{"id":191,"date":"2006-02-21T09:22:01","date_gmt":"2006-02-21T13:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/?p=191"},"modified":"2006-02-21T09:22:01","modified_gmt":"2006-02-21T13:22:01","slug":"blogher-more-about-the-room-of-your-own-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/2006\/02\/21\/blogher-more-about-the-room-of-your-own-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"BlogHer: More about the Room of Your Own Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elisa Camahort has posted the candidates for the Room of Your Own slots<\/a> at BlogHer this July so I thought I’d give a little more detail about the Business Blogging session I’ve proposed. <\/p>\n

We’ve all gone to conferences where much of the audience is just as qualified (sadly sometimes more) as the panel of experts. But very little time is actually given for interaction between the panel and the audience. Usually, there is time for one or two questions, and that’s it. Not very satisfying for anyone really, but especially the audience — at least the panelists get the professional recognition for being on the panel. <\/p>\n

The other problem (one that is handsomely addressed by BlogHer) is that all the conferences start to blend together — the same speakers seem to hop from one to the next, presenting pretty much the same material. Interesting the first time perhaps, but not so much the 2d, 3d, 4th time you attend a conference with the same players. And the same topics. Not really worth attending the sessions when you could save the airfare and read the same material on their blog or in their book. <\/p>\n

Now, sessions aren’t the only reason for attending conferences — networking is a big part of why we go as well. For my part though, I really need to find value in both the conference program and the networking opportunities. It’s too expensive, both in hard cost and time away from billable work, to attend otherwise. <\/p>\n

Hence the idea for a business blogging session that makes the audience members part of the panel<\/strong>. The focus is on "what worked, what didn’t" in your blog projects. What would you do again? What will you NEVER do again? We’ll learn from each other’s experiences to collectively build a set of blogging best practices. <\/p>\n

A few folks will be identified in advance to kick off our discussion, however, the only difference between them and the rest of the people in the room is that they will have PROMISED to have something to share. Everyone in the room will have an equal chance to participate. <\/p>\n

And that is the key word: Participate<\/strong>. We won’t have presentations or speeches. To the extent we can, we’ll post brief descriptions of the blogs that people want to discuss on the BlogHer site in advance so we don’t have to spend a lot of time bringing everyone up to speed on what a blog was all about. That way, we can focus on the discussion, not a ton of exposition.<\/p>\n

I think this will be a lot of fun and look forward to reading your comments, either here or at the BlogHer site. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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