{"id":1268,"date":"2016-08-26T11:34:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T11:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/voices-of-the-year-at-blogher-2016\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T22:20:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T04:20:41","slug":"voices-of-the-year-at-blogher-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/voices-of-the-year-at-blogher-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"[PHOTOS] Voices of the Year Community Keynote at BlogHer 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

It still doesn\u2019t seem real, but it really happened and there are photos to prove it!\u00a0 For those of you who aren\u2019t \u201cinto blogging\u201d but you read blogs, you probably saw that many of your favorites were in Los Angeles at the beginning of August for a conference called BlogHer.<\/p>\n

CHECK IT OUT:\u00a0Submissions are open for Voices of the Year 2017!<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always been drawn to the stage, and as quiet as I seem \u2013 I really do love to talk, perform, and share. No one would guess that I was in every play I could get into in high school (oh yes, a card carrying member of the Thespian Society), a pageant girl, a high school and college cheerleader, and a dancer. Nonetheless, I was nervous. Everyone at BlogHer is really nice and supportive, but for real? That stage is big.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: BlogHer<\/em><\/p>\n

BlogHer is one of the largest if not the largest conference for female content creators. Over 3500 women gather every year to learn, collaborate, share\u2026 and party.\u00a0 One of the highlights of the conference is the Voices of the Year event. \u00a0Thousands of people are nominated, and each\u00a0piece submitted\u00a0is reviewed by at least two judges and as many as\u00a0six.This year it was sponsored by Merck for Mothers and of the about seventy-five honorees, there were thirteen amazing bloggers and game changers presenting their work on the main stage during the community keynote\u2026 I was one of them…<\/p>\n

READ: \u00a0BlogHer Voices of the Year: I’m a 2016 Honoree!<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: BlogHer<\/em><\/p>\n

Remember #OscarsSoWhite? The creator of the hashtag and the movement<\/a> that eventually left Twitter and landed on the Oscar stage was one of the thirteen. Aisha Tyler was not only the emcee, but she was making cocktails during the champagne reception for the honorees. Here are the two of them at the bar… I can’t even make this up.<\/p>\n

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Katie Reed of\u00a0A Mother Thing<\/a>\u00a0and I. She did such a great job!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Posing with my birthday twin Natalie DeYoung (@singingfool1224<\/a> on Twitter).<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s time for a congratulations\/thank you\/pep talk from co-founder of BlogHer, Elisa Camahort Page (@ElisaC <\/a>on Twitter).<\/em><\/p>\n

I was really lucky to get to hang out backstage with the other presenters during rehearsal and between readings\/presentations (yep, there was a rehearsal). We didn\u2019t have a LOT of time, but we made time for some good selfies.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: BlogHer<\/em><\/p>\n

I walked on stage when they announced me, and stood at the podium while the video played<\/a>. I was listening closely for laughs, and once I heard them, my nerves settled a bit.\u00a0Here’s my video:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kmq9fqAnjG8<\/a><\/p>\n