When I was in Las Vegas a few weeks back at Blogworld, I was fortunate to have dinner with Wendy Piersall and Aliza Sherman. They started to talk about the shift from the speakers at the social media conferences being exclusively men to now include women.

Here are the superstars I met at the conference that you need to know:

alizaAliza Sherman (@Aliza Sherman) Hailing form rural Alaska, I finally got to meet Aliza in person (after only have met her on Second Life). She is a web pioneer on the web since 1987 and built her first community in 1992. She  started the first woman-owned Internet company – Cybergrrl, Inc. – and the first women’s Internet networking groupWebgrrls .

  

wendy-piersallWendy Piersall @eMom.  She is known for her expertise as an online publisher and social media marketing authority. She founded Sparkplugging Blog Network, and just sold it in the fall of 2009 to private investors. She is now working on Woo! Jr., a kids activities network.

 

  

 

 

Cali Lewis

Cali Lewis

Cali Lewis (@calilewis) I have been a big fan of Cali’s on from Geekbrief.tv since I love gadgets. But after I saw her in bed with Chris Brogan at Blogworld, I was hooked. You can learn alot from Cali on how to do videos and podcast right.

 

 

 

 

Becky McCray

Becky McCray

Becky McCray (@BeckyMcCray) I met Becky for the first time at SOBCON.  She is an entrepreneur from a very small town in Oklahoma and owns a retail liquor store and cattle ranch. Becky also works with small businesses to maintain their web presence and help city governments with project management and grant writing. Full disclosure: We are writing a book together on what we can all learn from rural entrepreneurs.

Who is on your list?