mistersugar: Bloggers Conference Redux

Bloggers Conference Redux

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SUPERUPDATE: Planning for the conference is now taking place at the Triangle Bloggers Conference wiki.
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Ed Cone and Dave Hoggard put together a great event, the Piedmont Bloggers Conference, a couple of months ago in Greensboro, and that city’s gone gangbusters about blogging. The conference was a good model—two morning sessions, open dialogue, some show-and-tell, loosely moderated. Theme was politics and government. [Edits: added Hoggard and link to PBC.]

Let’s do a similar blogging conference in Chapel Hill in late Jan or early Feb. Our theme would be community – we’ve got the academic expert (Paul Jones teaches an excellent seminar about online communities), the community doings success story (orangepolitics.org), the family portal (Zuiker Chronicles Online), the baby-blog-as-community (The Trixie Update), and others, I’m sure. Ed and the Greensboro mob would feature well, and Mathew Gross could talk about his Dean Campaign experiences and the new CivicSpace Labs.

What would the two sessions be? One on writing for community, one on listening to community, perhaps?

We could do this at the Journalism School on a Saturday morning. All bloggers in the state (and region) are welcome. Perhaps Paul can arrange for webcasting on ibiblio.

Who’s in, and what are your ideas?

UPDATE: Let’s do this soon, and keep in mind that there’s a proposal for a blogging conference in Myrtle Beach sometime in the Spring.

UPDATE2: Paul’s in. Suggests Feb 12th.

UPDATE3: Here’s an idea for a topic of conversation, via Andrew Sullivan: “a stigma against revealing others’ personal information may be the only way to reclaim an expectation of privacy,” or, blogging and the person.

UPDATE4: Considering these two sessions for the conference: Building a community around your blog, and Using blogs to build community. Also, look for a wiki in the next day or two, place to expand the conference planning and let others contribute.

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Great idea. Let me know how I can help! — Rob Zelt Dec 20, 07:58 PM #

Please keep me posted — David Bowes Dec 20, 09:15 PM #

The Piedmont Bloggers Conference was organized by both Ed Cone and David Hoggard. It is also worth noting that attendees from the Triangle, and Chapel Hill in particular, made a real contribution to the dialogue. — Patrick Eakes Dec 20, 10:23 PM #

Patrick, thank you for correcting me on all three points: the name of the conference, Hoggard’s role in organizing the event, and the participation of the Triangle bloggers. I was there for that conference, and thoroughly enjoyed it. This Triangle Bloggers Conference is an attempt to build on the momentum in the Piedmont, and converge the rich Triangle blogging. I do hope there’s an interest – I thrive on conversation, and we bloggers are good a dialogue. — Anton Zuiker Dec 20, 11:45 PM #

I’m in. Sounds interesting! — Evan Dec 21, 11:51 AM #

I would love to join you but I’m afraid I’ll be here: http://www.projectsteppingstone.com on Feb 12 as I am one of the show’s promoters.

But be sure and tell me what you decide on and I’ll be happy to blog about it. — Billy The Blogging Poet Dec 21, 09:01 PM #

We’re def into helping make this happen on the ibiblio.org school of journalism side. I’m teaching an emerging issues in information tech class in the spring so we will likely draw from that group too.
Timing will depend some on the availability of rooms.
How big a place (in seats) should we look for?
And yes on webasting and podcasting as desired. — Paul Jones Dec 21, 10:45 PM #

Sounds good, Anton!

I like the idea of ‘community.’ I think it’s sense of community (connections to other blogs, dialog and debate, hyperlinks) and the first-person voice that make blogs tick. — Ruby Sinreich Dec 22, 01:49 PM #

count me in — Debra Dec 22, 03:54 PM #

Cool idea. Let’s all get together.

BTW, I’ve been podcasting since early September and diging it. Check this weeks Indy Week column, ‘The Monitor’ by Fiona Morgan featuring my blog AudioActivism.org.

How about a Podcasting session? :) — Brian Russell Dec 22, 04:54 PM #

I’m in too, and I’m sure 1 or 2 of my friends will be as well. — Alvin Phillips Dec 23, 08:56 AM #

anton, have you seen this?

MAJOR Revolution Underway As N.C. Paper Veers To Incorporate Blogging — justin Dec 24, 12:48 AM #

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