Northern Voice is a two-day, non-profit personal blogging and social media conference held at the UBC main campus, Vancouver, Canada on May 7-8, 2010. This is the 6th annual incarnation of this event, see the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 websites for previous information.

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Got something to say at Northern Voice? Want a room and a stage to say it from? Fill out the speaker submission form and let us know! Please take a moment to read the speaker information first.

Registration

Registration is open and tickets are selling fast. There will be a further batch of tickets available on April 1st, at a slightly higher price.

Travel Bursaries

Posted by Brian Lamb on March 10th, 2010

travel shared CC by Joel Mann

Once again, Northern Voice is offering six travel bursaries of CAN $500 each. The organizing committee will be awarding these bursaries based on a number of criteria, including:

  • The contributions you can make to the conference
  • Your level of need
  • The quality of your submission
  • The diversity you might bring to Northern Voice

The deadline for submissions is April 1st, 2010 (no joke), and we will be announcing the recipients shortly afterward. The bursaries will be paid out via cheque mailed out to recipients or picked up at the conference.

To apply for a bursary, we ask that you write a blog post, or record a podcast or video blog post describing why you want to come to Northern Voice. We suggest you address the criteria above as well. Once you’ve published your post, let us know by pasting the URL in the comments field below.

Reminder: 50 Hours Left to Submit Your Talk

Posted by Darren Barefoot on March 7th, 2010

Just a quick reminder that speaker submissions close at (if you want to be precise) 23:59 PST on Tuesday, March 9. That leaves just about 49 and a half hours to submit your awesome talk for Northern Voice.

Also, a reminder that Northern Voice isn't a business or marketing conference--there are plenty of those already. We're interested in the personal, the political and cultural when it comes to social media.

Avoid disappointment! Submit your talk toute de suite.

Save the Date for the NV Opening Night Party

Posted by Darren Barefoot on February 22nd, 2010

The Northern Voice opening night party will be held on Thursday, May 6, 2010. Be sure to mark your calendars as it's always a great time to catch up with old friends and to meet other conference attendees! We're still working out the party details, but we'll announce them soon. We'll be sure to give you a heads up before party tickets go on sale by announcing it here on the blog and on Twitter. If you purchase conference tickets, we'll email you a few days beforehand. Looking forward to seeing you in May!