Newbie-dooby-doo, where are you?

Those are some great suggestions, and I will follow up. Thanks for posting yourself where you can.

Look forward to meeting you at BlogHer I hope.

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer and Worker Bees
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In my experience the leading women's business org's are not yet that dialed in to blogging. I think contacting these groups, who themselves have large memberships, might be helpful. Our company is a Chapter Sponsor for NAWBO (Nat'l Assoc of Women Business Owners) in New Mexico so I will post information in the discussion forum and contact the board. I will also ask them to move the info up the chain to the national office, however a direct contact from Blogher would be good too I think.

www.nawbo.org ( http://www.nawbo.org ).

I'll do the same for WIC in New Mexico, and will contact the IABC ( http://www.iabchawaii.com/ ) (Int'l Association of Business Communicators) here in Honolulu.

www.womcom.org/ ( http://www.womcom.org/ )

Aloha,

Roxanne
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Yes, I agree. The actual sessions description does say "beginning or prospective blogger", so absolutely I think people who are blogging but quite new to it will get a lot out f it. I didn't really even start to try html-stuff for a long time after I initially got a blog up. Really, it's quite simple to do, but it's the fear factor that keeps some of us who don't consider ourselves very techie from being more bold.

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer and Worker Bees
elisa@blogher.org/elisa@workerbees.biz

I've been thinking about this a lot. I think that maybe it's not just for bloggers who have never blogged, but maybe bloggers who don't like their current platform and want to hear/learn about other options. I get a lot of emails from people who don't like what they're using and would like suggestions on other options. I think if we open it to people who want to START a blog as well as people who are NEW to blogging and my want to hear about other options...there would be a lot more.

Does that make sense? Defining a newbie as a non-blogger AND a beginning-not-quite-found-their-niche blogger. hehe.

Hi Shaunna:

All you need to do to participate is come to the conference! I'm talking about the fact that we have a session first thing on Day One geared towards people like you, and I want to make sure the word gets out that even people who aren't blogging will be able to come and get a LOT out of BlogHer.

So please do register for the conference ( http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=103657 ) and take the Blog in a Box session...we'll look forward to welcoming you to the blogging cult this July :)

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer and Worker Bees
elisa@blogher.org/elisa@workerbees.biz

I just joined blogher two mins ago, and I joined to ask to be a part of this. I have never blogged, but have always been a little blog curious. Please contact me at the below email address if you would like me to participate.

Shaunna Davies
shaunna@sweetseduction.ca

I have a circle of women I'm collaborating with around some change methodology work and each of them has found themselves called to be technology stewards for their community. BLogging is part of that. 3 of them have already signed up for Blogher and I think will be in this workshop. Think of social change orgs. Get the word out on NetSquared via Marnie, et, al.

Nancy White
Blogher Contributing Editor, NPO/NGO ( http://209.59.186.51/~blogher/?q=taxonomy_menu/1/2... )
Full Circle Online Interaction Blog ( http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/onfacblog.htm )

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer
elisa@blogher.org

I passed along your request to Will Richardson at Weblogg-ed ( http://weblogg-ed.com/ ), and James Farmer at Edublogs ( http://www.edublogs.org/ ). That taps into the teacher universe.

Liz Ditz
I Speak of Dreams ( http://lizditz.typepad.com )
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In this particular case I want to reach people who would be served by a 2.5 hour workshop that teaches blogging basics. This is the session description:

Blog in a Box:All the basics for the beginning or prospective blogger. By the end of the session each attendee will have a blog with RSS feeds, a blog roll, and know how to add links/photos to their blog. Basic html will be covered. Miss Zoot and Heathervescent are on hand to walk you through. Plus Melinda Casino will cover basic good blog manners: disclosure, attribution, non-spammy commenting and trackbacks.

So, yes, I think some people who already have a blog but aren't doing much with it would get a lot from the session, but mostly people who aren't blogging at all because they're apprehensive about the technical aspects of it.

Thanks for asking.

Elisa Camahort
BlogHer and Worker Bees
elisa@blogher.org/elisa@workerbees.biz

Hmm, what do you exactly mean with newbie? I have been blogging in three years, but not that long in English. As a blogger in English I am a newbie, and as a member in BlogHer I am a newbie.

How about SeniorNet ( http://www.snlcsj.org ) in San Jose.

"SeniorNet's mission is to provide older adults education for and access to computer technology to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom. SeniorNet, a non-profit organization, teaches adults (age 50 plus) how to use computers and the Internet at over 240 Learning Centers nationwide."

Then try the San Jose State Journalism/media department...

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Liz Henry
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