Attendees are in for a treat as Monica Hamburg and Dave Olson each present on the topic of "Finding Your Online Voice". Here's what Monica and Dave will discuss:
Finding Your Online Voice with Monica Hamburg
When you start blogging you'll come up against two very important and sometimes overwhelming questions: What the heck do I write about? And, how do I write about it? So, how do you find your online voice? Don't worry, you don't need to see a therapist to find out who you really are and what your blogging voice should sound like. Instead, attend this session!
Monica Hamburg will help you decide how to shape your online voice, what good blog writing means, and how to write in a way that will convince readers to care about your blog ("C'mon! My cat is sooo cute, right?").
About Monica Hamburg
Monica Hamburg is a social media evangelist (
monicahamburg.wordpress.com) and humorist. A keen observer of the online world - as well as oddities in the online world - she contributes to the popular digital marketing magazine,
OneDegree.ca where she’s presently working on a series about Psychology and Social Media. Monica is also an actor and now uses her dry humour and desperate need for acknowledgement in the realm of speaking and in her
YourDoseofLunacy.com blog. She is @monicahamburg on Twitter.
Storymaking with Dave Olson
Finding a creative voice which personally fulfils and inspires others begins with growing comfortable with your own stories and their related artifacts. In a field trip to his home studio in Upper Lynn Valley, storymaker Dave Olson (AKA UncleWeed) extols important keys to creativity over a cuppa tea before sharing creative project examples from childhood to present. Along with explaining how each endeavour shaped his voice for a contemporary stream of mixed media personal expression, he shares key influences via shelves full of heroes who provided solace and wisdom.
About Dave Olson
Poet, podcaster, pundit and chronic documentarian from his earliest days, world-rambling Dave Olson spends his time writing, painting and listening to old vinyl albums on the back porch whilst gazing at North Vancouver's mountains and trees. Published in magazines and journals on topics from Hemp Culture in Japan to Telco de-regulation, Dave is most proud of his handmade literary chapbooks, static montage art, and audio hi-jinks. An enthusiast of personal translucency, Dave shares his spiels and writings at
Uncleweed.net and via Twitter @uncleweed.
