Are You Going to YearlyKos?

(Bumped – promoted by DavidNYC)

I’m curious to know which SSP readers (if any) are headed to the YearlyKos Convention this week. I’ll be going, so I should also take this opportunity to pimp the panels on local blogging I’ve organized. There seemed to be quite a bit of enthusiasm for the topic, so we wound up creating three roundtables:

Panel No. 1 (Friday, 1pm) features bloggers Mark Nickolas (formerly of Bluegrass Report and now of Rocky Mountain Report), Matt Lockshin (of Say No To Pombo) and Michelle Leder (of Take 19). SSP alum and local blogger extraordinaire Tim Tagaris will moderate.

Panel No. 2 (Friday, 2:30pm) features Mike Caulfield of Blue Hampshire, Philip Anderson of The Albany Project, and Wendy Norris of Colorado Confidential. I’ll be moderating this panel.

Panel No. 3 (Friday, 4pm) features David Kravitz of Blue Mass. Group, Karl-Thomas Musselman (of the Burnt Orange Report), and Matt Singer (of Left in the West). Kossack and Blue Hampshirite Laura Clawson (aka MissLaura) will moderate.

If you’ll be at the convention, please drop by one (or all!) of these panels. They’ll be informal, low-key affairs and undoubtedly we’ll discuss topics of interest to many SSP readers – stories from the campaign trail, what worked (and what didn’t), where the future of local blogging is headed, etc.

And if you’re attending YearlyKos, let us know in comments!

9 thoughts on “Are You Going to YearlyKos?”

  2. Conor Kenny at Source Watch was kind enough to set up a wiki for the two state-local blogging panels that I’m coordinating here.

    I’m also videotaping these sessions and will upload the video to YouTube with a link at the wiki.

    Thursday, August 2 :: 9:30 – 11:00 am
    Title: The Agony and Ecstacy of Successful State-Local Blogging
    Description: Building successful state-wide networks in the online and offline worlds is a key component to your success. Find out how to tap the rich resources of progressive groups and like-minded bloggers to
    help build your influence. Then, once your blog hits the big time, how do you deal with trolls, flame wars, crazy uncle bloggers and the seedy side of your newfound virtual fame.
    Panelists: Bobby Clark, Progress Now; Liberal Lucy, Michigan Liberal; Justin Cole, Media Matters for America; Matt Singer, Left in the West

    Thursday, August 2 :: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
    Title: Promotion, Publicity, Powncing and Partnerships
    Description: Say hello to  my little friend — marketing. Get the low down from successful bloggers on building readership, creating innovative partnerships, making the most of links/trackbacks/hat tips, and cool new tech tools to increase your outreach to get your hard-earned work noticed. Bring your problems for on-the-spot troubleshooting.
    Panelists: Ruby Sinreich, Orange Politics.org; David Kravitz and Bob Neer, Blue Mass Group.com; Raf Noboa, Square State.net, and Conor Kenny, Congresspedia/Sunlight Foundation.

    I’m happy to add a page to include info shared at David’s panel.

  4. I’ll be there as part of the AFL-CIO team, representing our new presidential site. I’m really interested in what’s going on at the state/local blogging level and now that I know about these panels, I’ll be there!

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