Posts Tagged ‘Tech Savvy Mama’

Moms and Tech Twitter Party – #RuckusMoms

Posted by ruckusholly on February 15th, 2012

Woman In The Grass With A ComputerJoin us on Twitter at @RuckusMedia on March 1st at 9pm ET as we chat about moms and tech WITH moms who tech!

Joining us will be four tech bloggers who will moderate and guide us as we talk about two topics close to their hearts and professional lives.  They are:  Beckie Mostello from Tech Talk for Moms, Heidi Leder from Coast 2 Coast Mom, Jacqueline Cromwell from Nerd Family Blogs and Grace Duffy from Formerly Gracie.

We are fully aware that moms are power users of technology and social media.  Whether they’re programming their own web sites, using tech to stay organized, using Facebook and Twitter, writing blogs or thesis papers on their iPads or Macs, or using tech to help educate their children or balance their careers and family lives, moms and tech go together.  We’ll talk about all of these issues and more by chatting with the experts.

RSVP and join the party for a chance to win one of these prizes:

  • 6 FREE Months of the Premium version of Cozi, the #1 online calendar and organizing app for web and mobile.
  • $25 gift card to FashionPlaytes, the fun design your own clothes destination for ages 5-12.
  • Two copies of The Digital Mom Handbook, from the founders of ClassyMommy.com and MomGenerations.com, the ultimate guide to helping moms build successful careers at home by doing what they already do online – just better.
  • Blue Sky Planners, functional and stylish calendars.
  • Duo Pop and Duo Plink—the two newest iPad game accessories from Discovery Bay Games, created to unite traditional board game play with digital gaming for heads-up together time, $20 Apple Gift Card to purchase apps for game accessories, Highlights Magazines, and PopChips.
  • Ruckus Media Group app giveaways galore.
  • And more prizes soon to be announced!

To RSVP:

1. RSVP at twtvite: http://twtvite.com/RuckusMomsTech

2. Follow our moderators on Twitter (optional): @TechTalkforMoms @NerdMom @C2CMom @GraceDuffy

3. Sign up for the Ruckus Media Newsletter (optional): http://bit.ly/r2AOiN

4. Follow us on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/ruckusmedia/ (optional)

5. Follow us on Facebook (optional): http://www.facebook.com/RuckusMediaGroup

6. Tweet this and follow us on Twitter (optional): Join @RuckusMedia for a twitter party about Moms and Tech on 3/1 at 9pm EST http://bit.ly/Ap61qc #RuckusMoms

“See” you all soon!

Spending Time with Our Friends at BlogHer 2011

Posted by ruckusholly on August 9th, 2011

We have just returned from BlogHer, which was out in San Diego this year.  We can still feel the buzz generated and were so impressed with everyone that we came across in the quick 48 hours that the conference lasted.  The beauty of BlogHer and blogging, in general, is the amount of women who are blogging for all the right reasons.  Everyone in attendance shares the same passion for writing, passion for community, passion for building relationships with brands, passion for changing the world.

And we’re happy to be one of those brands.  Before the conference date arrived, we’d arranged several meetings with our supporters and were excited to be an official sponsor of two events: Social Soiree and the Mom Select Swag Suite.

On Friday morning, we met with a handful of Ruckus supporters to match up Twitter handles to actual people.  Our group included Jill Berry from Musings From Me, Caryn Haluska from Living with Logan, Gina Osher from The Twin Coach, Megan Montgomery and Shannon Schulte from Sweepstakes Mama, Kay Lynn Akers from Two Savvy Sisters, S. Denise Hoyle from Multiple Mayhem, Alli Doubek from Couponing for 4 and Crystal from Surviving a Teacher’s Salary.  It was great to get feedback I.R.L. on our apps and talk a little about our future plans with everyone.  Here are a few photos from the breakfast:

Megan from Sweepstakes Mama

Crystal from Surviving a Teacher's Salary

Kay from Two Savvy Sisters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We went to as many sessions as we could.  We went to one on web design with Jill from Scary Mommy (one of our former blog writers), vlogging with Carley from Digitwirl, as well as a many of the Geek Bar sessions where we were able to concentrate on the nuts and bolts of blogging.  We really appreciated the panelist Tara Sophia Mohr’s approach to marketing which relies on fostering genuine relationship ties with your audience instead of trying to cram something down their throats. This is something that we, as a company, are careful about.  We want real, solid relationships with bloggers.  We’re building a community and that’s why being at BlogHer was so meaningful for us.

Every which way we looked, there were other members of our vibrant Ruckus community.  We bumped into Tamara Walker from Mom RN, Carrie from Carrie with Children, Charlene from Charlene Chronicles, Leticia Barr from Tech Savvy Mama, Karen Heffren from Desert Deals Diva and Stehanie Johnson from The Blue Zoo.  The list goes on and it was an honor and pleasure to meet so many fabuous, brilliant moms who value parenting and technology as much as we do.

We ended the weekend with a bang, attending the Clever Girls Collective Ladies Who Tech Brunch.  It was a pleasure to see and hear so many of our favorite women in tech and the space was buzzing with female tech leaders.   It was further proof that women are more digitally savvy than ever.

We applaud everyone we met at BlogHer, and for those we didn’t meet, please get in touch.  You can also sign up for our newsletter, join us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, watch our videos on You Tube, connect to us on Linked In or join our feed.