Learn to Blog Saturday, November 10th
What: Blogging for Beginners learn to blog workshop
When: 10:00-2:00 Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Where: Tradeworks Training Society, Downtown Vancouver
Why: Get a blog up and running in one day with personal instruction in small classes. This workshop covers blog basics like:
· what a blog can and can’t do for you
· podcasting, video, audio, and text posts
· basic copyright law and accepted practices
· solving basic technical problems, where to find help
· what is a blog for?
Who: raincoaster media ltd, in partnership with Tradeworks Training Society.
Contact lorraine.murphy AT gmail DOT com or 778-235-0592.
How(much)? $65 tuition. Please pre-register to ensure your reservation.
With class size limited to 8, this will be a program of personalized, hands-on learning. During the class you will create your own blog, tweak the design, publish your first post, add a YouTube video, and even some music. You will leave with a functional, personalized blog and all the skills you need to run it.
Bio: Lorraine Murphy is a Vancouver blogger, writer, and editor. She has been blogging for many years, both professionally and personally, and her flagship blog, raincoaster, is ranked in the top 20,000 blogs in the world. Ms Murphy is the author of Terminal City: Vancouver’s Missing Women and a former Small Business Columnist at Business in Vancouver newspaper and Occupational Pursuit magazine. As one of the cornerstone volunteers in the Wordpress.com technical help forums, she has long experience helping beginning bloggers develop fluency and achievement online.

