BlogWorld in a post

Another year of BlogWorld has come and gone. How do I feel that the conference moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles? I was skeptical at first but when I got there,  I actually enjoyed it. First of all the car ride was a bit over 2 hours instead of 5 hours. I felt it was a bit more intimate. I actually got some sleep, I was in both nights by 10 pm. I got to have a "slumber party" with my roomies Liz and Nat. Yes there are drawbacks for the show moving to Los Angeles... Vegas is a bit more easier to get around, no scented air in the lobby, no Cirque show and no slot machine alarm clocks to get your adrenaline pumping so you are up at 2 or 3 am in the morning. But overall great job for Los Angeles and BlogWorld team. The people were nice, I got to see what Staples Center and Nokia Live...well live. What were my take aways? I took away that there is a global connection...thousands of people gathering because they want to learn or already share content in some medium...breathing in the room they are in and taking in the energy, so inspiring and to true to yourself, create and share because you want to and not because you have to, it is not a competition, everyone has their own path to this madness (btw, I say "madness" as a good word).

The New Media Live Show which is the last "keynote" of the conference was well worth it alone. I laughed so hard, yet got so much valuable information and just reaffirmation that there is a purpose to this madness of content creation. There are thousands of reasons why people do what they do. You are one person making that little dent in the blogosphere, podcastosphere, ebookoshpere, authorshiposphere, social mediaosphere, and videosphere. But you are that one person who can affect one, two or a zillion of your followers/fans/readers/watchers/listeners with a story. The story real or true; to sell a product or not to sell a product; to influence or just to be. This is what Blogworld is...it is a celebration and learning experience. I met some wonderful people and had great reunions with those I already knew. I connected people who I knew but didn't know each other. I represented Social Media Club, which has brought me to meet other Social Media enthusiasts that do what I do from cities in this country, in Mexico and Puerto Rico...Another reaffirmation that this is a great social space and that getting people that enjoy information, storytelling and sharing is well worth the effort. 

PS. There are slideshares/flickrs of BlogWorld Expo presentations out there. Go find them...Here are a few I found on twitter that were curated and shared. I didn't see any of these talks live, so I am glad this info is out there.

Find your Voice by Jill Foster and Aliza Sherman

Shifting from Social Business to Social Media BWE presentation by David Armano...recap by WebproNews and Flickr presentation photos of visuals designed by David Armano.

Mari Smith's Slidedeck from her presentation of The New Relationship Marketing! 

Did you go to BlogWorld? What was your takeaway? I would love to hear it. 

Jennifer

 

 

 

 

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