Towards the end of last year I had the pleasure of hosting a seminar and workshop on blogging (Never Mind The Bloggers). And while it was only open to employees at the company I work at, both our speakers - Alan Moore and Euan Semple - were happy to share their presentations with you on this blog, too.
The size of the files and the everyday demands on colleagues' time has meant it's taken until now to make those videos available. Big thanks to Angus Farquhar for attending, filming and making available the videos you will see below.
Video 1: David Cushman intro's the day:
Video 2: Introducing the speakers:
Video 3: Alan Moore:
Video 4: Euan Semple
Video 5 Q&A (excerpt... until the card filled up!)
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
The Carnival is coming to a blog near you!
On Tuesday this week I hosted an event to encourage more people who work for emap - the company I work for - to blog. (see Never Mind The Bloggers). Alan Moore and Euan Semple did the inspiring.
As a result, we now have around 20 bloggers (and that number growing by the day) feeling the joy of the network (or just plugging away waiting for someone to connect).
So to support them - and celebrate their achievements - colleague Dan Thornton has come up with the genius idea of launching a weekly Carnival of the Emap Bloggers. It's an idea like the Carnival of the Mobilists that Faster Future has benefited from in the past.
The Carnival will be hosted by a different emap blogger each week - and the selection of posts that blogger highlights will be entirely their own choice - provided the post in question comes from a fellow emap blogger. They are, of course, at liberty to link to anywhere they wish on any other occasion.
I'm really looking forward to the first.
Please offer your support. These are green shoots in need of care and attention!
As a result, we now have around 20 bloggers (and that number growing by the day) feeling the joy of the network (or just plugging away waiting for someone to connect).
So to support them - and celebrate their achievements - colleague Dan Thornton has come up with the genius idea of launching a weekly Carnival of the Emap Bloggers. It's an idea like the Carnival of the Mobilists that Faster Future has benefited from in the past.
The Carnival will be hosted by a different emap blogger each week - and the selection of posts that blogger highlights will be entirely their own choice - provided the post in question comes from a fellow emap blogger. They are, of course, at liberty to link to anywhere they wish on any other occasion.
I'm really looking forward to the first.
- Appropriately week one is being hosted on Friday November 30 at Dan's TheWayofTheWeb.
Please offer your support. These are green shoots in need of care and attention!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Pushing the blogging go-button
It's not every day you get the likes of Alan Moore and Euan Semple in the same room. It's even rarer that you get them to share between 20-odd people in your own backyard. But that's what we were treated to at the Never Mind the Bloggers event I hosted at emap's Specialist Media hq in Peterborough yesterday.
We'll be sharing video from the event before too long - thanks again to the efforts of motorcyclenews.com's Angus Farquhar. Alan has already blogged about it.
The event was meant to inspire people to start their own blogs - and give them the tools to do so. One way or another it's off to a good start.
I say one way or another because while not everyone agreed with the message that Alan and Euan brought (and which, to be clear, I support), their words did achieve the objective - to act as a call to action to blog.
So today emap has more bloggers. Check out some of their initial efforts here:
And of course, we already had this blog http://fasterfuture.blogspot.com
and Dan Thornton's: http://thewayoftheweb.com
and Guy Procter's: http://trailgear.blogspot.com
Matt Clarke's http://fishfishfish.org
PFK blog
And if you know of more by emap staffers, let me know.
More nodes on the network - more opportunities to connect - more understanding of the power of the network. More edge.
This is good.
We'll be sharing video from the event before too long - thanks again to the efforts of motorcyclenews.com's Angus Farquhar. Alan has already blogged about it.
The event was meant to inspire people to start their own blogs - and give them the tools to do so. One way or another it's off to a good start.
I say one way or another because while not everyone agreed with the message that Alan and Euan brought (and which, to be clear, I support), their words did achieve the objective - to act as a call to action to blog.
So today emap has more bloggers. Check out some of their initial efforts here:
- Phil Bell: http://rollingrust.blogspot.com/
- Tim Street: http://virtualb0y.blogspot.com/
- Stefan Bartlett: http://bluesmusiclive.blogspot.com
- Ben Wall: TearAlongTheDottedLine
- Ian Richardson: http://roccomedia.blogspot.com/
- Gareth Ashman: http://eco-shed.blogspot.com/
- Liam Marsden: http://liamm-theworldofmoose.blogspot.com/
- Charlie Watson: http://watsonianramblings.blogspot.com
- Matthew Proud: http://footymatters.blogspot.com/
- Andy Donovan: http://blackdixon.blogspot.com/
- Martyn Moore: http://martynwriting.blogspot.com
- Simon Penson http://cleverinvestments.blogspot.com/
- Sean Warwick: MediaLifeCrisis.blogspot.com
- Harriet Linton: http://lintonthinking.blog
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And of course, we already had this blog http://fasterfuture.blogspot.com
and Dan Thornton's: http://thewayoftheweb.com
and Guy Procter's: http://trailgear.blogspot.
Matt Clarke's http://fishfishfish.org
PFK blog
And if you know of more by emap staffers, let me know.
More nodes on the network - more opportunities to connect - more understanding of the power of the network. More edge.
This is good.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Never Mind The Bloggers
Just putting together the final details of an internal emap event I'm hosting at our base in Peterborough, Cambs, tomorrow: Never Mind The Bloggers.
It is intended to inspire and turn that inspiration into immediate action.
I'm thrilled that Alan Moore (Communities Dominate Brands) and Euan Semple (The Obvious) have agreed to speak and join in a forum in our morning session. That's the inspiration - and some of the finest around.
The guys will also be hanging around when the 'action' starts. Everyone who attends the event will get an immediate follow up session in front of a pc to help them turn the desire to blog into the reality of their own blog.
We will be videoing the presentations and hope - with permission - to be sharing words of wisdom on this blog before too long.
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