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How to make BlogHer 2008 an educational experience

by Leslie Madsen Brooks at 12:21am Thu, 17 Jul 2008 under Research, Academia & Education, conferences; 400 views
There are countless useful blog posts out there on how to network at conferences if you're timid, how to best enjoy this week's BlogHer conference, how (not) to approach a blogger about a business partnership, and even what to do after a conference.

ROFLcon 08: All Your Roffle Are Belong To Us

by Super Jive at 4:57pm Fri, 18 Jan 2008 under Blogging & Social Media, conferences, Pop Culture, MEMEs, Internet trends, roflcon; 649 views
What would happen if every internet meme got squished into one room? Would all your base belong to our gem sweater? I think they are about to find out in April with ROFLcon! Just look at the guestlist: The Brothers Chaps from Homestarrunner, Dr. McNinja, and I Can Has Cheezburger, among others. And get this: it's at Harvard. Awesome.

Blogging While Brown Conference - Get Involved!

“It is the next media solution and everybody needs to be a part of it,” says Gina MacCauley when discussing the importance of online accessibility. MacCauley is the organizer of the first annual Blogging While Brown: The International Conference for Bloggers of Color which will commence on July 25-27, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Barcamp, women, bloggers at Latin American (& global) unconferences

by Liz Henry at 1:47am Mon, 24 Sep 2007 under Technology & Web, World, Latin America & Caribbean, events, conferences, unconferences; 664 views
This week I took at look at unconferences in Latin America, wondering if women were participating. BarCamp Buenos Aires will be happening next weekend, September 29; Soledad Chianese, one of the organizers and a blogger for web hosting company Elserver.com, is blogging about it.

What do you really mean when you say you are networking?

Long before there was a LinkedIn, FaceBook, You Should Meet, WorkitMom,

Don't Feel Bad if You're Not in Chicago Right Now

by Rita Arens at 9:31am Fri, 27 Jul 2007 under Mommy & Family, blogher07, parenting, conferences; 1307 views
Hi everyone! I'm deviating from my normal Monday posting schedule because I have something to say about BlogHer. I'm here, and I can't wait to go see everyone, but I know the blogosphere is abuzz with who's here and who's not, and I want to pause briefly in my excitement to say IT DOESN'T MATTER.