2016 Blogging While Brown Conference
Event Information
Description
The 9th Annual Blogging While Brown Conference will take place in Washington, DC, July 15-17, 2016. For the first time, we'll be holding conference sessions on Saturday and Sunday instead of Friday and Saturday. We want to give our attendees time to fly into town and explore the city before the start of the conference.
Conference Schedule
Friday, July 15, 2016
6:00pm Opening Party
Saturday, July 16, 2016
9:00am
Opening Remarks & Occasion, Presented by Joi Gamble, Director of Brand Partnerships for Blogging While Brown and Gina McCauley, Founder of Blogging While Brown
Give-a-Way, Presented by Stitch Fix
9:30am
2016 Blogger Entrepreneurship Keynote: Blog, Build, Sell: How to Turn Page Views into Dollar Signs, Presented by Arsha Jones|Session Detail
11:00am
Discoverability, the Differentiator that Matters FIRST in a Crowded Marketplace, Presented By Lucrecer Braxton and Davida Arnold|Session Detail
12:00pm
Attendee Meetup/Dreamup
1:00pm
Workshop: How to Be a Podcasting Rock Star Part I.,
Presented By Rob Walch of Libsyn | Session Detail
1:00pm
Don't Get Got! Simple and Effective Ways to Keep Your Web Presence Secure, Presented By Ann Daramola| Session Detail
2:15pm
Mobile UX for Bloggers
Presented By Naya Scarbrough | Session Detail
2:15pm
Sponsored Content 101: How Publishers & Brands Can Get Sponsored Content Right, Presented By Ty Alexander|Session Detail
2:15pm
Workshop: How to Be a Podcasting Rock Star Part II.,
Presented By Rob Walch of Libsyn | Session Detail
3:30pm
Attendee Meetup/Dreamup
3:30pm
Learn from My Mistakes: What I Wish I Knew Before I Started a Blog, Presented By Ebony Ajima Maddox | Session Detail
3:30pm
AT&T Inspired Mobility: Enabling good. Activating Everywhere, Moderated by L. Michelle Smith and Jason Caston| Session Detail
4:45pm
Black Weblog Awards
Presented By Winnie Caldwell and Sarah L. Webb
4:50pm
Storytelling: How Blogging Transformed My Life,
Presented By Linal Harris | Session Detail
7:00pm
Attendee Excursion!
Sunday, July 17, 2016
9:00am
Opening Remarks & Occasion
9:15am
Storytelling - PIVOT: How to Successfully Rebrand Your Blog, Presented By Vashti Patrick Joseph | Session Detail
9:30am
Film Screening of "LOVING" and a Conversation with Ruth Negga, Presented by Focus Features
11:00am
Attendee Meetup/Dreamup
11:00am
Think Small, Create Big in 30 Minutes, Presented By Alexzandria Cormier-Hill | Session Detail
11:00am
Engaging Audiences, while Increasing Content Monetization, Presented By Carlos Nai | Session Detail
12:00pm
Attendee Meetup/Dreamup
1:00pm
5 Steps to Explode Your Instagram & Facebook Audience, Presented By Kristy McCarley | Session Detail1:00pm
Smarter Reporting, Presented By Davina "Dayvee" Sutton | Session Detail
2:15pm
Attendee Meetup/Dreamup
2:15pm
Productivity Tools You Need to Soar on Social Media, Presented By Cari Rene | Session Detail
2:15pm
Video Livestreaming to Leverage Your Business, Presented By Monique Johnson | Session Detail
3:30pm
Writing Your First Book, Presented By Stefanie Newell | Session Detail
3:30pm
Politic365 Panel: Politics, Policy, Social Justice, Panelists: Kristal High Taylor, Danielle Belton, Lauren Victoria Burke and LaDavia Drane
4:40pm
Closing Keynote: State of the Digital Space Keynote Panel, Moderated by Sirita Wright, Black Enterprise, Panelists: Gina McCauley, L Michelle Smith and Sarah J. Glover
Blogging While Brown is more than a conference, it is a community - an incubator of creativity, collaboration and sustainability for emerging leaders in digital media and social change. We've been around since 2007 and our evolution has mirrored the explosion of social media's impact in our daily lives.
Since its launch in 2008, Blogging While Brown has grown to become the premier blogging conference dedicated to education, collaboration, and innovation among bloggers of color. The conference brings Black social media experts, speakers, and independent content creators together to expand their influence in social media and technology. The conference offers an opportunity to learn tools and strategies to build engaging and dynamic online platforms, leverage online engagement for offline results, and create sustainable business and activism models.
For more information visit www.bloggingwhilebrown.com
