Legal Issues Online
Eric Fink
The workshop would address legal issues of interest to those engaged in non-traditional media and journalism. The purpose would not be to provide legal advice about specific situations, but to help empower participants in online reporting to recognize and understand the legal issues affecting their work. Specific topics of discussion could include intellectual property rights, defamation, privacy, free speech, or others. |
Science Blogging
Bora Zivkovic
Science 2.0
Science blogs, wikis, Facebook, Open Access Publishing, Open Notebook Science - how the Web is changing the way science is done, organized, taught, published and communicated.
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Affiliate Marketing, Web 2.0 and Social Media
Sam Harrelson
Can affiliate marketing work with the new trends and developments happening in the web2.0 and social media landscape? Is there a place for affiliate marketing in the future of the web? How does the ideal of human and citizen marketing fit in to the general idea of the online marketing industry? Let's figure that out in a constructive and interactive workshop involving real world affiliate marketing and web2.0 examples which explore and confront the boundaries that exist between practicality and ideology. |
Library Blogs
Marylaine Block
Marylaine Block, author of The Thriving Library, will lead a discussion about how libraries and librarians are using blogs, to communicate with users and with each other. We look forward to meeting NC librarians who are already blogging, and those who are eager to start. |
We Don't Need No Titles
Billy Jones
Titles, we don't need no stinking titles. Or do we? There's an art and science to choosing the best title for your blog or blog post and while alarmist titles sometimes work as a short term way to garner more readers in the long term they're of little benefit. Share and learn about the magic and science of blog titles and how easily applied rules can help you to better target your audience. |
Get Your Political
Foot in the Door
E.C. Huey
I aim to show those seeking political office how it can be done, how to do it regularly and how to have fun doing it in the process. |
