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A Chat With Heather McDonald

January 5, 2010 by Beth B. Leave a Comment

I decided to write this post while watching my favorite comic-relief-from-my-crazy-days-as-mom-of-3BOYS show “Chelsea Lately“. I have been a fan of the Chelsea Lately show for some time – especially the show’s “mom” comedian Heather McDonald.

I had the first had the opportunity to meet Heather McDonald at the Los Angeles Moms Blog launch party (we were so honored that she attended!). Then I got a bunch of mom bloggers together to go see the Chelsea Lately show taping, where we did some taping of our own.

Just last month I had the chance to catch up with Heather McDonald (before the Holidays) when I received an Mastercard campaign email about her being available for interviews. I am not part of the campaign (this is not a paid post) – I just took the opportunity to connect with her again. At the time Heather McDonald answered the questions, we were discussing holiday shopping (I got so busy with the holidays that I am just posting now). But I always seem to be shopping – my three boys seem to keep me either at the Grocery store, Target, sports stores and then mama does her own therapy and buys shoes or new family technology.

My first question to Heather McDonald: It would be interesting for other mom bloggers to hear about her process of writing material for Chelsea Lately.

Heather McDonald: “For writing for Chelsea on the show, we first come up with the topic we want to talk about and then with Chelsea quickly come up with her point of view.  Joking about celebrities come pretty easy.  My advice is don’t be afraid to say what you really think on something and if
something bugs you tell us why.  You can’t be truly funny unless you know yourself.  Don’t try to be like anyone else or what you think someone wants to read.  Aren’t you tired of the seeing the same scene in every romantic comedy where the girl is on the treadmill and gets distracted by a hot guy and then stops running and falls out of frame?  Think out of the box and if something happened to you that you thought was funny I’m sure so will we.”

Second question: As a busy mom, have you started your holiday shopping?

Heather McDonald: “The MasterCard Priceless Gift Finder
is so great and such a time saver.  I had to buy for my 16 yr old niece
and had no idea what she’d be into since I have two little boys and a 10
yr old girl, so I went on the site answered a few questions about her and my
budget and they suggested some very cool Twilight stuff that I had never seen
before, so with a click, I bought and felt it was a lot more hip than some
lotions and a candle.  Also by using my MasterCard to purchase I got 10
dollars worth of MP3 downloads.”

Here is a link to the Heather McDonald
‘Not So Perfect’ Gift Vignette

The comedians of Chelsea Lately Tour dates are listed here.

This is not a paid post.

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Beth Blecherman a.k.a “TechMama”

TECH BLOGGER: Shares straight talk and tips on tech, lifestyle and travel across many social media platforms including blog TechMamas.com and Twitter @TechMama. She is well know for past articles in Mashable, Laptop Magazine and Cool Mom Tech and Dot Complicated.

INFLUENCER & SPOKESPERSON: TechMamas.com media coverage includes Time.com, Forbes.com, PCMag, Parents.com, WorkingMother and more. Beth has represented many top brands as a Spokesperson online and on TV.

SPEAKER: Her speaking opportunities include SXSW, Web 2.0, BlogHer, 500 Startups MamaBear Tech Conference, Draper University and UC Berkeley Extension.

TECH CONSULTANT: Consults with businesses and tech startups on UX design, mobile app testing, growth marketing, social media strategy, marketing automation and online branding. Led social media campaigns by working with brands to reach their marketing goals.

PAST: Senior Manager of Business Process Integrity at Deloitte, Co-Founder of hyper-local national mom blog network called Silicon Valley Moms Group - sold to Technorati.

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