[cross-posted to the Blogware blog]
Liz “I Speak of Dreams” Ditz pointed me to the BlogHer site, which has details about the upcoming BlogHer conference…
From the BlogHer
blog:
BlogHer is a network for women bloggers to
draw on for exposure,
education, and community. By holding a day-long conference on July 30,
2005, and establishing an online hub, BlogHer is initiating an
opportunity for greater visibility, learning and success for
individual
women bloggers and for the community of bloggers as a
whole.
BlogHer plans to achieve this goal by
providing three key items: exposure, education and
community:
- Exposure for women
bloggers
BlogHer’s goal is helping womenbloggers identify, reach and grow the audience they seek
by raising their visibility and searchability. Once women bloggers
build relationships with each other — online and in person
–- it will
be easier for Web users to find more quality, relevant bloggers. A
broader diversity of top-trafficked bloggers will follow.
- Education for women
bloggers
BlogHer’s conference schedule is beingdesigned as an opportunity for
women to educate themselves and each other, both technically and
conversationally. Via scheduled talks, panels and applied training
sessions, everyone who attends BlogHer’s conference, either online or
in person, will have the opportunity to learn new technoilogies and
best practives that help bloggers better express and market
themselves.
At the same time, participants will explore opportunities, challenges
and key questions facing women bloggers, both those writing about
professional sectors (such as journalism and technology) and those
exploring issues fundamental to female identity online (such as
motherhood and dating). An essential feature of BlogHer’s approach to
these discussions is the “Room of Your Own” track, where women in the
BlogHer community can host their own seminars.
- Community for women
bloggers
BlogHer’s conference andonline hub are opportunities for women
bloggers to develop a network of colleagues they trust and support.
Only this kind of social network, steeped in shared interests and
experience, will create a sustainable community capable of delivering
ongoing, mutual exposure and education. That’s why the
conference
agenda and the site will afford plenty of time for discussion, formal
meet-ups, ad-hoc conversations and fun. Because community begins at
the
conference, and we expect it to continue at BlogHer.org all year
long.
For more information about this conference,