RSVP—Guy Kawasaki Joins #GNO This Week at Our Virtual Pajama Party Sponsored by My Mommy Manual

What's a Pajama Party Without a GUY?

The fabulous Ria and Suzanne from My Mommy Manual and in partnership with Mom It Forward and the 12 for 12K team, are throwing the pajama party of all pajama parties and you're invited. In support of our 6-week focus on charity, service, and giving, they are raffling off a wide array of prizes with the proceeds going to Yehu Microfinance, Basa Body, and Coast Coconut Farms. Click here to enter to win!



What's more? Guy Kawasaki is joining in on the fun! After all, what's a pajama party without a GUY? Join us Tuesday, April 14 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. eastern (8 CDT, 7 MDT, & 6 PDT) to chit and chat about tips for entrepreneurs—starting and running your own business and using social media to do it. Click here to RSVP for the party!

Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of nine books including Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.

When: Tues., Apr.14 from 9 pm to 1 a.m. EDT (8 CDT, 7 CDT, and 6 PDT)




What: Girl's Night Out (What's GNO? Click here to find out!)




Topic: Tips to Starting & Running Your Own Business—in conjunction with our charity to fight poverty in Kenya (Yehu, BasaBody, Coast Coconut Farms)




Where: Tweet Grid (use the #gno hashtag)and on UStream





Who: @guykawasaki, @riasharon, and @zenmommy




RSVP: Use Mr. Linky below (enter the twitter URL and your twitter ID (e.g., http://twitter.com/jyl_momIF). If you would like to include your blog, please enter it next to your name. Make sure to include your twitter URL in the URL line. Please do not enter your blog URL there.

How Do You Enter to Win the Giveaways?

My Mommy Manual has rounded up nearly $5,000 in prizes. Check out this short video below to see how to enter!


Click here to RSVP for this week's RSVP!!!

#GNO Makes a Difference—Social Community & Responsibility

One Person Can Make a Difference!

When: Tues., Mar. 31 from 9 pm to 1 a.m. EDT (8 CDT, 7 CDT, and 6 PDT)



What: Girl's Night Out (What's GNO? Click here to find out!)



Topic: Social community & responsibility—kicking off our Mom It Forward Moms Helping Moms charity (Yehu, BasaBody, Coast Coconut Farms)!



Where: Tweet Grid (use the #gno hashtag)



Who: @ChrisBrogan, @dannybrown, @briancarter, Catherine from @herbadmother, Rainee Baldwin from @basabody, Troy Holmberg from @yehu_africa!



RSVP: Visit our new site at http://momitforward.com to RSVP.

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GNO Talks Green Living

Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) guest tweets with GNO this Tuesday. She is a mother of five and a founder of the popular site Kirtsy (http://kirtsy.com). She also writes a blog called Design Mom (http://designmom.com) which was named a top parenting blog by the Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart Living and Real Simple Magazine. She has a BFA in graphic design and loved working as an art director and designer up until the internet took over her life. Now she gets her creative fix by spending her time investigating, writing about, and giving away all things well-designed.

All these questions and more answered at Mom It Forward's #GNO Tues.!

• Is "green" something you seek when it's convenient?
• Is it your way of life?
• Do you feel the whole concept has jumped the shark?
• What makes a product "green" for you? Ingredients? Packaging? Reusability?
• What are examples of the best "green" design you've seen? (please share links) Anything from beauty products to household items to cars to homes.
• How much does "green" play a part in how you shop in 2009?
• Would you pay more for a "green" product? Or purposefully choose a "green" product over a "non-green" product?
• If someone is seeking a "greener" lifestyle, what are the most convenient/easy products or behaviors to adapt. Where's a good place to start?
• Ever seen a silly or unbelievable "green" claim? A product that has no business claiming "green" but tries to do so anyway? Share, please. (I recently saw aprons touted as a "green" product because they keep your clothes cleaner which means less laundry. I'm skeptical.)
• How do you envision "green" living? Removing toxins from your home? Living close to the land by eating food you grow yourself? Trying for a carbon neutral footprint by planting trees after a plane ride?
  

About #GNO With Mom It Forward

Is Mom It Forward's #GNO for You?
Ever feel like you need a little adult conversation? Feel like girl power is only for your daughter(s)? Want to bounce parenting ideas off of other moms or just shoot the breeze about anything other than Elmo? Also wish you had the time or resources to go out?

Whether you are a mom, mom-to-be, a grandma, or just love all things mom, Mom It Forward's #GNO (also known as Twitter Girl's Night Out or GNO) is the place for you. This get-together is a top-trending group of mommy bloggers and tweeters that enjoy a night out with gossiping gals around the globe right from the comfort of their own homes.

Twitter newbies and veterans alike look forward to this mommy mixer of all mommy mixers where they learn the Twitter ropes, meet and follow new friends, exchange blog URLs, and discuss popular parenting and women's topics. But get ready! This chitchat requires multi-tasking minds and lightening speed fingers. Often over 300 gals join the soiree where computers from New Zealand to New Jersey and beyond are sending 140-character messages at 400+ tweets per minute.

New to Twitter? Join for some real time tutorials. A Twitter veteran? Come and meet new friends. Feel like you don't have time for Twitter? GNO is open-house style. Stay for 5 minutes or an hour, or kick your heels up and stay all night. Join us when it begins, leave to put your kids to bed, and come back later. We're that flexible!

When Is Mom It Forward's #GNO?

• Date: Every Tuesday Night
• Time: From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Pacific Time (7 p.m. MDT, 8 p.m. Central, 9 p.m. Eastern)
  
• Place: Twitter (#gno)

How Do I Join the Par-tay?

• If you have not signed up yet, go to Twitter and get an account.
  
• Every Monday and Tuesday, you can RSVP on Mr. Linky: Here at MomItForward.com
• To use Mr. Linky, make sure to enter your Twitter username in the first box (e.g., jyl_MomIF). In the second box, enter your Twitter URL (http://twitter.com/profilenamegoeshere). Note: Do not enter your blog URL in this box.
  
• Right before heading to the Twitter festivities, click on everyone on the Mr. Linky list to follow them.

Who Are Your Hostesses?
Jyl from MommyGossip and Carissa from GoodNCrazy are your GNO co-hostesses. If you have questions or want further information regarding Mom It Forward, please contact us at MomItForwardATgmailDOTcom.