Fun Stuff

The "Not Too Busy To Party With Kelley" Opening Reception!
Tuesday, April 28, join the glitterati of M2W® as we honor our latest brilliant scribe! Kelley Skoloda... a recognized authority on marketing to women... architect of Ketchum’s Women 25to54 expertise... and the original Multi-Minding(sm) Woman... launches her first book, Too Busy To Shop. Stop by to say “congratulations!” and toast the author. Light hors d’oeuvres and beverages in The Hard Rock Hotel’s Hamer Room. This party is a gift from Nan McCann & PME Enterprises to Kelley, who has supported M2W® since its start and has never been too busy to play a leadership role in its success.

M2W® Tweet-Up, Sponsored by M2W® E-ssentials Find out who’s behind the @ sign! Meet your fellow "Tweeple" at the M2W® Tweet-Up, Sponsored by M2W® E-ssentials, during the 9:45am Break on Day 1 of the Conference. Please note this Tweet-Up is for M2W® Attendees only. Tweeting from the conference? Please use hashtag #M2W so everyone can follow the conversation! Follow M2W® on Twitter! Follow the PME Events team on Twitter and get the latest M2W® E-ssentials headlines, conference updates and inside scoop before everyone else! @lizfongemie @mengvall @pattiminglin @robinzaleski
Wednesday Networking Reception Sponsored by Chill out, compare notes, continue the conversation and “get social” after the Social Media Panel, the last session of the day! Sponsored by Women@NBCU, this favorite M2W® tradition takes place in the architecturally inspiring, domed Grand Army of the Republic Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center, one of Chicago's most historic and artistic treasures. Whet your appetite for dinner with fantastic hors d’oeuvres and a signature 2009 Power of The Purse Pom-tini. And while you are there…
Get Gorgeous with Sephora This year at M2W®, our friends from Sephora are bringing a team of professional makeup artists to Wednesday’s Networking Reception to give attendees a small sample of their expert techniques and high-quality products. Visit one of the Sephora primping stations and get a little day-to-night eye makeup, try out a new look for your lips, or find out more about the hundreds of brands they sell in their 515 stores worldwide.

Dinner Connections
No Need To Eat Alone!
Sign Up for Dinner Connections on Wednesday night. There's no need to eat alone at M2W®. We've reserved seats at half a dozen of Chicago's better restaurants for M2W® guests to connect and share a meal as they review the day's events, and get better acquainted. Stop by the Dinner Connections table in the Rotunda… check out the menus… see who’s going… and sign up. It’s easy!

M2W® Roundtables – Back By Popular Demand!
At lunch on the second day of M2W®, we've added something extra to the menu: “delicious discussion”! A popular tradition, these lunch roundtables will be hosted by a marketing-to-women speaker or expert. This gives you another opportunity to drill down on a topic of interest to you, network with other attendees, and —in the dynamic of "dining & dishing"— to get better acquainted with the marketing experts at your table.

Topics to be covered include marketing via social media, relationship marketing, recession-resistant consumers, research on affluent 50+ women, marketing to women of color, and more. So, pick up your gourmet lunch, have a seat and join the conversation!

Take the Cake Award

Your vote counts! Each year we tally up the responses to the Attendee Surveys and honor the speaker who "Takes the Cake" with a beautiful handmade Hartland cake plate from the talented glass blowers at Simon Pearce glassware in Vermont. In 2005, Pepper Miller of The Hunter Miller Group won the honors, and in 2006 it went to Fara Warner, author of The Power of The Purse . Marti Barletta, The Trendsight Group and author of Marketing to Women, Kelley Styring of Insightfarm, and Stephanie Ouyoumjian of Publicis tied in 2007. In 2008, Marti Barletta and Stephanie Ouyoumjian tied again for the honors. Dr. Melissa Read of Engauge is the 2009 recipient. While you’re at the conference, please take a few moments to complete the survey and tell us who will Take the Cake in 2009!