Speakers at CyberMummy: Claire Burdett

We've got another fantastic speaker for the Influence and Stats session in Room 1 at the conference to help you better understand traffic and find more readers: Claire Burdett.

Claire is a digital strategist with over 20 years of experience in marketing and publishing, and was an early innovator in social media. She is a co-founder of The Media Marketing Co.
In the course of her career Claire has written and edited literally thousands of published books, magazines, websites, white papers, tip sheets, articles and eBooks, as well as being a regular blogger.

She is highly respected in the Mum's sector, having been the editor of Dr Miriam Stoppard's groundbreaking 'Conception, Pregnancy and Birth', which topped the Sunday Times bestsellers list for 6 months, and is the founder of the UK's first WAHM site, http://www.funkyangel.co.uk/, which launched in 2003.

A qualified nlp and business coach, Claire helps start ups, work from home and online businesses via BusinessMidwife.co.uk. She has run three successful businesses of her own as well as help launch and promote many brands and companies, and is an expert in the application of business 'know how' to communications strategy.

Claire is currently writing her second book about ‘Social Media for Business’ and is a Brand Ambassador for Vodafone. She is also one of the judges at CorpComms Magazine's forthcoming DigiAwards.

Welcome, Claire. See you July 3!

Read more...

Lunchtime hostess: Nadine Hill

As you may know from looking at the recently updated conference schedule, we wanted to do something a bit different at lunchtime. This idea was actually suggested by a mummy blogger: have themed tables at lunch with different topics to get the conversation going, break the ice and address topics that we haven't been able to fit into the jam-packed schedule. It's all very friendly and relaxed.

We're delighted that Nadine Hill will be one of our Table Hostesses and her table will be tackling that very important issue of How Do You Find Time to Blog? Here's a bit more about Nadine:

Nadine Hill has a secret to share. Busy mums CAN get it all done & still find ‘Me time’! Nadine (aka Time Management Mum) is the owner of a virtual receptionist business, a best-selling author, a speaker and a ‘hands on’ mum of two who will lead a discussion about “The Blog-Life Balance”. Her next book, entitled “I Don’t Have Time... To Write”, is due out in September.

http://www.timemanagementmum.com/

Look for Nadine's table after you have grabbed your lunch at the buffet.

Interested in hosting a lunchtime table or have an idea for a topic you'd like to chat about? Email me at jenniferhowze (at) googlemail (dot) com.

Read more...

CyberMummy in the Press

CyberMummy has been getting noticed in the press. Here's where you can see our latest coverage.

Joining MS&L at CyberMummy
theconversationsociety.wordpress.com, MS&L London's official blog
"On top of...cupcakes, we’re giving away five pairs of tickets to Wicked: The Musical PLUS the chance to join a new team of influential mums who can help us shape the brands of today and tomorrow (while enjoying amazing goodies in return for their opinions)."

How Brands Can Find Their Way into the Mummysphere
Socialmedialibrary.co.uk
"The mumsphere will be paralysed on the 3rd of July when bloggers and companies meet to talk about…stuff (blogging, bad PRs, good PRs, SEO, being a mummy, being a blogger, etc)."
May 20, 2010

CyberMummy Conference the UK's BlogHer
http://www.murraynewlands.com/
"It will be exciting to see how the CyberMummy Conference goes this year. I’ll be watching the Twitter Stream and reading about it on the blog and the personal mummy blogs."
April 23, 2010

CyberMummy Conference in London
http://www.jennyleewilliams.com/
"More than gossiping, talking about washing and cooking and sharing parental hints and tips, online communities of mothers are being recognised for the influence they wield. They’re even working as political lobbying groups and quangos."
April 21, 2010

Read more...

Tell us the sessions you're most looking forward to

If you're attending CyberMummy, then you need to take our 2-question quick poll.

We need your opinion so do it now!

Read more...

Chance to win a ticket to CyberMummy with Powder Room Graffiti!

Our friends over at Powder Room Graffiti have announced that they are giving away a ticket to CyberMummy! Not only that, they are throwing in £150 to spend on travel and expenses.

Act fast and don't miss out - you have until May 26th to enter. Go to powderroomgraffiti.com for all the details now!

See you at CyberMummy!

Read more...

Shout out to the Huggies bloggers

We've been crazily busy trying to get everything organised for CyberMummy, and the conversations about it on blogs, Twitter and British Mummy Bloggers are buzzing. One of the comments we see a lot is "I want to go CyberMummy but need a sponsor to help me!" We're working on matching up bloggers and potential sponsors. But one company is already sponsoring individuals.

Huggies, one of our Bronze sponsors, is also sending 10 lucky bloggers to take in the sessions, network and raise a glass at the end. (You may already know one of them - they're sporting a badge like the one here.)

We'd love for all you Huggies Bloggers out there to sound off on the post, listing your blog and the link, so we can check you out.

Read more...

CyberMummy call for keynote nominations

Do you have a blog post that you are particularly proud of? One that has made your readers laugh, cry or has caused heated debate? If you do - and you would like to take part in our community keynote session by reading your post to the rest of the conference please email us (using the contact link right) with your nominations by 31st May.
Your post can be about anything and everything. Nominate your own or show your blogger love by putting one of your favorite reads of the year forward.
Please title your email 'Community Keynote submission', include the url link to the post and let us know if it's your own post or one you really love.
We will announce the final selection in early June.
If our keynote is anything like the one that Jennifer and I witnessed at BlogHer last year..... you will need your tissues. It was a roller coaster of emotions. an unmissable experience that has stayed with me.
Sian.

Read more...

Speakers at CyberMummy: Sally Whittle

Even if you don't know Sally Whittle by name, you have likely heard of some of the projects she's involved in: an index that ranks blogs and a new awards scheme. Whittle will be part of our panel on Influence and Stats, something she knows a bit about.

Whittle is a freelance journalist, media trainer and blogger who has been writing about technology and social media for 12 years. In 2009 she launched her own parenting blog, Who's the Mummy, which hosts the monthly Tots100 index of UK parent blogs, followed by the Great Toy Guide, a collaborative review site written by parent bloggers.

Whittle recently launched The MADs, the UK's first national award scheme for parent bloggers. When not running the MADs or the Tots100, Sally writes for various UK newspapers and corporate clients, providing copywriting, editing and blogging services. In 2011, Sally would quite like to take a day off.

Catch Sally at the 12 o'clock panel in the main room!

Read more...

Speakers at CyberMummy: Justine Roberts

If you read the newspapers or listen to the radio or have ever gone online in your life as a parent, you have probably heard the amazing story of how Mumsnet began as a little mummy brainchild to become one of the most influential voices in British parenting today. But have you heard the secrets of how it got that way? If you want to, don't miss the Audience and Statistics session before lunch, where Justine Roberts will be speaking.

Roberts is the Founder and CEO of Mumsnet, an online community of parents sharing advice, support and product recommendations. Over the last ten years Mumsnet has grown into the UK’s leading social network for mums with 1,000,000 monthly unique visitors.

Before that she wrote about football and cricket for the Daily Telegraph and before that, a long time ago, she was a strategist for SG Warburg.

Justine studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at New College, Oxford, is a mother of four - eleven-year old identical twins – Lola and Scarlet – Jake, who is seven, and Jesse, four (she thinks).

Welcome, Justine - we're thrilled to have you onboard for the conference!

Read more...