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The BlogHer '08 schedule is coming together...check it out
Bit by bit, session by session, the BlogHer '08 Conference Agenda is being revealed. Check out the link, and make sure to scroll or click your way down to see the detailed descriptions, not just the session titles.
There are now five tracks:
Who We Are
What We Do
What We Believe
How We Communicate Who We Are, What We Do and What We Believe (aka the tech track)
And (drum roll please) we decided to add a MommyBlogging track!
BlogHer '08 Session Planning: What do you want from a Photography session?
In the first of what will probably be numerous such posts, I am here to ask you what you want.
We've lined up a fantabulous photography mentor for a session in BlogHer '08's How We Communicate track, and we want to know how you want her to focus the 75 minutes she will have for her session.
Meet Ma Ra Koh. This is a rare case where her About page tells you a really compelling story. As she says:
.... moreI didn’t find photography.
Photography found me.
And then it healed me.
UPDATED: BlogHer Business: Ask the Experts, including financial wizard Regina Lian
UPDATED: Intuit brought two handy hand-outs with them to their Ask the Experts segment, and they have graciously agreed to share them with the entire BlogHer community now that the conference is over. While these are focused on small business owners, I actually think many bloggers qualify as small business owners.
Microsoft brings Experts...and free Vista add-ons
We told you about Ask the Experts Room #1 the other day, and now I'm going to describe the activities going on in Ask the Experts Room #2: The Windows Experience Lounge.
.... moreNewsflash: Heather Armstrong to speak (and celebrate her birthday) at BlogHer '08
Hot on the heels of her quadruple-win at the 2008 Weblog Awards, I am pleased to announce that Heather Armstrong (aka Dooce) is returning to BlogHer '08 this July in San Francisco.
Heather was part of the very first BlogHer "Naked" session at the inaugural conference in 2005, and spoke about the ups, downs and late nights of monetizing your blog in 2006.
.... moreAnnouncing the official Call for Ideas for BlogHer '08
The BlogHer community has been submitting ideas for BlogHer '08 session since pretty much the day after BlogHer '07 ended. And you can rest assured that we have been saving all of the ideas, suggestion, speaker recommendations and "shameless plugs." But if you were waiting to hear just a little more about what we have on tap for BlogHer '08 before making your suggestions, then this post will be welcome.
I'm announcing the official "Call for Ideas" for BlogHer '08 this July 18-20 in San Francisco, CA.
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