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5 Rising Stars to Look Out For: Cheryl Contee Talks from #BlogHer13 Conference

Posted by Fission Strategy on July 27, 2013



Cheryl Contee @ch3ryl talks about the rising stars she's met at the 9th Annual BlogHer Conference and how they are using technology in creative ways.

Hear it from Cheryl in the video! Here are the details 
(from their Twitter bios) of the awesome people she highlights:

1. Veronica Areola @veronicaeye
Professional feminist, speaker, mom, wife, writer, troublemaker and PhD student. Social Media [insert title].
Chicago · www.vivalafeminista.com
2. Bryant Terry @bryantterry
Food Justice. Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen & forthcoming Afro-Vegan (Ten Speed/Random House, 2014).
TN raised. BK made. OAK Saved · www.bryant-terry.com
3. Nataly Kogan @natalykogan
Co-founder and chief happiness officer @ Happier, Inc. I wear lots of orange, overuse 'awesome', and generally live in a hurry.
Boston · www.happier.com
4. Donna Battle Pierce @skilletdiaries
Family Recipe Expert; Contributing Editor/Upscale Magazine; Former Chicago Tribune Asst. Food Editor/Test Kitchen Director.
Chicago · www.skilletdiaries.com
5. Zeng Jinyan @zengjinyan
在政治丛林里裸奔
北京
Translation:
 Running completely exposed within the thicket of the political jungle.

Since Jinyan's Twitter bio is poetic, we'll add that Jinyan is one of China’s leading human rights activists. She is also a social commentator and documentary film-maker. Cheryl was honored to host and moderate a panel with the international delegation at the BlogHer conference.

Which one inspires you? Whom do you think the stars to watch are? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter by tweeting @fissionstrategy! 

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