Day Two Recap. Day One Breakfast. Newbie Breakfast. Event Date: August 6, 2010 - 8:00am - 9:00am Take a deep breath, walk into the room.
Some attendees may already be seated, others are milling around. Find an empty seat, and say hello … to another Conference Newbie. Sometimes attending a conference for the first time can be intimidating. . - Be welcomed by the BlogHer co-founders - Be given tips and hints for socially navigating the conference from Deb on the Rocks, a veteran attendee and speaker- Learn about sponsor activities and opportunities, and where to find them, from Erin Groh, Sponsor Services at BlogHer- Receive a programming overview to help you make the most of the event from Jes Ferris, BlogHer’s conference programming manager - Meet other attendees in the same Conference Newbie boat. Speed Dating, BlogHer-style. Community Keynote: BlogHer Voices of the Year. Gala Welcome Party and Art Auction.
Geek Lab: Fight Spam and Hackers! Plugging Security Holes in Your Social Media Life. Geek Lab: ROYO - How to Take Great Pictures, Whether You Have a DSLR or Point-and-Shoot. Geek Lab: Usability for Beginning Bloggers (Beginning Level) Writing Lab: ROYO - Dear Abby 2.0: Giving Advice in the Blogosphere. Writing Lab: Good Blog Design: The Role of Layout In an Online Medium. Writing Lab: Writing Inspiration: Stoke Your Creativity. Professional: Mastering Intellectual Property Law. Professional: ROYO - Social Media is Bringing Sexy Back to Branding. Professional: The FTC Guidelines: After A Year, Has Anything Changed? Personal: Blogging Autism: Shattering Myths, Opening Eyes and Finding Your Tribe. Personal: ROYO - Latinas in Social Media.
Personal: Bringing Sex Out of the Closet. Passions: This year, you’re in! Fashion Blogging Is Serious Business. Passions: ROYO - Gen Y Passionistas: Making Your Passion “Work” For You. Passions: Family Foodies: Creating a New Generation of Gourmands. Event Date: August 6, 2010 - 2:45pm - 4:00pm Brought to you by The National Pork Board.
Can you be a busy mom cooking for a family and a “foodie” at the same time? These bloggers answer with a resounding “Yes!” You don’t have to dumb down your cooking just because you have kids. Join Stefania Pomponi Butler from CityMama, Sarah Caron from Sarah's Cucina Bella and Danielle Wiley from Foodmomiac. Job Lab: Self-Marketing: Resume and Social Network Profile Writing Clinic. Job Lab: Authenticity or just TMI? When Does Blogging the Personal on Your Professional Blog Hurt Your Brand?
Job Lab: ROYO - Offline Networking for Bloggers. Change Agents: Feeding the Conversation: How to Build A Community Around Your Cause. Event Date: August 6, 2010 - 10:30am - 11:45am We all say social media is about conversation, but often we could use some coaching to get it started for our most passion-inciting topics.
Come hear from three community leaders who drove a tremendous amount of conversation, drawing people out and engaging people who didn’t realize they cared so much. What does it take to get people to listen, open up, and speak? Speak their truth? Moderator Nancy Watzman from the Sunlight Foundation joins Denise Tanton, BlogHer's Community Manager, who will discuss BlogHer's healthcare reform community discussion organizer, Katherine Mancuso, GimpGirl contributor and disability/virtual world specialist focused on community and collaboration, and Maggie Dammit, the creator of Violence Unsilenced, a site that gives abuse survivors a voice within the blogging community.
Change Agents: ROYO - Resource Blogging: Serving Your Community One Post at a Time. Change Agents: Creating Tangible Social Change: How to Move People to Action. Event Date: August 6, 2010 - 1:15pm - 2:30pm You’ve gathered a group and started a passionate conversation – but you still want more.
Maybe you want to get a company to change a policy. Maybe you want to affect local, state, or even national politics. Welcome and State of the Blogosphere, featuring BlogHer's founders, Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone.