Media in the New Millennium

Posted by Elaine Ellis

I attended the first Chicks Who Click in January in Boulder having no idea what to expect.  I wanted to support Denise, our event planner at Metzger. I ended up being blown away by the women who attended.

 I finally got to meet Aimee Greeblemonkey, a business women and Mommy blogger extraordinaire. Now someone I consider a good friend. I got to hang with Tara Anderson, a crowd favorite and one of the first people to do community outreach for a tech company (Lijit!). Now someone I got to go wedding dress shopping with (hers, not mine!). I met Amber Johnson of Crazy Bloggin Canuck and Mile High Mamas, a blogger I’d been “stalking” for a long time. I meet Amy Turn Sharp aka dooblehvay, who brought out masks for the after party and has one sharp wit. To me, Chicks Who Click enabled me to meet and be inspired by amazing women I already knew or might get to know through social media.  

 I can’t exactly put a finger on it, but the atmosphere changes when the majority of attendees are women.  It’s not that we’re not welcome at other social media or tech events, we are. But the atmosphere is so much more supportive when it’s women.  It doesn’t matter whether you’re starting at ground zero or if you’ve been a blogger for years. No one mocks or ridicules.

 So I begged Denise and Doyle to go Chicks Who Click Kansas City. Again, I left awed and inspired by the women I met. I loved how Rita Arens and Jennifer Bruenjes (aka Scout Finch) have this take the bull by the horns attitude. These women are no pushovers. I loved the vivacious trio from EMBARQ (a client) of Maria Fogliasso, Victoria Soares and Zena Weist. Zena is a personal hero of mine. If there is a women who is someone to aspire to be, it’s Zena. Celeste Lindell and Kate McKinney gave Tara and I a tour of the city of fountains. Every visitor to KC should be so lucky. 

I can’t attend Chicks Who Click Vancouver on June 27 because I’ll be in SLC for a wedding, but if you have the opportunity, I highly recommend you go. The women you’ll meet will ferment your passion in social media and inspire you in real life. 

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