Dad 2.0 Summit: The Value of IRL Conferences

Dove Men Care was the big sponsor and I got the best haircut in ages here!

I’m sitting in my hotel room at The Four Seasons in Houston after attending a three-day conference, the Dad 2.0 Summit 2013. It was their second year and it was a fantastic event on just about every measurement you can imagine. I attended the first one and that one was also terrific, but as with most things like this, they either grow and get better or wither away. Happily it was the former and this conference just took the best of the last one, added more, and probably has become the standard-bearer for Dad Social Media conferences hereafter.

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Dad 2.0 Summit 2013

The Dad 2.0 Summit 2013 just concluded and it was exceptional. The short video above has clips from my panel with co-panelists Missy Maher (@VeryMissy) from Edelman, Jim Silver (@jimsilver), Lance Somerfeld (@NYCDadsGroup) and moderator Matt Schneider (@NYCDadsGroup). We spoke about all the things we bloggers can do to grow our brand and how and what brands want from us in collaboration.

Parent Choice at #DadChat

No, we’re not talking about School Choice. Parent Choice is simply my way of saying that this week’s #DadChat – on Thursday, February 7 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. PT/9:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET – is open to anything YOU want to discuss.

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Diversity, Equality & Other Four-Letter Words I Disdain

 

Every time I write a column with political overtones, I swear I won’t do it again. Then, the response is so consistently good that I think, “Gee, maybe I should just become a political commentator.” Then, very quickly, I come back to reality with the honest self-reflection that I just don’t have the chops for it like many of the great political writers I admire such as Thomas Sowell, Michael Medved, or Dave Barry. However, I still have opinions so I do take the opportunity now and then to express them, especially when they relate to parenting. So here we go again, with diversity, equality & other four-letter words I disdain.

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The Perfect Valentine’s Day Card

The Perfect Valentine's Day CardIt’s Valentine’s Day and Dad is looking for just the right  Valentine’s Day card for Mom. Son is there to guide Dad through this arduous and extremely complicated decision-making process in the latest “Because I Said So” comic strip.

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Male and Female Mindset – Sex

Note: This is a repeat of an already aired show

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Featured guests:

Wayne Levine (BetterMenCoaching.com) for “The Men’s Room.”

Pastor Drew Sams for “Teen Rap.”

Special Guest, Dr. Jennifer Weberman (The Parenting Playground) for “The Women’s Room.”

This show is loosely inspired by this week’s column, Men vs Women: Sex – Seven Difference in the Sack. We all know men and women have a different mindset when it comes to the bedroom!

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The Empty-Nest Road Trip Blues B-Vlog: Chapter Four

I continue to read from my new e-book, The Empty-Nest Road Trip Blues: An Interactive Journal from A Dad’s Point-of-View. Buy it now, for less than the cost of a Starbucks!

How about skipping that $5 Starbucks latte and splurging $2.99 (for the Kindle on Amazon) or $2.79 for the PDF of my new e-book? Enjoy my own informercial for it! This e-book is really a virtual journey. It’s filled with 100 photos, 7 original videos, and links to many of the stops on the trip. Click on the book cover image below to find your purchase options: