Get to know our #DPCON12 Speakers and Moderators!
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Jennifer James – Mom Bloggers Club Jennifer James is one of the foremost authorities on mom blogging in the world. Jennifer started blogging during the early days of mom blogging in the United States in 2004 and created the Mom Bloggers Club (http://www.mombloggersclub.com) in 2007, now a global community of over 17,000 registered members.Her social network include sites for gamer moms, UK mummy bloggers, vlogging moms and expectant bloggers as well as Mom Blog magazine (http://www.momblogmagazine.com), a daily news site that chronicles the daily happenings in the mom blogosphere.Jennifer has spent nine years in the fields of blogging and social media and has spoken at parenting and tech conferences around the United States. Jennifer is frequently quoted in the global press about moms who blog and consults with blue chip brands about how to reach this coveted demographic. |
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Valerie Khoo – Sydney Writers’ Centre Valerie Khoo is managing director of the Sydney Writers’ Centre. Since founding the centre in 2005, she has grown it from a one-person operation to a thriving centre featuring more than 30 of Australia’s top writing trainers/journalists/authors.The centre has helped thousands of students get published, score book deals, change careers and improve their job prospects.Valerie’s personal blog at www.ValerieKhoo.com was named by Smart Company as one of the 25 Best Business Blogs in Australia 2011. |
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Nicole Avery – Blog Coaching Boost Nicole Avery is the master organiser behind the popular parenting blog Planning With Kids, where she shares tips and tricks to organising the chaos of family life.Her first book “Planning With Kids” was released in May 2011 by Wright Books.Nicole has also recently started Blog Coaching Boost where she shares her experience with bloggers on ways to grow and develop their blogs. |
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Darren Rowse – Problogger Darren aka Problogger is a professional blogger, speaker, consultant and founder of several blogs and blog networks, including b5media and ProBlogger.net. |
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Richenda Vermeulen - World Vision Australia With almost a decade’s experience in the not-for-profit sector in the USA and Australia, Richenda Vermeulen has gained a reputation as a skilled communications strategist, with an eye for bridging the gap between effective online communications and humanitarian action. Richenda progressed from managing a non-profit employment agency to executing an initiative to eliminate malaria deaths at World Vision USA. Her work has ranged from marketing and PR strategies for small businesses and non-profits to executing social media strategy for one of the largest NGOs in the world. Richenda continues to apply a strategic mind-set and global vision to her current role as Social Media Manager for World Vision Australia. |
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Gemma Klamer – My Big Nutshell Gemma from My Big Nutshell believes sharing stories is very powerful. The RUOK? Day blogger collective encouraged the community to ask the question and listen to the answer. She is proud to have initiated this unification of bloggers for the greater good. |
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Sawhole In the past, Sawhole was a consumer advocate and in Public Relations. Bipolar Disorder forced her to change her life and now she’s taking her mental health message to the blogosphere. www.madambipolar.com |
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Pip Lincolne – Meet Me at Mike’s Pip Lincolne was raised on a steady supply of handmade things, homemade cakes, fashion magazines and ABCTV. She lives in Melbourne with her family, spends too much time on the internet and is unhealthily obsessed with clogs. She is the author of three craft books ‘Meet Me at Mike’s’, ‘Sew La Tea Do’ and ‘Make Hey!’ and writes the almost daily blog ‘Meet Me at Mike’s’. |
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Karen Andrews – Miscellaneous Mum Karen is an author and an award-winning short story writer and poet. She blogs as ‘Miscellaneous Mum’. As the publisher at Miscellaneous Press (www.miscpress.com.au) she produced Miscellaneous Voices: Australian Blog Writing. |
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Kylie Ofiu Kylie Ofiu is a freelance writer, blogger and author of 365 Ways To Make Money which came from her blog. She writes about real ways to make money at www.kylieofiu.com.au. |
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Brian Giesen – Regional Director, Ogilvy 360 DI Brian is an award-winning, founding member of Ogilvy’s 360 Degree Digital Influence group and passionate word of mouth marketing practitioner. Since receiving the blessing of the Australian Department of Immigration & Citizenship to enter the country, Brian has developed and lead the 360° Digital Influence team at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide/Sydney. |
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Michael Henderson – CEO, DEC PR Michael is a highly experienced business consultant, advising clients in the areas of consumer & lifestyle public relations; corporate and stakeholder communications; digital marketing; social media & digital PR; brand activations; and events. |
