2012 Speakers

Blogging While Brown 2012 Conference Schedule

Friday, June 1, 2012

8:00 AM Registration Opens

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM Opening Remarks

9:10 AM – 10:10 AM Blog to Book

10:10 AM – 10:25 AM Break

10:25 AM – 11:25 AM Blogs & Brands

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch

12:35 PM – 1:35 PM Blog to TV

1:35 PM – 1:50 PM Break

1:50 PM – 2:50 PM Blogpreneur 4.0: From Blog to Big Business … The Next Steps

2:50 PM Closing Remarks

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Comcast Tech Center Tour

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM  Evening Panel - Love is a Battlefield: Navigating from the Trenches

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Mix & Mingle Opening Network Event

Saturday, June 2, 2012

8:00 AM Registration Opens

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM Opening remarks

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM Opening Keynote: Your Personal Brand: It actually IS all about you!

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Break

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Breakout Sessions:

• Blogging without Bounds:Taking Your Blog Offline into Local Communities

               Sponsored by Blogher

• Building & Managing an Online Community Sponsored by Uniworld

• SEO 101

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM Lunch Panel: Social Media & Technology: What’s Next?

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Breakout Sessions:   

• Next Level Sister Bloggers Sponsored by BlogHer

• The Brothers of Blogging: Making it in a Woman’s World Sponsored by Uniworld

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Break

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Breakout Sessions: 

• More than Words: the Power of Images & Video Sponsored by BlogHer

• Urgent Issues Affecting People of Color from HIV to Hazing Sponsored by Uniworld                           

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Break

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Keynote Panel: Netroots, Blackroots, Grassroots:

                                                               Social Media & Social Change Five Years Later

4:30 PM Closing Remarks

Book Your Hotel Room

The Omni Hotel at Independence Park is the host hotel for Blogging While Brown 2012. Just one block away from the conference venue, The Chemical Heritage Foundation, and ten minutes from Philadelphia International Airport, the hotel offers high speed Internet, a luxury spa, fine dining, and parking.

Taxi Service approximately $28.50

Shuttle Service approximately $10 each way per person

Limousine Service approximately $75

Call 215.925.0000 to reserve your room and use the reservation code "Blogging While Brown" to receive the conference rate.