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Jun 30, 2011

#Typeacon is the Feels Like Family Conference

June 30, 2011 By Chele 22 Comments

I attended the Type-A Parent Conference last week. I had some thoughts of how I feel about this conference that I would like to share. I know some of you are thinking I am bias because Kelby Carr (founder of the conference) is one of my bestest friends but I promise you. I live by my title Bona Fide.

I left this conference thinking that #Typeacon is the Feels Like Family Conference!

This is my second time at this conference. My first experience of any conference was Type-A last year. I have been to a few others within the last year and this year’s Type-A Conference showed me that this is indeed the best conference for many reasons. However I have to share, you know I spoke at this conference. Well look what I found in a pile just a few weeks ago that I put on a post it note after returning home from last years conference! Ha-Ha!

These next few thoughts are reasons why you should attend this particular conference!

Learning –

You learn a TON of information. As a matter of fact, all the other conferences were mainly about networking and partying. Although there are still the networking and partying at Type-A, the learning is in abundance. They do an amazing job at lining up speakers and sessions. You will not leave this conference without some excellent knowledge to use!

Networking –

You would be amazed for any conference what networking does for your online life. The friends you make who will think of you when an opportunity comes and they need more bloggers. The companies that you get to know are amazing. If they didn’t want to work with you in some way, they wouldn’t be there in the first place! Just like you will see in the next thought, there is a lot of time at this conference to get to know those you would like to know better!

Personal –

There are so many that say that #typeacon is the place to make those amazing relationships. I agree! You have the time to embrace time with others while eating, going out on the town or sitting on the patio. There is time in between sessions to chat or even to relax the mind (which you may need at any conference, ha!). You have quality time to meet other bloggers and those who work for the sponsors. As well as, you get to know them on a personal level. That’s probably why I feel like I’m #consick right now. I miss my friends new and old! By the way, my definition for #consick is depressed or melancholy at being away from a conference or longing to go back.

All of these things combined are why #Typeacon is the Feels Like Family Conference! Like some of these sisters I never had who are in my Social Media Moms Group that I had the privilege to meet face to face or see again! Love them all like family!

Photo credit courtesy of Christine at From Dates to Diapers.

To see some of the LiveBlogging Posts from the conference go here.

If you want to read more or link up your recap of the Type-A Parent Conference please go to the Type-A Parent post from Kelby.

Question: Am I the only one that feels this conference feels like family? Am I the only one that is #consick?

Your turn!

Chele

Filed Under: Family, Relationships, Social Networking, Technology, The Carolina's Tagged With: Blogging, Bona Fide, Conferences, North Carolina, relationships, Type-A

Jun 16, 2011

Bona Fide Promotions – Preparing for #typeacon

June 16, 2011 By Chele 7 Comments

I am going to the Type-A Parent Conference next week. I have been reading a lot of posts that will help you prepare physically and mentally. As well as what to pack, what to expect, and more. I wanted to share the goods with you! Not all were written specifically for the Type-A Conference but all of them work for any conference! Some links on Preparing for #typeacon.

Kelby from Type-A Parent shared a Pre-Blog Conference Chili Recipe. Get your family ready for your departure!
Over at Business 2 Blogger, Ashley shared about Gaining More from Blogging Conferences.
Mama of All Trades shared her Type-A packing list. Some I’ve never thought about before!
Julie from Just Precious shared a post about What to Wear SheCon about a month ago. Which can also go with Type-A or any conference.
Blog Conference Necessities List or Lisa’s List is a post over at A Daily Pinch. I love her humor but the list is very true!
A few from Jessica over at It’s My Life… The Secret of Online Success, We All Put Our Pants on One Leg at a Time, and BlogHer: Where Virtual Meets Reality and Love. All of these have to do with online experiences, advice and tips.
Last but not least, this post from Life Without Pink has my answer to Tips and Advice for Conference Attendees. Great real, tips and advice

Now your turn: IF you have a link about preparing for a conference, I would love to see it. Otherwise, link up whatever you would like! Go!

Filed Under: Link Love, Technology, The Carolina's Tagged With: conference, linkup, North Carolina, Type-A

May 4, 2011

I’m Speaking at the Type-A Parent Conference

May 4, 2011 By Chele 14 Comments

Recently, I received an email. One of those emails that helps to mark those want to accomplish this or that right off the list! I have exciting news!! Stacey and I will be speaking at the Type-A Parent Conference in June, together. We will be the “Personal Tribe Leaders”.

Oh my goodness, I’ve known for a bit now and it’s been killing me to share with you all. Just had to get our ducks in a row! Now I am allowed to shout it from the rooftops!! And I am!

I am so excited that I was chosen to speak at Type-A Conference and with someone that thinks like me! Are you a “personal” blogger? Are you a blogger who writes about whatever you want and doesn’t really feel you fit into the niches out there? This is the one for you! We would love to have you join us!

A little about my partner in crime! Last year at Type-A Conference I met this lady named Stacey. It was a brief encounter but I remembered her and I liked her. Anyhow, she wrote a post sharing what she spoke about at a recent conference. I was in shock, I thought I was the only person that did not feel I could fit in any of the niches around the blogosphere. Her post was titled How to Blog Without a Niche. This is the first person I’ve seen that actually announced she doesn’t fit in a niche. I also noticed she called herself a “personal” blogger! I like that! Someone finally spoke up! I have drafts in my que for that very thing. About niches (or tribes) that I have not published for you. All on how I don’t want to pick a niche to be in. I’ve shared on Facebook and Twitter many times. My close friends know this about me but I never got the guts up to write about it here.

For my readers who are not bloggers: a niche (or tribe) is just what you mainly blog about. What you focus on. I blog mainly about personal things. Feelings and happenings on life. Really anything I want to! I don’t want to just share about my faith. I don’t want to just talk about blogging. I was absolutely ecstatic to see someone actually feels the same way. I don’t fit into a niche. Or maybe we just found it… Personal Niche.

Are you going to Type-A this year? Are you a blogger that has been looking for a niche to fit in? Are you NOT a blogger and totally lost at what I’m talking about? haha. Either way, I am just so excited to be speaking at the Type-A Parent Conference this year!

Thank you for letting me share my excitement!

Chele

Filed Under: Technology, The Carolina's Tagged With: Conferences, niches, North Carolina, Personal, Speaking, Type-A