Tuesday, August 28, 2007

ConvergeSouth 2007: Where Bloggers Meet and Share

We at anonyMoses Blog Manumissives are extremely pleased to note the approach of this year's blog bash called ConvergeSouth. In order to remind myself, it is quite likely that i will post a few items regardingthe venerable event, so do not be alarmed. Rather sign up before it gets too full. You have waited long enough...

friday theme: "The Fifth Estate"
KEYNOTE
JASON CALACANIS
STEP BY STEP
Owning the news - the challenges of moving from old media to new.
Panelist: Dan Conover
Panelist: Will Bunch
Moderator: Joe Killian
Interactive Panel: WE DO AGREE TO DISAGREE
How community-driven nontraditional news sites have changed the
way we perceive what is news or newsworthy
Panelist: Ruby Sinreich
Panelist: Chris Rabb
Panelist: TBA
Moderator: Ed Cone

WORKSHOPS
To Be Announced
Dr. Abdul Alkalimat
Legal Issues Online
Eric Fink

Affiliate Marketing, Web 2.0 and Social Media
Sam Harrelson
Science Blogging
Bora Zivkovic

We Don't Need No Titles
Billy Jones
Get Your Political Foot in the Door
E.C. Huey

saturday theme: "The Making of the fifth estate"
KEYNOTE
Dr. ABDUL ALKALIMAT
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Creative people and groups are
providing new context to the world around them
Panelist: Anil Dash
Panelist: TBA
Moderator: Sean Coon

MOVING PICTURES - IMAGES AND VIDEO ON THE WEB

HOW-TO
Podcasting and Beyond
PRESENTER: Amber Rhea


HOW-TO (part 1)
CurrentTV
How to make a Current pod, demo pods, answer questions and take pitches
HOW-TO

Videos that Don't Suck
PRESENTER: TBA

HOW-TO
Better Blogging
PRESENTER: Ed Cone


HOW-TO (part 2)
CurrentTV
How to make a Current pod, demo pods, answer questions and take pitches

HOW-TO
Riffing an Existence with Lenslinger
PRESENTER: Stewart Pittman

Sustainable Journalism
PRESENTER: Kirk Ross

AMATEUR SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Hosted dinners throughout downtown Greensboro

Music downtown