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!

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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!

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Speakers at CyberMummy: Belinda Parmar

I'm delighted to announce another fantastic addition to our already awesome line-up at CyberMummy. Belinda Parmar was voted one of 2010's Great Female Technology Entrepreneurs by Computer Weekly and has segued from corporate player to internet guru extraordinaire.

Belinda is the founder of Lady Geek. Lady Geek helps technology and gaming companies understand women. Our team consists of marketing and research experts, industrial designers and gender experts.

Belinda set up Lady Geek because she was frustrated (and bored) by the way technology companies design and market products. Despite the fact that women account for 4 out of every 10 tech purchases, technology and gaming companies continue to patronise professional women by 'pinking up' and 'dumbing down' their products and marketing.

Belinda has spent her career in marketing and advertising. She has been advising and partnering with technology clients for over 13 years. Her clients include YouGov, IBM, Cisco and Hewlett Packard.

Belinda is a mum of two, lecturer at Syracuse University, winner of APG and D&AD awards and writes for The Times. You can find out more about at http://ladygeek.org.uk and follow her on Twitter @belindaparmar

Catch Belinda on the noon session about influence and stats.

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Speakers at CyberMummy: Natalie Lue

Ever wonder if you can make money from being a blogger? Natalie Lue can tell you how.

Natalie Lue has been blogging since 2004 when she started sharing her thoughts about dating and surviving in London on her personal blog, while working in sales for a large technology publisher. With over 10 years experience of working in media, primarily with ad agencies and most of the biggest technology brands in the world, she started Bambino Goodies as her 'little experiment' a few weeks before her daughter was born in May 2007. A design fanatic with a love of the web and shopping, she started it as her place to document her cool finds for discerning parents and their offspring after panicking that the baby world was too twee for her tastes.

In 2005, she had also started Baggage Reclaim, a dating and relationship blog that cuts through the fluff, but which also gave her the opportunity to use her own experiences and those of others to empower people and their relationships. While on maternity leave, in early 2008, she made the leap to blogging full time and has since grown her personal monthly readership to over 200K unique users across her blogs and makes all of her living from blogging.

Natalie is passionate about technology, social media and gathering audiences around niche topics, and also has a deep understanding of how brands and agencies want to work with the media, although these days she works primarily with small independent designers, retailers, and agencies. She's also published ebooks, does consultancy work, has appeared in the press, and regularly guests on Sky News and speaks occasionally on BBC Radio. Based in Caterham, Surrey, she lives with her partner and two daughters.

Natalie will be sharing her philosophy and tips at the session on The Tricky Business of Making Money With Your Blog. See you there!

If you haven't already, register now to secure your place at CyberMummy on Saturday 3 July in London!

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