

    Momma, he is so large, she says to me, to herself, to him, to no one and all of us at the same time, but not nearly as large as the shame-hole I just fell face-first into, kid, I whisper silently, a prayer for either forgiveness or forgetfulness, though I am not sure which would have been preferable.  Read more >

  10. Houston Pre-Conference Meet Up!

    6/16/10 10:22pm by mrlady in Houston Area BlogHers! Comments (1)
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     With thanks to @outsidevoice and @allisonzapata for the gentle nudge, I'd happy to announce that we are, indeed, having a pre-Blogher '10 meetup in Houston this year! All are welcome to attend - you don't necessarily have to be a girl, or a boy, or a blogger, or even attending the conference. The details are all here. Go RSVP, and we'll see you there!  Read more >

Shannon Carroll (Mr Lady)

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Shannon Carroll (Mr Lady)
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August 2007
About Me: 

Shannon Carroll is the Conference Programming Manager at BlogHer, and the blogger behind Whiskey In My Sippy Cup, a critically acclaimed blog about nothing in particular. According to the Internet, she is also occasionally Redneck Mommy, which means it must be true. 

Shannon started blogging in January of 2005, before the time of plugins and widgets, which is the equivalent of remembering what is was like to use a rotary phone for something other than winning a street fight. 

She is the mother of a teenaged son, a tween boy and an elementary-aged daughter, which means that everyone in her house absolutley *loves* K$sha, just for very different reasons. Her husband is in the restaurant industry, so she hasn't actually seen him since that one dinner rush in 1996. 

She is a liberal who believes in flat tax, an atheist with an impressive collection of crucifixes, and hates reggee but thinks that Redemption Song may be the finest piece of music ever penned by man. She is terrified of spiders, heights and balloons, dreams of one day being a gangsta rapper and is physically incapable of keeping a hamster alive, or baking cookies. 

 

 

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