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The Mother of All Conferences

July 20, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON YODELINGMAMAS.COM **************************************************************************************************** There are days I’m especially proud to be a mom. Or a Yahoo. Or even a blogger. Last Thursday and Friday—at the Yahoo! Mother Board Summit—I got to celebrate being all three. (All in 140 characters or less!) Over 60 women from around the U.S. and Canada, who had formed […]

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The Climb to the Summit

July 14, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON YODELINGMAMAS.COM **************************************************************************************************** About three years ago, Yahoo! formed some very special relationships with 17 moms. Bloggers, to be exact. Wonderful, insightful, smart bloggers. Fast forward to today and the Yahoo! Mother Board is 80 women strong. What’s even better, 62 of them are about to meet face-to-face at Yahoo! headquarters for the […]

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Smart Ways to Keep Your Family Safe Online

July 7, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON YODELINGMAMAS.COM **************************************************************************************************** In honor of National Internet Safety Month in June, Yahoo! released some interesting data from a survey of 2000 U.S. Internet users done to gain insight into consumers’ behaviors and perceptions around online safety. The good news, parents are doing pretty well—Yahoo! gave them a B+. The better news, our […]

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From Anti-Soccer Kid to Pro-Soccer Mom

June 11, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON YODELINGMAMAS.COM **************************************************************************************************** It turns out you don’t have to drive a minivan across town at 7a.m. on a Saturday morning to be a soccer mom. You can simply have an 18-month old who chases his big brother around the front lawn while dribbling a shiny ball, and counted “soccer” and “goal!” as […]

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Seven Years and Itching For More

June 7, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON YODELINGMAMAS.COM **************************************************************************************************** Today is our 7-year wedding anniversary. And it’s funny, until we went away over the weekend, I hadn’t thought of it as a milestone year. But as we told people we ran into along our adventures what we were celebrating, the seven-year itch jokes began. I couldn’t help but wonder, […]

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