Workshop – Dewsbury – 6th February

December 14, 2009 | 2 comments

We’re running a workshop at the Ravensthorpe Community Centre on Saturday February 6th.

The programme starts 9am and we’ll finish at 3pm.  More detail can be found below.

During the workshop participants will write and publish at least one post and will receive professional feedback from our online coach.  They will also learn to set up blogs and websites, and will explore the opportunities offered by a broad range of social networking websites.

The initial workshop is just the beginning. Afterwards, support will continue to be available from the online coach and through further workshops.

If you want to get involved then please email shane@empoweringvoicesonline.org.uk to see if we have spaces available.

9.00 Coffee and registration

9.15 Introduction

  • The Internet Revolution and your part in it
  • WordPress.com, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Google Reader

9.45 Setting up your blog on WordPress.com

  • What is your blog for? What do you hope to achieve with it?
  • Username, domain, blog title, tagline
  • Transparency and authenticity

10.30 Refreshments / Brainstorming

10.45 Writing your first post

11.30 Next steps

  • Adding links
  • Etiquette on removing / changing posts
  • Publicising blog
  • Dealing with comments

12.15 Lunch

13.00 Adding features

  • Pages
  • Tags and categories
  • Blogroll

13.30 Improving the look

  • Choosing a theme
  • Adding pictures and videos

14.00 Introduction to Basecamp

  • Feedback from Griff, our online coach

14.30 The online community

  • Commenting on other blogs
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • RSS feeds
  • Aggregator sites

15.00 Finish