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Video Blogging Session at BlogSavannah Jan 25th 2008.

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John
on January 22, 2008
in New Media, Video, Vlog, blog, blogsavannah, community, digital media, savannah, technology, unconference and vlogging
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BlogSavannahIf you happen to be around the Savannah area this Friday and have even the slightest interest in blogging and internet communication, then stop by Armstrong Atlantic State University for the second annual BlogSavannah un-conference. It’s FREE!

Did you catch that word “un-conference”? For those of you unfamiliar with the un-conference format, the goal of these events is to take the amazing conversations, networking opportunities and ‘know how’ sharing that take place in the hallways between sessions at a normal conference and make that moment of connection and inspiration the actual focus of the un-conference sessions.

For instance, I’m the “conversation starter” for the 10 a.m. Video Blogging Session, but the session will NOT consist of a 30 slide PowerPoint presentation with me pontificating on video blogging best practices while you sit idly by going into post caffeine-coffee-coma.

The Vlogosphere is too dynamic a place to be so underhandedly treated. My goal in this session will be to draw you into the digital dialog and encourage you to go beyond a mere interest in video blogging to becoming a camera wielding Vlogger yourself.

I want to show you the pulsing bleeding edge of video blogging technology. I’ll share the amazing creators, storytellers, innovators, tools, tips and tricks that are shaping the Vlogosphere and encourage and empower you to carve out your own niche in this exciting medium.

But, but, but ……..this is a conversation. If there aren’t other passionate vloggers in the session sharing their own insights and experiences I’ll be sorely disappointed. I don’t want to rest on my “reels” as they say. There are plenty of amazing developments in video blogging that haven’t crossed my radar, but they’ve crossed yours. So come prepared to participate in the conversation, to learn, be inspired and to get equipped to capture and share the world as you see it in a whole new way.

If there are specific areas that you want to see discussed feel free to comment below or drop me an e-mail. Remember this session will be what we make of it so join in the exchange now.

Video Blogging Session at BlogOrlando Sept 29th.

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John
on September 17, 2007
in BlogOrlando, Video, Vlog, blog and community
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BlogOrlandoLogoIf you happen to be around the Central Florida area at the end of September and have even the slightest interest in blogging and internet communication, then stop by Rollins College for the second annual BlogOrlando un-conference. It’s FREE!

Did you catch that word “un-conference”? For those of you unfamiliar with the un-conference format, the goal of these events is to take the amazing conversations, networking opportunities and ‘know how’ sharing that take place in the hallways between sessions at a normal conference and make that moment of connection and inspiration the actual focus of the un-conference sessions.

For instance the Video Blogging session I’m leading at 2:10 will NOT consist of a 30 slide PowerPoint presentation with me pontificating on video blogging best practices while you sit idly by going into a post lunch food-coma.

The Vlogosphere is too dynamic a place to be so underhandedly treated. My goal in this session will be to draw you into the digital dialog and encourage you to go beyond a mere interest in video blogging to becoming a camera wielding Vlogger yourself.

I want to show you the pulsing bleeding edge of video blogging technology. I’ll share the amazing creators, storytellers, innovators, tools, tips and tricks that are shaping the Vlogosphere and encourage and empower you to carve out your own niche in this exciting medium.

But, but, but ……..this is a conversation. If there aren’t other passionate vloggers in the session sharing their own insights and experiences I’ll be sorely disappointed. I don’t want to rest on my reels as they say. There are plenty of amazing developments in video blogging that haven’t crossed my radar, but they’ve crossed yours. So come prepared to participate in the conversation, to learn, be inspired and to get equipped to capture and share the world as you see it in a whole new way.

If there are specific areas that you want to see discussed feel free to comment below or drop me an e-mail. Remember this session will be what we make of it so join in the exchange now.

See you at BlogOrlando.

Here is my Vlog post from last years event. See what other sessions are on the schedule .

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Alex takes on Spirit Airlines - Blogs and the market place of opinion

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John
on August 24, 2007
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alexI’ve held off a couple of weeks now from picking up Alex’s story because many others were already lending their amazed voices to the cacophony. But seeing Etan Horowitz’ assessment of Alex’s blog post and its effect on the Spirit Airlines customer service debate made me eager to join the fray.

Many of you know Alex through seeing his name appear in my blog posts and through comments he’s left on the site. He is a hard working, web visionary who’s hell bent on seeing Orlando become the cultural and new media hub of the Southeast. He is often blogging about Orlando’centric topics and is a founding member of LikeMind Orlando and Florida Creatives. Additionally, Alex also expresses his entrepreneurial tenancies as the CEO of his start-up company Emurse, an online resume and job-hunting site.

I post today to simply bring attention to the power that one man’s voice can bring to bare on a subject in our digital age. With the accessibility the internet provides to the market place of ideas, no matter one’s station in life, if their idea has true merit it may ultimately make headlines despite the humbleness of it’s origins.

Alex’s article is case in point. He didn’t set out with a vehement desire to crush Spirit Airline’s bottom line but simply to inform his friends and family of his experience and ward them from entanglement with the less than desirable customer service practices of this low fare air carrier. Ultimately, however, his story resonated with other snubbed passengers of Spirit Airlines and this word of mouth affirmation has brought his blog post to the forefront of the discussion over Spirit Airline’s deleterious customer service.

Image provided by Julie Fletcher, Orlando Sentinel / August 23, 2007