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Andrea Zanetich – Fox in Flats Andrea Zanetich tends to her new baby, the style website Fox In Flats – while raising two little boys. She used to tend to brands when she led marketing teams for large consumer multinationals. |
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Nicole McInnes – My Idea Life Nicole McInnes’ journey from ex-Advertising Creative to Marketing-junkie to Mother of two boys under two was so hilarious you wouldn’t read about it….oh no, that’s right you can read about it bloody everywhere, well sort of. Start with places like The Daily Telegraph, Mamamia and The Punch. But her ugliest overshares are reserved for her third infant and her blog. |
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Nikki Parkinson – Styling You Nikki Parkinson is the award-winning blogger behind Styling You. The former fashion journalist and magazine editor started a personal styling business in 2008. She “stumbled” into blogging as a way to keep up her writing skills and market her fledgling business. Now that blog has become an integral part of the Styling You business with an engaged readership growing 1000% in the past 18 months. Styling You was last year judged Best Australian Blog in the 2011 Sydney Writers’ Centre Best Australian Blogs competition. |
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Renee Mayne – Bra Queen Renee started with one humble blog and tranformed it into 4 thriving businesses. She is a best selling author, TV presenter, creator of her Summit Success, business mentor and founder of Bra Queen. |
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Laney Galligan – Crash Test Mummy Laney Galligan aka Crash Test Mummy finds her background in Marketing helps her objectively observe the sometimes blurred line between personal and business blogging. In 2012, she will launch her own digital marketing consultancy. |
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Emma Ashton – Reality Ravings Emma Ashton is Editor/Publisher of Reality Ravings – Australia’s Leading Reality TV blog. She now runs a Reality TV consultancy as well as being a mother of two young children. |
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Clint – Reservoir Dad Clint aka Reservoir Dad is a stay-home-dad to four boys. He has been writing stories and lifting weights for over 20 years. There is no point to these activities. He will never stop doing them. |
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Shae Reynolds – Yay For Home Shae is a home-birthing, home-cooking, home-growing, unschooling stay-at-home Mama to three amazing free-range girls. Read some of the Yayness here. |
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Kristie Tatton – Hespera’s Garden Hespera’s Garden has been Kristie’s outlet since the stillbirth of her son Avery, 14 July 2011. She is brutally honest about the grief process, parenting and keeping life moving forward. |
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Dorothy Krajewski – Singular Insanity Dorothy began blogging in 2009 as a way to process the breakup of her marriage. She is a sole parent of two boys; a lover of chocolate, champagne and all things shiny. One day she’d like to be an artist. |
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Lucy Mulvany – Diminishing Lucy Diminishing Lucy serves up a tasty and healthy slice of life. She writes about love, food, family and exercise. She frets about her weight, she pursues health and happiness. And she blogs. |
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Jacqui Honeywood – CRAP Mamma Writer, sleep-deprived-coffee-drinker, mother of 3 young boys and married to the Chook Whisperer, Jacqui is the founder of the parenting ‘non-philosophy’ CRAP - Creative Relaxed Approach Parenting www.crapmamma.com. |
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Georgia Johnson – Parental Parody Parental Parody is about sarcastic lamenting and venting about the stressful and mundane. Not a natural at the parenting thing, rather than improve on her parenting skills, Georgia found it easier to take the proverbial and blog about her experiences. |
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Denyse Whelan Denyse Whelan’s retirement life isn’t all about holidays, long lunches and relaxing. She posts via her blog, using her 40 years experience in education as a friendly guide. |
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Zoey Martin – Good Goog Zoey is the mother of one preschooler (googy) and one baby (squishy). In her former life she bought lots of handbags and wore a vast array of high heels. She did lots of things alone, now she does nothing alone. She lives in Regional Australia and loves it but still misses her shoes. Zoey is a reformed perfectionist, writer, parent adventurer, chaos manager, tiny dictator lover, baby snuggler, photographer and social media addict. |
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Eden Riley – Edenland Eden Riley aka Edenland has been blogging for five years. She has spoken at many blogging conferences, been flown to America and Thailand, and was chosen as a BlogHer Voice of the Year 2011 in San Diego. Eden calls herself a “recoverer of lost things”… the best thing she’s found so far is herself. But she’ll keep looking. |
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