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The BlogHer ’14 Closing Party Was Tr-, Tr-, Tricky

July 29, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 9 Comments

You want to know what was crazy intense? BlogHer ’14. Not in the session jumping, swag hoarding, looking down so nobody has a clue I don’t know what I’m doing, frantically searching for familiar faces kind of way it has been in the past. No, I kind of nailed all those things this year—meaning I […]

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One Thing I Learned at BlogHer ’14

July 28, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 10 Comments

Yesterday, as I pulled into the grocery store parking lot, I did what any person in her right mind would do. I turned off the car and pulled out my phone to see if anyone had emailed me (or liked my Instagram photos, or commented on my Facebook posts, or favorited my tweets) in the […]

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Bring It On, BlogHer ’14

July 14, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 19 Comments

Back in 2010, when my blog was minutes old, I got some huge news. I would be going to BlogHer ’10 in New York City. I remember reeling from the excitement—feeling like I’d been given an enormous gift (and not just because my company would be picking up the tab for all of it). I […]

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10 Things I Learned at Coca-Cola

October 23, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 9 Comments

When I tell people that Coca-Cola flew me out to Atlanta for a two-day blogger event — Conversations with Coca-Cola — I almost always get the same response. “How cool! Wait, so…why? What do they get out of it?” (That, and, “You?“) Having hosted the Yahoo! Mother Board Summit a couple years ago, I’m able […]

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C is for Cleanse … and Coke

October 9, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 8 Comments

Oh, that word. Cleanse. It always sounded so trendy and silly to me. But then, while I started working with Cristie of Real Life Wellness in January, I signed on to try one. She talked about how she doesn’t believe in juice cleanses, that this was more of an elimination diet that helps you discover […]

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