Blog Seminar Big Success!

Events come and go so quickly here, it's sometimes hard to get a post up about them. This will be short...but full of facts!

On Tuesday of this week WME Blogs (that would be Tom Collins and Yvonne DiVita, helped by Greg Bell and Dianna Leach) held an all-day blogging seminar. The goal in the morning was to cover the basics: what a blog is, why people choose to write them, and what a business blog looks like. The afternoon covered more detailed information - including building a Typepad blog from scratch and showing participants how to put content in the sidebars.

A good time was had by all - but most importantly, the attendees agreed (via email to Tom and  Yvonne afterwards) that they all learned a lot. You can read more about this event (including information on blogging ROI) here.

Thanks go to Jennifer Young (program chair) for arranging the Holiday Inn Airport as our venue. It was a great location. The folks at the Holiday Inn went out of their way to help us. Kudos to them for making sure we had enough Internet connections for all attendees to get online and follow along as their instructors moved about the blogosphere.

Here are some comments from the event:

Susan J. Sullivan: (Dir of Marketing & Recruitment, Roberts Wesleyan College) "I was just singing the praises of yesterday’s presentation; actually, for the second time this morning!  It was really important for me to understand the value of blogging for an organization in terms of marketing and promotion, as well as what NOT to do in that arena.  Having your team walk us through the steps and nuances of building a blog was extremely valuable."

D-D Flannery (PR professional and board member) "From an attendee's eyes, I can't even begin to express how great the seminar was yesterday! A BIG Thank you to you both! I learned a LOT!"

Jennifer Young (Marketing professional and board member) "Yvonne and Tom were wonderful. Starting from the big hug Yvonne gave this weary soul upon arrival. They allowed the audience to interrupt with thousands of questions. And answered with great insight and patience."