2011 BWB Program Book

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2011 Conference Sponsors

About BlogHer

The John S. Knight Fellowships gives 20 outstanding journalists an opportunity to create

something that will revitalize journalism and each other. They spend a year at Stanford,

leveraging the resources of the university and Silicon Valley as they pursue projects

focusing on journalism innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership.

About John S. Knight Fellowships

Founded in February 2005, as a labor of love, by Jory Des Jardins, Elisa Camahort Page

and Lisa Stone, B logHers mission is to create opportunities for women online to pursue

exposure, education, community and economic empowerment. Today, BlogHer is the

leading participatory news, entertainment and information network for women online.

Blogher now reaches more than 25 million women each month via annual conferences, a

Web hub (http://www.blogher.com ) and a publishing network of more than 2,500 qualified,

contextually targeted blog affiliates (http://blogherads.com ). Committed to supporting other

grassroots events born of passion and commitment, as BlogHer was, we are proud toreturn as a sponsor for Blogging While Browns fourth year.
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START END SESSION ROOM

8 A.M. 11:30 A.M. Beginning Blogger Boot Camp

Instructors: Carmen Dixon Rosenzweig & Britni Danielle

HermosaSheraton Gateway

9 A.M. 4 P.M. Online Activism Workshop Malibu RedondoSheraton Gateway

12:15 P.M. 1 P.M. Take Your Blog on the Public Speaking Circuit for Fun and Profit Anjuan Simmons

HermosaSheraton Gateway

2 P.M. 4 P.M. Meet-up: Re-EngineeringJournalism

Jim Bettinger

Sponsored by LagunaSheraton Gateway

5 P.M. 6 P.M. Strategic Partnerships: How to Play Nice with Others forMutually Beneficial Results

Akilah S. Richards & Takeyah A. Young

Salon 3Marriott LAX

6:30 P.M. 10:30 P.M. Welcome Reception / Game Night / Film Screening Century PavilionMarriott LAX

START END SESSION ROOM

9:00A.M. 9:15A.M. Opening Remarks Salon 4

9:20 A.M. 10:30 A.M. Efficiency vs. Effectiveness: Practical Ways for Dealing withInformation Overload Online

Adria Richards & Scott Hanselman

Salon 4

10:30 A.M. 10:45 A.M. BREAK - Snacks and Beverage Service Internet Caf

10:45 A.M. 11:45 A.M. Vlogging While Brown Roshini Cope, Andrea Tasia, & Lydia Cotton

Salon 3

Bootstrapping Your Way to Hyperlocal Media SuccessShawn P. Williams & April Davis

Salon 4

Get in Where You Fit In! - Find Your Niche Jewel Figueras

Salon 5/6

How to Avoid Getting it Wrong or Being Sued: Journalistic BestPractices for Bloggers

Joel Dreyfuss, Sheryl Huggins Salomon, Jean-Paul Jassy

Suite C

12 P.M. 1:00 P.M. LUNCH/REMARKS Century Pavilion

SATURDAY, JULY 9 - All Saturday Sessions held at the Marriott LAX Hotel

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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1:15 P.M. 2:15 P.M. Keep Your Authentic Voice When the Noise Gets Too LoudYvelette Stines, Glen Antoine Palmer, & Tamara Lawrence

Salon 3

Live Blogging 101 Marcie Hill

Salon 4

Get Read: The Niche of Book BloggingYolonda Spinks, Natalie P. McNeal, Shai Monique Cooper

Salon 5/6

From a Side Hustle to a Career Andrea Amir, Danyelle C. Little, Jessica Benton & Melissa Lanz

Sponsored by: Suite C

2:15 P.M. 2:30 P.M. BREAK - Snacks and Beverage Service Internet Caf

2:30 P.M. 3:30 P.M. Food Blogging 101: Key Ingredients to Establishing a Solid andRespected Food BlogCrystal Baker & Bren Herrera

Salon 3

Infusing Traditional PR Methods with Social MediaPam Perry & Karen Taylor Bass

Salon 4

Keeping it Real: Block Political Accountability in the Age of ObamaWilliam Winters, Rashad Robinson and Cheryl Contee

Suite C

3:30 P.M. 3:45 P.M. BREAK - Snacks and Beverage Service Internet Caf

3:45 P.M. 4:45 P.M. Keynote:Angel Laws Presents: The Laws of Blogging with ChristineImarenezor, & Brian Davis

Salon 4

6:15 P.M. 7 P.M. Honoree and VIP Reception Foyer Salon 3/4

7 P.M. 10 P.M. Black Weblog Awards Salons 3/4

10 A.M. 12 P.M. SURVIV ORS BRUNCH - REDONDO ROOM RedondoSheratonGateway

SUNDAY, JULY 10

SATURDAY, JULY 9 - All Saturday Sessions held at the Marriott LAX Hotel
http://www.calmingcorners.com/http://gentlemenstandard.blogspot.com/http://totallytammy1.blogspot.com/http://totallytammy1.blogspot.com/http://www.noveltyblend.com/http://www.noveltyblend.com/http://concreteloop.com/http://concreteloop.com/http://concreteloop.com/http://concreteloop.com/http://www.noveltyblend.com/http://www.noveltyblend.com/http://totallytammy1.blogspot.com/http://totallytammy1.blogspot.com/http://gentlemenstandard.blogspot.com/http://www.calmingcorners.com/


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Scott Hanselman@shanselman

Paradise Gray@ParadiseGray

Jewel Figueras@TheTinyJEWELBox

Kimberly C. Ellis, Ph.D@drgoddess

Joel Dreyfuss@joeldr

@TheRoot247

Carmen Dixon Rozenweig@allaboutrace

Britni Danielle@BritniDWrites

April Davis@AroundHarlem

@April_Davis

Lydia Cotton@lydiacotton

Roshini Cope@glamazini

Brian Davis@blacksocialite

Shai Monique Cooper@shaicooper

Cheryl Contee@ch3ryl

@jjpolitics

Jessica Benton@jess_benton

Chrystal Baker@TheDuoDishes

Andrea Amir@AndreaAmir

2011 Conference Speakers


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Sheryl Huggins Salomon@TheRoot247 Anjuan Simmons

@Anjuan Akila S. Richards

@Execumama Adria Richards

@AdriaRichards

Pam Perry@pamperry

Rashad Robinson@ColorofChange

Glen Antoine Palmer@Glen_Palmer

Natalie P. McNeal@frugalista

Tamera Lawrence@Ms_TammyJ

Angel Laws@AngelonFire

@ConcreteLoop

Melissa Lanz@melissalanz@thefresh20

Danyelle C. Little@TheCubicleChick

Jean-Paul JassyChristine Imarenezor@eboseta

Marcie Hill@Marcie_Hill

@thewritedesign

Bren Herrera@BrenHerrera


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Jasiri X@jasiriX

Takenya E. Young@CoreConnection

William Winters@ColorofChange

Shawn P. Williams@shawnpwilliams@dallassouthnews

Yolanda Spinks@NotoriousSpinks

Yvelette Stines@CalmingCorners

Andrea Tasia@dreaontv

Karen Taylor Bass@TheBrandNewMom

Ramla Bile Gina McCauley@bwbconference

Activism Summit Speakers


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2011 Conference Planning CommitteeGina McCauley

Founder & Executive DirectorShalon Evans

Managing Director

Aminah HananDirector of Conference Programming

Special Thanks:Jasmine Powers

Shawn P. WilliamsLianne SibellJohn Davis

2011 BWB Program Book

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