Journey To The Center Of The Blogosphere!
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Journey to the Center of the Blogosphere!
What IS a BLOG?
web + log = blogWikipedia says:
A website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.
Unitarian Universalist Blogs
What kinds of blogs are out there on the way to the center of the UU Blogosphere?
Community Blogs Informational Blogs Personal Commentary
Community Blogs
Congregational Blogs, share information, speed communication, focus on a specific ministry within a congregation (RE, Social Justice, etc…)
Topical Blogs, focused on a shared ministry, interest, or cause; multiple people posting
Informational Blogs
Current Topics in the UU Movement
Focused, specific information
Identity Based Groups
Affinity Groups
Personal Commentary
Ministers/Seminarians/Religious Professionals
District and Congregational Leaders
Regular folks from the pews
Categories
Philocrites http://www.philocrites.com/archives/003616.html
UUpdates http://uupdates.net/index.php?main=sites&step=cat
Discover UU
http://www.discoveruu.com/index.php
Aggregators-follow many blogs
UU World Interdependent Web
http://www.uuworld.org/blogs/web/UUpdates http://uupdates.net/Discover UU
http://www.discoveruu.com/index.phpUU Planet TV http://www.uuplanet.tv/
Automated Readers/RSS Feeds
Google Reader
Yahoo “Do Follow Blogs”
RSS Feeds directly from blog
Blogger “follow” option
Kit’s Story
Ms. Kitty’s Saloon and Road Show
Kari’s Story
chalice spark
Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation Religious Education
Best Practices for Blogging
UUA Website report by Shelby Meyerhoff
UUA Leaders Library on Blogging
Hosting
Blogger—connected to google
Word Press
Live Journal
UUA Leader’s Library Resource including a video on setting up a blog
Hands-on creation of a blog
BloggerChoose templateTopicYoutube, embedPhotosPublish!
Promote
UUpdates
Discover UU
Philocrites
Facebook blog network
Ready to Launch!
Questions?