Sharing a Rockstar Kid Story to Mom 2.0 Summit

When I announced to friends, family, and colleagues in a baby announcement email about how Jordan was born with one hand, I had a couple of people react by saying they expect I’ll write a book someday. And they’re right. I am working on it. First, Jordan and I have a book about her life…

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Partnering with Type-A Conference

This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive compensation. All of my opinions about Type-A Conferences are mine. I’m all about announcements this week! Born Just Right is excited to be an official blog partner with the Type-A Conferences (that’s an affiliate link). Why, you…

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What I learned when I took my kids to BlogHer

I did something a little crazy. I took both of my kids to the BlogHer conference in San Jose. I attended the conference to reach out to bloggers as a part of my job at AARP and I attended as a leader of the Special Needs Birds of a Feather Mini-Conference. Both of those reasons…

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Knowledge and Family at Type-A Parent Bootcamp

I am very lucky to have the chance to attend conferences throughout the year with many different focuses. There are ones that focus on the tech industry, the midlife and beyond world, blogging and special needs. Each conference is full of incredible knowledge, support and friendships. This past weekend was no different. I had a…

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A city run and a conference chat

What a weekend. Not only did I have a chance to run and raise $500 for Camp No Limits, I had a chance to meet up with really wonderful people at #bbsummit12. The conference included friends I’ve known for a while and others I’ve only known online until this weekend. Plus, I was able to…

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See you in Austin!

Holy cow. I am so excited. Yes, I’m in Disney World and that is exciting in its own right. But there’s another totally different reason why I’m excited. Thanks to your help, my South by Southwest Interactive Festival proposal was accepted for the 2012 conference in March. I’ve pitched sessions before, but this is the…

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I need your help!

I attend SXSW Interactive every year – it’s a MASSIVE conference in Austin, Texas where tech-minded people gather to have fun and learn from each other. It’s been an awesome experience for me for the last three years… And I’m looking forward to attending again next March. But this year I want to do it…

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Amputee Coalition: Day 3

I realize I have to break down all kinds of lessons and information I learned during the Amputee Coalition‘s national conference. So I’ll give a quick rundown of our final day taking part in the conference. I had hoped to attend one session on prosthetic hand technology, but trying to get a little girl out…

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Amputee Coalition of America Conference-Bound

Jordan and I are attending the Amputee Coalition of America’s National Conference this weekend… We were planning to attend Friday through Saturday until we found out Jordan’s favorite prosthetic expert, David Rotter, is speaking on Thursday about upper limb technology. We don’t want a miss to hear what he and other experts have to say.…

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Conferences + Moms = Next year?

I am lucky to work in a job that gives me access to conferences… most are focused on technology and journalism. It’s really great to take a little time away from home to really focus in on the topics I love. Each year I usually attend two journalism/technology conferences. In the next year I’m going…

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