For the month of April I am participating in the A-Z Blogging Challenge. You can learn more about the challenge here:
My theme for this year’s challenge is Keep Moving Forward.
It’s hard to believe we are already up to the letter U!
Unselfishly Uplifting
Last weekend I attended a conference for midlife bloggers. #BAMC16. Imagine that, there are so many midlife women blogging that they have their own conference!
The conference was held in Nashville last year and this year in Las Vegas. This was my first visit to the city so I had no idea what to think.
As my travel and roommate, Barbara Hammond explains here, our travel got off to an unexpected stop: http://www.zeroto60andbeyond.com/what-happens-in-vegas-bam16/
Once we safely landed in the Vegas airport, like good writers we stopped in the first library we saw.
We met up with the beautiful Beth Ann Chiles and shared our first Uber ride together. The hotel texted to welcome us before we even arrived. Our driver Aron delivered us to the gorgeous J.W. Marriott in style.
We checked in, made sure my books had been delivered, found our fabulous room, changed and headed down to the Irish Pub for a meeting with the 3 women I was scheduled to be on a panel with. Candace Karu http://candacekaru.com/ Valerie Albarda http://www.midlifeagogo.com/ Pam Luttrell http://www.over50feeling40.com/
Our panel discussion was on blogging and business. We discussed how we started blogging at midlife and were able to turn our blogging into successful businesses.
As shown by the caliber of sponsors, midlife women have a lot of buying power and a ton of influence! We have stood up to live, are writing about it and most importantly we are unselfishly uplifting one another. If only we could have learned to do that in middle school…
The swag from these sponsors was fantastic and I will be writing more about them real soon!
#Nissan; #Zappos; #Chico’s; #Boiron; #Osteo #Bi-Flex; #MotherHen; #domain.me; #Vibrant Nation; #MadisonReed; #Feedblitz; #Galderma; #Prudential; #John Hancock; #Lincoln Financial Group and #CabotCheese
A huge congratulations and thank you to the founders of #MidlifeBoulevard , the #WomenofMidlifeFacebookGroup and their #BAMC16 staff! I am already looking forward to #BAMC17
25 thoughts on “Unselfishly Uplifting…”
Lucky you! I loved all the photos from everyone at BAM16, and I am going next year!
I am so glad you are going next year, it really is a lot of fun and learning!
Loved having you and Barbara at our table during the conference and your panel was fantastic. Can’t wait for next year.
It was so nice meeting you and I am already excited for next year!
I really wish I could have made it to the conference this year, it sounds like it was a complete blast. So glad you enjoyed yourself!
I missed you!
I just know it was wonderful! How could it not have been with all of us midlife women there! Hopefully next year!
I hope you can make it next year, you will be glad you did.
I saw so many women enjoying this through social media. Sounds like a wonderful opportunity.
If possible plan to attend next year, you won’t be sorry.
It sounds like a wonderful conference. I loved your title, “Unselfishly Uplifting” others and I so agree – If only we could learn this in middle school!
It was a good one!
Your panel was one of the best and of course, meeting you? One of the highlights of my conference. Til next year! Or sooner.
Meeting you and the woo woo absolutely unforgettable!
How cool that there is a conference for middle-aged women bloggers! Love that. I’ll have to check into that.. Thanks for sharing.
Michele at Angels Bark
It is a great conference!
sounds like it was a wonderful event, hope I can go next year!
It will be worth it!
Great wrap-up! Thanks for the blog post share. I am copying the pic of the ‘library’ recent and blatantly plagiarizing it. Just kidding.
xob
That library stop saved us:)
Doreen, your panel was the most inspiring to me! Thanks for all the work you put into the presentation. BAM was wonderful & I enjoyed meeting you!
I really enjoyed meeting you too. I cannot wait for next year!
It was so great to meet you and share an Uner with you two. What a great conference! I am still glowing from the experience!
I loved seeing you and really appreciated you signing my book. Can’t wait to read it. It’s beside my bed on my table but so far I can’t stay awake. Still so tired…..
Hugs to you,
Teresa
I hear you I am still so tired too. The red-eye flight didn’t help!