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Conference Coverage 145 Tweets


I like to cover conferences. If you know me, you know that. Do you like to share conferences?

Covering and sharing are two different things – or are they? To me sharing, happens via social media. Coverage can, too.

Today I’m combining the two to bring you shared coverage from people I talked to on twitter about what was happening at UnGeeked in Chicago. Thanks to CD Vann, the visionary behind UnGeeked for bringing the conference to Chicago over the weekend.

By the way, that’s me with Anita Campbell who publishes SmallBizTrends.com I’ve always wanted to meet Anita and was looking forward to seeing her speak. Anita is an inspiring woman who models publishing success.

During the course of six hours or so, my tweets tracked presentations by Anita, Chris Heuer, Olivier Blanchard. Joshua Garity and Jeff Power.

Hearing them speak was enlightening. As I listened, I shared what I found interesting and relevant on twitter. You’ll see the twitter transcript here with keypoints in bold. Thanks to EVERYONE who retweeted and contributed to the community dialogue.

What jumps out at you?

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BlogHer09 chooses Chicago for July 24-25 Blogging Conference

I'm Going to BlogHer '09 

BlogHer is coming back to Chicago!

After attending BlogHer07 in Chicago as a local volunteer live blogger, I made the decision to travel to BlogHer08 in San Francisco.

What a difference a year made!

In 2007, blogging was still edging into the monetization mainstream. In 2008, PR reps from major agencies seemed to pop up in every session. Why? Because the bloggers at BlogHer are conversation masters – for large communities.

I predict that BlogHer09 will be a must-attend blogging conference – and not just for women only – but for the marketing, PR and advertising industries at large.

On behalf of the Chicago Social Media Club advisory board, we’re welcoming BlogHer09 to Chicago and starting our countdown now!