I’m just back from Connecting California 2010. The conference was fabulous and inspiring and moving. This despite the fact that it took place during the worst storm California has seen in a while. Flights were canceled, roads were closed because of mudslides. One plane carrying participants was diverted to Las Vegas from LA and another was hit by lightening. Our keynote was evacuated from her home in an area of LA that was experiencing mudslides so she did not make it. But most everyone else pressed on and managed to get to Santa Cruz.

The conference was full of all kinds of good sessions, and the participants were tweeting about this that and the other thing the whole two days. Even Judy, my techno-shy boss, tweeted a few times.  Judy only recently started watching television so this new tweeting thing of hers is kind of  a big deal.

Beth Kanter, the social media guru led a workshop on what else?  Social media. She let us know that #CalConnect, our twitter label or whatever you call it, was in the top five tweet slidedeck. I have no idea what this means but doesn’t it sound great?

When the conference ended on Friday, we went right into a board meeting. Really? A board meeting? After a big conference? Yep, that was my idea.

Anyway, so the board meeting went well too, but by then my brain cells were a bit diminished. At one point when Judy was going over the financials, I was checking my Facebook page. Beth Kanter says this is the way of the future, you have to keep up with social media, like practically all the time. Some people Facebook and twitter at the same time. So I thought, you know, nothing wrong with checking in on Facebook. You never know, someone might have posted a status update about the conference. And then wouldn’t I have looked good saying, “Hey look, so and so says the Women’s Foundation of California puts on the best conference.”

Then Judy said something like, “is that right, Surina, $200,000?” I really had no idea what she was talking about so I said, “I really don’t know, but I think so.” I mean, after all it was in the financial statements. I’m sure whatever she was referring to was accurate.

But I guess she was on to me because then she said, “Are you Facebooking over there?” Busted. This took me by surprise so I sheepishly said, “Umm, no.”

What I wish I had said was, “No, I’m live blogging the board meeting.”