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The #Dad2Summit ( @Dad2Summit ) Encourages #RealStrength in San Francisco #DadChat

Over the next few days I will be in San Francisco for the Dad 2.0 Summit. This is the third year that I have attended the summit and each year gets better and better so I am looking forward to seeing what the organizers and brands have in store for us. That being said I have to say that the summit itself is not just about blogging, but it is about fatherhood, being a dad (and what that means), it is about reconnecting with old friends and making new friendships too and so much more. So often dads don’t take the time to learn from other dads. Too often men are taught to compartmentalize and set aside emotions. At this summit you see all of the cards laid out and that is refreshing for me and for all.

On top of this, I also love that so many great brands are coming to the Dad 2.0 Summit this year. Every year more and more brands realize that it is not just women who are making family purchasing decisions. It is refreshing to see so many brands spotlighting dads in so many positive ways now, not just portraying the dad as an unknowing klutz that could not watch the kids without destroying the house. One great example of this was a Superbowl Ad from Dove Men+ Care (who has been a sponsor of this summit for many years) that talks about #RealStrength and fatherhood.

You might have read that also at this conference tonight at 6PM PST/9PM EST Bruce Sallan and I will be hosting our weekly #DadChat live at the Dad 2.0 Summit and we will actually be talking about #RealStrength as it relates to men and women. I hope that you will join us along the way for this discussion.

I am always excited to attend this conference as it reinvigorates me to be a better father and man and I come back even more committed to my family and what I am doing as a dad, and I know that other attendees feel the same.

Watch my posts over the next few days as well as my social media platforms for more insights from the conference!

This week’s #DadChat on Thursday, February 19 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET is going to be EXTRA special because we have two very special sponsors AND we’re doing it LIVE from San Francisco. The Dad 2.0 Summit is being held this year in San Francisco and we’re helping launch this incredible event on the first night of the Summit. Our sponsors are Dove Men+Care (@DoveMenCare) and The #Dad2Summit. We’re going to talk about What DEFINES us – men AND women. What is #RealStrength? And, we will have some great prizes.

First, let’s have a big HOORAY for the Dove Men+Care Real Strength campaign and their awesome commercial that shows Care Makes A Man Stronger:

Dove Men+Care understands that male strength today is measured by more than traditional notions of power, affluence, or physical strength

Do YOU – Dads – feel wellepresented in the public sphere? How do YOU think men are measured today? What MAKES a man, a dad? These are the questions that the Dad 2.0 Summit has been asking since its inception just FOUR years ago. At that first Summit, most of us dads were angry at our portrayal in the public sphere. We wrote about it, railed about it, and spoke to brands to recognize who and what we are – not some old stereotype from the past.

Dove Men+Care embraced dads from the beginning and just a few short years later we had the recent Super Bowl and – HOLY MOLY – Dads were portrayed as men with #RealStrength and humanity. Heck, we even know how to change a diaper!

Let’s talk about how our roles have evolved, what still needs to be addressed, and how men can continue to meaningfully participate in the most important job of them all – raising our children. Oh, and how about winning some prizes as well!?

Our Grand Prize from our sponsor – The Dad 2.0 Summit – this Thursday, February 19 will be a gift bag of Dove Men+Care products. But, we’re also giving away two $50 gift cards AND a free ticket to next year’s Dad 2.0 Summit.

Here are some suggested tweets to bring out the men AND women in your lives to this special #DadChat. Note, #DadChat is always well-populated with moms – we believe we need dads AND moms to make the world ROCK:

~~ What is #RealStrength – What DEFINES a MAN or WOMAN? #DadChat Thursday! #Dad2Summit

~~ Tomorrow #DadChat talks about #RealStrength and what DEFINES a man and woman! #Dad2Summit

~~ Join #DadChat tonight as we look at what DEFINES us (Men & Women) and what is #RealStrength #Dad2Summit

The Dad 2.0 Summit Encourages #RealStrength in San Francisco #DadChat #Dad2Summit

#Realstrength – What Defines Us at #DadChat – #Dad2Summit @DoveMenCare