Third Annual Social Media Summit
Save The Date!
The 3rd Annual All Women’s Social Media Summit is Coming
October 22, 2011
The McKimmon Center
Raleigh, NC
BAMedia is Pleased to Announce This Year’s All Star Panelists
Sue O’Lear a.k.a “MrsFatAssBlogger” is a wife, mom, Nursing student, and writer. Her blog, Did I Just Eat That Out Loud? is a source of humor and motivation for anyone trying to live a healthier life. Cited in the July, 2010 issue of Women’s Health Australia magazine as one of the top blogs for laughter and inspiration, MrsFatass makes weight loss funny. speaks and provides training on a variety of business topics including entrepreneurship, market penetration, differentiation, branding and social media.
Born as a health and fitness blog, MrsFatass.com has grown into a mix of real life experiences, observations, successes, and flops in areas of diet, family, sex, friendship, social anxiety disorder, and pop culture. Read by men and women alike, MrsFatass.com’s unique blend of humor and honesty appeals to a varied audience, including mommy/daddy bloggers, humorists, foodies, fiction writers, and avid reality television junkies as well as the health nuts that were the first home for her voice.
Sue was born and raised in Flint, Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor in 1996 with a degree in Organizational Psychology. She spent several years working in marketing for a for-profit educational company before becoming a full-time stay at home mom to her first child in 2003. She now resides in Wilson, North Carolina with her husband and her two children.
Leah D. Gordon is a public relations consultant and knowledge management specialist with over 10 years of experience serving a variety of clients from local government agencies to small business retailers. Leah is co-author of “Knowledge Management for Data Use and Decision Making for International Public Health.” She provides training in communication strategy, image development, building and managing online communities of practice, and effective use of online and traditional media to meet business objectives. She leverages multiple, no to low cost social media platforms to strengthen web presence.
Leah says “Social media allows two-way communication between businesses and consumers in ways we have never experienced before. The opportunities are amazing.”
Donna Ray Chmura is a North Carolina growing business attorney with Sands Anderson’s Raleigh, NC office. She came to the practice of law after a career in journalism, with the intent of becoming a legal affairs writer to explain how laws and decisions affect people. Now, she works as a strategic partner with emergent and entrepreneurial businesses to analyze the business, legal and capital needs of her clients, and plan for the future. Coming from a family business background, she also enjoys working with start-ups to structure a strong legal foundation.
She blogs at www.NCLawLife.com<http://www.nclawlife.com/>, and is active on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Kelly Duffort is a web strategist with 10+ years of experience in adopting and applying interactive technologies for communicating key messages to target audiences. She is the principal and founder of KD Web Strategies, a consulting firm that advises companies how to take their overall web presence (e.g., websites, blogs, social media profiles) to the next level. Before striking out on her own, Kelly worked in web and communications roles at GlaxoSmithKline, Towers Watson and Booz, Allen & Hamilton. She is president of the local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators, IABC Triangle.
Kelly says, “Whether you love it or hate it and whether you understand it or avoid it, social media is changing the way people communicate – personally and professionally. If you use social media wisely to promote your business, you will be amazed at the connections it enables you to make and the doors it opens for you.”
