Workshop at BAVC

Wendy Levy, BVAC

I'm in the Bay Area for the BlogHer conference which starts today.  Yesterday, I taught a workshop at BAVC (Bay Area Video Coalition) as part of their Nonprofit Institute for New Media Applications.  When I entered te office space, I was greeted by Wendy Levy's dog, who is one of the official greeters!  (BAVC has a bring your dog to work policy)

The institute connects Bay Area nonprofit organizations to emerging digital media technologies to better serve their constituents.  I did a version of the social media game that focuses on strategy, adoption, and selection of tools.   The wiki for the workshop is here.   

Since this group of participants were more or less at the same level - had some knowledge and experience using social media both personally and on behalf of their organizations.   They were looking for guidance on how to incorporate a social media strategy into their plans. 

The questions articulated by participants at the beginning were excellent and have given some good ideas for future posts. 

Comments

[Bill Kennedy, CA]

Hi Beth,

The questions you mentioned above are good ones and certainly worth discussing, but to me they apply to all bloggers, not just women. There are many areas of society where the needs of women differ from those of men, but I don't see blogging as one of them. If you choose not to reveal your name or gender, then the reader doesn't have to know whose immortal prose they are digesting. In short, I don't understand the need for blogher at all. Please enlighten me.

Bill