Updated BlawgThink Agenda and Speaker List

If you are still on the fence about BlawgThink, check out the list of amazing speakers we have lined up for Day One:

7:30-8:30

• Registration.  Pre-Caffeinated Brainstorming.  Continental Breakfast.

8:30-9:00

• Introduction and Welcome. Dennis Kennedy and Matt Homann

Track One:  Blogging Basics.

• 9:15-10:00 
• Getting Started In Blogging:  Blogging 101. Brandy Karl
• 10:15-11:00
• Writing Weblog Posts to Engage Readers and Build an Audience: The Secrets of Legal Underground, Revealed.  Evan Schaeffer
  
• 11:15-12:00
• The Zen of Blogging.  Henry Copeland
• 12:00-1:15
• Lunch.
  
• 1:15-2:00
• Introduction to RSS and News Aggregators. Bonnie Shucha and Diane Murley
• 2:15-3:00
• Group Blogs.  ReThink(IP)
  Matt Buchanan
  Steve Nipper 
  Doug Sorocco 
• 3:15-4:00
• Can one size fit all?  Productively using Blawgs in firms of every size.

  Small:  Carolyn Elefant
  

  Medium: Patrick Lamb

  Large:  Cathy Kirkman, David Bowerman
• 4:15-5:30
• Brainstorming Begins.  Introduction to OpenSpace.  Michael Herman

Track Two:  Marketing and Client Development.

• 9:15-10:00 
• Using your blog to market your practice. Kevin O'Keefe
• 10:15-11:00
• Reputation building with blogs. Matt Homann
• 11:15-12:00
• Creating practice-specific content.  Building a blog-centered practice. Dennis Crouch
• 12:00-1:15
• Lunch.
  
• 1:15-2:00
• Search engines love blogs.  Tim Stanley
• 2:15-3:00
• Take a blogging journey with Ernie.  Ernest Svenson
• 3:15-4:00
• Blogging Ethically.  Ben Cowgill and Will Hornsby
• 4:15-5:30
• Brainstorming Begins.  Introduction to OpenSpace.  Michael Herman

Track Three:  Blogging 2.0.

• 9:15-10:00 
• Is it all about the feed?  Advanced RSS.  Rick Klau
• 10:15-11:00
• Podcasting Basics.  J. Craig Williams
• 11:15-12:00
• Collaboration, KM, and the power of the virtual first impression.  Jack Vinson, Jim McGee
• 12:00-1:15
• Lunch.  Keynote Speaker TBA.
• 1:15-2:00
• Why blog design matters.  Peter Flashner
• 2:15-3:00
• Tag, you're it.  Using Flickr, OPML, De.licio.us, Rojo, and other cutting-edge tools to supercharge your blog.
  
• 3:15-4:00
• How'd you do that?  Technical tips, tricks, and problem-solving techniques.  Fred Faulkner
• 4:15-5:30
• Brainstorming Begins.  Introduction to OpenSpace.  Michael Herman