BlawgThink 2005 Update

I've been silent for the last week or so working on the details of BlawgThink 2005, and it’s shaping up to be an amazing time.  We’ve posted the schedule here and will be filling in more details each day.  If you want to keep up with BlawgThink news, check out the LexThink! blog. 

We are trying to make BlawgThink valuable for inexperienced and seasoned bloggers alike.  We expect to have many of the top bloggers not only in attendance, but “on faculty.”  BlawgThink will not resemble any traditional conference you’ve ever been to (think less ABA TechShow and more Foo Camp).  Here are just some of the ways BlawgThink will be different than any other event you’ve attended:

• BlawgThink takes place at the most amazing conference space in the country: Catalyst Ranch in Chicago.  For pictures of the first LexThink event at Catalyst Ranch, look here. 
• On the first day, we are doing three interactive discussion tracks:
• Blogging Basics will teach beginning bloggers all they need to know about starting a successful blog. 
• Marketing and Client Development, will help attendees get the most marketing bang for their blog buck. 
• Blogging 2.0 covers blogging’s more technical side and includes a podcasting how-to and other advanced blogging topics.
• Each presentation will last for just 45 minutes with a full 15 minutes between each session for advanced questions, brainstorming, discussion, or networking.
• At the end of the first day, we’ve reserved time to repeat the three most popular presentations so nobody misses something they really wanted to see.
• We are also adding a fourth “potpourri track” with a room set aside for attendees to host their own session if something they want to talk about isn’t covered in Day One.
• On the second day, we are opening up the floor for small group collaborative brainstorming.  This worked so well at the first LexThink! event that I believe this will be the best part of BlawgThink. 

I’m going to be posting some more BlawgThink details tomorrow.  If you’re interested in an invitation, e-mail me and let me know.