Recently, I had the pleasure of flying to California for a delightful summit hosted by Yahoo! It was for the Yahoo! Motherboard, which I have been a part of for the past year and a half or so.
Now, you should know by now that I am not on the same side of the country as California. And also, you should know that I never get to go anywhere without my family in tow…so this trip was a dream vacation for me!
About 80 bloggers were there–mommy bloggers, food bloggers, travel bloggers, bloggers of all types! Those of us coming from out of the area descended upon SFO and SJC, and were taken to the Four Seasons Palo Alto where we got pampered. The next day, we were bused to Yahoo!’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, where the purple carpet was rolled out for us. See?
The summit itself was packed with sessions from Flickr, Yahoo! Shine, Yahoo! Green, Yahoo! for Good, Yahoo! Social Products, and an online safety roundtable. It was all good information, and helpful to us as bloggers and moms. It was cool to be able to listen to the sessions, as well as feel listened to by the people at Yahoo!
Yahoo! did it right: they treated us well, they took care of us and gave us pertinent, useful information. I had a wonderful time connecting with awesome bloggers despite my gimpy status.
And just because I can, here are some additional photos.
Hey look! It’s me!
Note: As a Yahoo! MotherBoard member, Yahoo covered all of my expenses to come to their Summit. I am not required to blog or write about any of the events associated with the conference…but when I do, all opinions are my own!
It was great meeting you!