Professionally minded Moms across Canada are connecting with each other through momcafé. Experience momcafé Ottawa: engage in fun conversation and network with other professionally-minded moms, learn from our inspiring speakers, and shop onsite with our mom-run businesses!

Join us on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 at the Kanata Golf & Country Club and hear the stories of two moms who blog – one as part of her corporate role for the city’s leading news provider, examining where journalism is heading, and the other as a personal chronicle of her crazy life as a mom of two boys.

Featured Speakers:

Melanie Coulson‘s life is filled with men – two boys under the age of six, a husband … even the dog is male. When she’s not at home experiencing the predictable – yet wonderful – chaos, she works as Senior Editor, Online at OttawaCitizen.com (a different, yet equally-chaotic atmosphere). She leads the newsroom’s Twitter and Facebook presence and runs the online breaking news team while focusing on multimedia features and meeting constant deadlines. While Melanie’s previous blog, , is now morphing into a more community-based collaboration with guest posts by a network of community bloggers, her newest passion is Journomel, a blog examining the future direction of journalism. And just because she loves the challenge of time management, she teaches a journalism course at Carleton University…in her spare time.

In her pre-kid life, Loukia Zigoumis spent several years working in the fast-paced world of television and radio, both on-air and behind-the-scenes as a news writer. She completed an internship at CBS TV in Washington, DC and worked as an intern at Entertainment Tonight in Hollywood, CA, all while sharpening her skills as a consummate shopper. Fast-forward several years and Loukia’s Louis Vuitton is now doubling as a diaper bag. Her life is ruled by her two kids…and she’s loving it. For the past five years, she’s also been blogging about it. Her well-known blog, Loulou’s Views, touches on the many things she’s passionate about: news, entertainment, fashion and shopping, but most importantly, her life as “that” mom – the one who allows her children to sometimes eat chocolate for breakfast, the one that lets her baby walk around an airplane with nothing but a onesie on, the one who can never say no. Loukia also writes for Mom Central Canada, Urban Moms, and Yummy Mummy Club.

Tickets:Members $31+HST; Non-Members $37+HST. To become a member, click here. SPECIAL LIMITED OFFER: Purchase one ticket at regular price and you can bring a friend for free! (quantities limited). Tickets are only available through advance purchase only and will not be available at the door. Event check-in begins at 5:30pm.

Childcare: Childcare will be provided by Kids & Company. Kids aged 0 – 12 years old are welcome. Listen to the speakers and engage in uninterrupted conversation while the children are supervised in a safe and fun area nearby. Babies aged 0 to 6 months (or older if you prefer) may choose to sit closer to Mom. Childcare is FREE for members; for non-members, an additional fee of $10+HST for the first child and $5+HST for each additional child will be charged (snacks included).

A portion of event proceeds will go to The Youville Centre.