Beth Blecherman – Founder, Techmamas & Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Moms Group

Beth Blecherman is a techie turned blogger mom who founded Techmamas as her personal blog to discuss parenting and technology. She is also Chief Technology Mom and Co-Founder of the Silicon Valley Moms Group that currently have eight regional collaborative mom blogs: Silicon Valley Moms Blog, Chicago Moms Blog, DC Metro Moms Blog, New Jersey Moms Blog and New York City Moms Blog, New Jersey Moms Blog, 50-Something Moms Blog and the Los Angeles Moms blog. When she has free time, she likes to hang with the bloggers at SFBayStyle & MOMocrats and contribute to the Silicon Valley Moms Blog. She saves her technology rants for Techmamas.

Here are 5 things to know about me…..TechMama (her nickname)  started her career in application development (yes – programming), then system auditing and her last role was Senior Manager, Computer Process Integrity, for Deloitte. Before motherhood, one of her biggest career achievements was selling security services to Microsoft by showing them some new security tricks.

She jumped off Partner track at Deloitte to jump onto the parenting track and utilized blogging and online social networking to stay involved with technology. (with husband and three boys, two of which are twins toddlers). Now she spends time being taught new superhero and sports tricks by her sons.  As a mother, she went through technology withdrawal and decided to try blogging.

She also founded MTB consulting (mother of three boys) for social media strategy consulting (currently on hold until blogging slows down!). Corporations and organizations have asked her to speak on topics ranging from how to start blogging, online social networking and how to choose the right technology for families.   She also assists Corporate clients on the technical side of using social media to reach their target market.

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Accolades and Fun Stuff to Know:

MommyTech Summit at CES 2010: Beth Blecherman is on the Board of Advisors

NIELSON: Techmamas.com was chosen as one of the Nielson Power Mom 50 influencers.

TWITTER: Thrilled as of July 2009 to have over 6,000 Twitter followers (hugs to my Twitter Followers). Was choosen BizTechDay’s 25 Influential Business Women in Bay Area to Follow on Twitter and by MomBloggerClub on the 25 Influential Moms to Follow on Twitter.

CHOOSEN AS ONE OF THE DISTINGUISHED BLOGGERS FOR EMBARK ON USS NIMITZ: Techmamas: Blogger Adventure on the USS Nimitz

CBS NEWS KATIE COURIC:  Coordinated conference call with Katie Couric and the Silicon Valley Moms Group to discuss the topic of Children and the Recession.

ALLTOP: Proud to be listed in Alltop Moms

GOOGLE: Digital Moms Panel

YAHOO: Motherboard panel, participant in Yahoo! Video Network project with Silicon Valley Moms Group. Our first video was on the Economy and the holidays.

DELL: VIP at CES09

SONYMOM: Covered the red carpet for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

HP/Vivienne Tam: Covered Fashion Week Launch of HP Mini notebook Vivienne Edition

Writing Assignments (other then the blogosphere):

soon to announce contributions to 2 books coming out next fall.. more details to come..

SCHOLASTIC: Take a Byte Out of Life

Press (summary items only):

Oct 2009 CNN Situation Room: Interviewed by CNN’s Abbi Tatton for The Situation Room story on the FTC guidelines for blogger disclosure.

March 2009 Wall Street Journal “The Juggle”: SXSW Roundup: “Moms Who Tech”

March 2009 BBC: “The rising power of geek mums“.

July 2008 Forbes.com Video Network: High-Tech Babysitting

July 2008 CBS News: SF Conference Highlights Surge in Blogging Women

May 2008 Forbes.com When Moms Packs A Gadget

April 2008 CBS News Meet The Parents (Who Blog)

Techmama is hanging to the right of Katie Couric!

Oct 2007 New York Times Blog Caucus: Women, Politics & The Internet Part II

April 2007: 3 Seconds of Fame on CNET: -  “Keeping Your Kids Safe Online“- Video on “The Real Net Threats”

Sept 2006: San Jose Metroactive – With the other Silicon Valley Mommybloggers in the article “The Hand That Blogs The Cradle“.

Speaking Engagements:

Social Media Business Council: The Challenge of Mommy Blogging

SXSW: Current panel proposed at 2009 South by Southwest: Moms Who Tech

WEB 2.0: Birds of a Feather “Moms Who Tech”

BLOGHER:BlogHer Business: Case Study – Successful Social Media Outreach

Jewish Vocational Service: Recession Proofing Your Career, Online Career Networking. Here is my post on the Online Networking for Career Development.

TechMama on Video:

LA Moms Bloggers get VIP Treatment at the Chelsea Lately Show

Radio Shack Netogether -Beth Blecherman & tech blogger friends were on a 17 foot computer screen in Times Square NYC and SF. Here is my post, here is a post from TechieDiva who was in NYC.

Video and Picture as the SonyMom’s covered the Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs Red Carpet

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