Cybher – What A Great Day

The first ever blogging event for woman in the UK, namely Cybher, took place last Saturday and I was able to attend thanks to my sponsors WOW Toys and Huggies. A huge thank you to them. But the biggest thank you goes to Sian and her team for the amazing event they put on.

We were issued with our name tags and the coolest bags ever from the leather satchel company.

Ready for the first talk.

Sian did the opening speech, kicking off the conference and such an amazing and inspiring day.

One of the talks was with was with Zoe Margolis who was talking about the darker side of blogging. Zoe’s talked of being hounded out of her anonymity by the press when her book was due to be published after the success of her blog. She is an amazingly strong person, but what a horrible time she had to go through.

I went to Nickie’s session Ask a Blogger, which is full of great information for those of us who blog on the Blogger platform. She even handed out some yummy sweets. I think she was a bit nervous, but she had no need to be her talk rocked and even after blogging all this time and being a software developer I came away with some great hints and tips. Simple yet effective and you can check out her site for it here.

Another great session was are you Appy and You know it with the lovely Ryan and Sian’s very cute daughter Biba. This was all about various different apps to make your life that little bit sweeter, from photography apps, to rss feed readers and everything in between. Very interesting and insightful piece.

There were so many great sessions with so much information to absorb. Lots about the No follow on links issues, the do’s and don’t’s in competitions, what to blog and what not to blog. Lots of food for thought.

I mossed around the sponsored and spoke to AVG about their parental controls, I got measured by Freya and went up a whopping 4 cup sizes from walking into their magic changing room. My favourite sponsor to chat to was Disney, especially since the products they had on display were for us mummies and not the kiddies for a change. Plus I got my picture taking with one of my favourite tv shows, Once Upon a Time. I even got some eye make up done.

How cool is this picture.

One of the talks that pulled at everyone’s heart strings was the World Vision talk towards the end about Niger and what is going on there. Some really horrific images of this place were brought to our attention. The person behind Cybher, Sian To, is going to Niger next week to see for herself what it is like and to report back on the stories from Niger. You can follow her journey on her blog and the hash tag on twitter #ShareNiger

Then, there is the social side of the day. So many wonderful people we speak to on Twitter, facebook and our blogs everyday. I have met so many amazing people in the 2 1/2 years I have been blogging and 3 plus years on twitter. Getting to meet them in person and catching up again with ones I have met is one of the highlights of the year. If only there was more time.

Mostly Yummy and All about the Boys.

I came away in awe having met and listened to so many amazing people. I love to blog, I really do but there is still so much to learn and so much scope we have to play around with. It really was an inspiring and magical day. Well done Cybher and roll on next year, I for one cannot wait.

You can read more reviews of the talks and day over at the Cybher linky HERE