{"id":2936,"date":"2012-04-04T16:25:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T05:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2012-04-04T16:25:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T05:25:33","slug":"our-melbourne-adventure-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/04\/our-melbourne-adventure-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Melbourne Adventure Pt 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or the day I went to DPCON12 and hubby had a day with Miss K.
\n<\/em>(We\u2019re finally home and now I\u2019m hoping to sit down and do a bit of blogging about the Digital Parents Conference and the rest of our trip.)<\/p>\n

Up and about early for a Friday. A quick breakfast & shower then I was off to my first ever blog conference. It was also the first time in 2 years I\u2019d been out for a full day without Miss K.<\/p>\n

I was super nervous but also super excited. Fortunately Digital Parents had organised bloggy buddies for us and I was paired with the lovely Donna of Nappy Daze<\/a> and Kim of Working Women Australia<\/a>. Thank you ladies for being awesome and helping a conference newbie feel welcome and for giving me someone to sit with and chat to \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

After arriving at the Sebel (after the taxi trip from hell) I was met by the lovely Denyse and wandered upstairs to check in and receive the AMAZING swag bag (omg that thing was so heavy and so full of amazing goodies – the photo doesn\u2019t do it justice)<\/p>\n

\"DPCon12<\/a> After we sat down we were welcomed by the amazing Brenda and then took part in a little speed dating blogger style. I met some lovely bloggers, some who I already read & follow on twitter and some who I now follow and read.<\/p>\n

Then we got into the serious business. A great panel of bloggers including THE Problogger<\/a> Darren Rowse (he is so nice) and the ever inspiring Sawhole<\/a> (Madam Bipolar) discussing Social Media for Social Good.<\/p>\n

We then got into the social side – Morning Tea. I am so devastated that I didn\u2019t think to take a photo but I met one of my bloggy crushes – Kelley<\/a>. We\u2019ve been chatting for years and finally got to meet (sorry for accosting you in the loos LOL) but I did get a photo with the wicked Eden. I take a shocking photo, eyes always closed!<\/p>\n

\"Me<\/a> Next up was the panel on Blog to Book and then lunch and a chance to meet & interact with some great brands, including Dyson, Disney, Hallmark, Macleans, World Vision, Hardie Grant Egmont (thanks for the great books – they are a huge hit) and Kleenex. Back to the main hall and we had the choice of some workshops. I stayed for the Working with Brands panel – a VERY interesting discussion with some PRs. The twitter stream was abuzz especially around the discussion of sponsored posts.<\/p>\n

The next panel I stayed for was Blog to Business. I wasn\u2019t sure if it would be relevant but I did find it interesting. I do look forward to reading about the other two panels – Writing Workshop with Valerie Khoo of the Sydney Writers\u2019 Centre) and Blog Coaching Boost with Nicole Avery. On to afternoon tea and I got a Glow Job for the ever fabulous Glowless.<\/p>\n

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Then we got to discuss Mum blogging and if it was a radical act. The panel started with the awesome announcement that the ever awesome Eden<\/a> was being sent to Niger by World Vision. You can follow Eden\u2019s trip on her blog<\/a> and by following the hashtag #EdenInNiger on Twitter. Eden, if you read this, you totally rock.
\nLast up was the My Blog, My Story. OMG if you ever go to a Digital Parents Conference (or read any of the amazing stories), take tissues – you will cry! We heard so many amazing and inspiring stories. Stories of loss, parenting and stories that made us laugh (I\u2019m looking at you Reservoir Dad). I loved Shae\u2019s story of being a \u2018hippy lala parent\u2019 (transcript here<\/a>) and the whole room was brought to tears by the heartbreaking story told by Kristie (transcript here<\/a> – have tissues handy). And then it was over.<\/p>\n

A big thanks to Brenda and the organising team, the DPCon sponsors and my wonderful sponsors (Belkin Australia<\/a>, FollowMe Sticker<\/a>, George Town IT<\/a> & Miss Bella Blooms Creations). I\u2019m already looking forward to DPCon 2013!<\/p>\n

Instead of heading to the dinner I headed back to hubby & Miss K with plans of heading out to the MCG to watch the mighty Hawks take on Collingwood BUT Miss K had other ideas. Ideas that included her going to sleep at 6pm and not waking up until 7am on Saturday morning. So hubby & I ordered in Chinese from Good Luck Tea House using Eat Now<\/a> and watched the game on telly from the comfort of our couch.<\/p>\n

\"crashed<\/a>\"Tea<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be back tomorrow with pt 3 of our trip<\/p>\n

——-<\/p>\n

Thanks to my amazing sponsors for Digital Parents Conference 2012 – FollowMe Sticker<\/a>, Belkin Australia<\/a>, Bella’s Blooms<\/a> and George Town IT<\/a><\/p>\n

Want to see your business featured on my blog? Please check out my Sponsor page<\/a> to see if I’m looking for sponsorship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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