The Indian Blog & New Media Society (www.ibnms.com) is pleased to invite you to a 3-day Blogging workshop at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi later this month. Following up on last month’s BlogCamp, this is another effort by IBNMS to enable blogging enthusiasts - both rookie and experienced - leverage this medium for both personal and professional reasons.

All sessions will be highly interactive, allowing participants to raise specific queries and also to try their hand at what is being discussed (you will need to carry a laptop and datacard for this).

Schedule: The sessions will take place in the Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi from 6.30 - 8.30 pm on the dates given along with sessions below:

Session I, Saturday, June 28
Blogging Technology: How To Set Up And Manage A Blog

What is a blog? How to set it up on platforms like Blogger, Wordpress etc? How do you get your own domain like www.myname.com? Hosting on your own severs. Custom options. Adding photos and videos. Adding subscriber sign up boxes. Using tools like LiveWriter. And more…

Session II, Sunday, June 29
Marketing Your Blog

How do you make your blog more visible? How do you generate greater traffic? How do you get comments on your blog? What is SEO? How do you generate advertising for your blog?

Session III, Monday, June 30
Benefits Of Blogging For Executives, Businesses And Professionals; How To Make Money As A Blogger

Using blogs for personal and corporate branding. Engaging with stakeholders through blogs. Using blogs as a PR and communication tool.

HOW TO REGISTER
There is no attendance or registration fee. You can register on the spot, or in advance by sending a mail to ibnms.in@gmail.com. You may attend one or more sessions.

WANT TO VOLUNTEER / SPEAK?
If you would like to speak at any of the sessions above, do let us know and we will be happy to consider you for the same. And we are always looking for volunteers - call us if you can spare some time.

And do help us by spreading the word around.

CONTACT US
You may contact the following for any queries, clarifications etc:

Ajay Jain, President, +91.99100 44476, ajay@ajayjain.com
Abhishek Kant, General Secretary, +91.9899115375, abhishek@abhishekkant.net
Ashish Chopra, Director (Communication & PR), +91.9891977333, theemptyhead@gmail.com
Amit Gupta, Director (Technology), +91.9868445814, m@amitgupta.in

Are you in Delhi on January 12? If yes, then you must come over for the Delhi Blog Meet being organized to get Delhi’s Blogging community together & thinking.

Ye you heard me right, thinking!! This is more than just another blog meet, it is a step forward towards making bloggers & online media practitioners more relevant to the community, and more responsible towards the society. Our intent is to convert a community from just another online group, to a community that has its presence in the society, that works together towards betterment of the society as a group & where each member gets the satisfaction of doing something in real life.

Not only bloggers, but vloggers(YouTube/etc users), photographers (Flickr/Picasa/etc users), twitters, facebookers….any & every online media user in cordially invited.

And if you do not use any of the online media, you are also invited. This could be a great opportunity to learn from those who already know, and to get a headstart in the online world.

All of this is free. I promise. No hidden costs, no fine prints. Just come over & we’ll all have a great afternoon of learning & idea transfer.

Hope to see you on 12 January!!

Links:

Register at: http://wiki.delhibloggers.in/delhi-bloggers-meets
Online group : http://groups.google.com/group/thedelhibloggers/

New Delhi is now going to be a super secure city. And we owe this to the visionaries who, in the name of law and order, are passing order after order that will make life impossible for the common man.

First, it was made mandatory to carry an ID card in Delhi. And now, people who do not have a driving license made in Delhi will not be allowed to drive on the city’s roads. What’s next, people whose passports are made in other states will not be allowed to board planes from Delhi’s airports???

Instead of making laws that make it easier for cops to harass the common man, why doesn’t the Lt. General make laws that make the corrupt police more accountable to the taxpayer? But naah, it is the voice that is the weakest that always gets crushed.

Who will guard the guards, sir? Who will?

I live in Gurgaon. Thanks to you, sir, I will not be able to visit Chandni Chowk for a kulfi, India Gate for the lazy afternoons, or CP for the shopping binge. But you can gloat, of course. You think you decisions will make Delhi a safer place. No one else in the whole city knows how. Maybe you should share this with the public who are on the receiving end of your “New Year presents”!

Its back. The city that gave India its first ever Barcamp is at it again. With over 150 listed participants and over 25 sessions, from stress testing to stress busting, its all there at Delhi Barcamp v3.0.

Delhi Barcamp v3.0 is happening on 8 Dec 2007. For event details, visit Delhi Barcamp 3.0 homepage

What are you waiting for? Go to the homepage, and enter your name as a participant. All the more better if you could share your knowledge and ideas by giving a session. There is no restriction on topics, speak on any topic you want to.

I will be there for sure. And I will be presenting a session too. Will you?