The BLOG08 program
BLOG08 took place on October the 24th. This page shows what happened and when.
- Red text: live music by ‘Love OD’ throughout the day.
- Light grey background: Interactive parts of the program
- Dark grey background: Speakers and keynotes
This is what an almost perfect blogging day looks like
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:45 | Doors open, registration starts |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Intro by our moderator, Patrick de Laive, and Love OD |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | How to build a blog empire Keynote Pete Cashmore, founder and CEO Mashable |
| 10:30 - 10:40 | Blog tips session no. one How to get an active community on your blog |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | A blog as the ultimate personal branding tool Nalden from nalden.net |
| 11:00 - 11:10 | That one rocking post, session one What’s the best post you’ve ever written? |
| 11:10 - 11:15 | Love OD Tunes by our BLOG08 band |
| 11:15 - 11:40 | Morning break (coffee time) |
| 11:40 - 11:50 | Blogging and politics Boris van der Ham, Member of the Dutch House of Representatives |
| 11:50 - 12:15 | Journalism versus/ hearth blogging Not your average panel with Tim Overdiek, Deputy Editor in Chief at NOS news, Clo Willaerts, marketing manager Sanoma Magazines Belgium, Paul Bradshaw from the Online Journalism Blog and Piet Bakker, professor at the Hogeschool Utrecht. |
| 12:15 - 12:20 | Blog tips session no. two How to boost traffic to your blog |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | Blogging and Social Network Money Scott Rafer, CEO of Lookery |
| 12:40 - 12:50 | That one rocking post, session two What’s the best post you’ve ever written? |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Loren Feldman Founder of 1938media.com and the…, puppets. |
| 13:10 - 13:15 | Love OD Tunes by our BLOG08 band |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 - 14:45 | How blogging, serendipity, the image of God and interactivity all come together in one vision of the future of technology and humankind Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, co-founder of The Next Web Blog |
| 14:45 - 14:55 | Blog tips session no. three How to write original content |
| 14:55 - 15:25 | The crowd interviews… Interview two a-listers via our backchannel. |
| 15:25 - 15:35 | That one rocking post, session three What’s the best post you’ve ever written? |
| 15:35 - 15:40 | Love OD Tunes by our BLOG08 band |
| 15:40 - 16:15 | Afternoon break (beer time!) |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Blogs are a good way to make things happen indirectly Hugh MacLeod, Gapingvoid |
| 17:00 - 17:05 | Love OD Tunes by our BLOG08 band |
| 17:05 - 17:35 | What about vlogging? Bad Mother Vlogger GabeMac |
| 17:35 - 17:45 | Wrapping-up with Patrick de Laive |
| 18:00 - 21:00 | BloggersBal! Meet up with bloggers and the speakers in the bunker of the IJkantine.., talking about a grunge location here. |
