Blogosphere's Brightest Stars to Offer Expert Advice to Bloggers, Entrepreneurs, ADV, PR Communities at First BlogWorld & New Media Expo.Headliners Include Political Bloggers Arianna Huffington Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos (Greek: Αριάννα Στασινόπουλου) on July 15, 1950 in Athens, Greece) is an author and nationally syndicated columnist in the , Hugh Hewitt Hugh Hewitt (born February 22, 1956) is an American radio talk show host, author and blogger. He comments on politics and society from a conservative and evangelical Christian viewpoint, and frequently expresses his opinions on Media bias in the United States. ; Business Commentarians Shel Israel Shel Israel advises technology startups on strategic communications issues. He lives in Silicon Valley, California and frequently speaks social media related topics. He is co-author [with Robert Scoble] of , Charlene Li; Tech Gurus Om Malik Om Malik (born September 29 1966 in New Delhi, India) is an Indian-American technology writer. He is the founder of Giga Omni Media, Inc. and executive editor for the technology blog GigaOM. Malik graduated from St. , Mike Arrington LAS VEGAS -- Journalists, social media pioneers, marketing experts and entrepreneurs will share their experience and advice about building audience, monetizing content, journalistic ethics, engaging communities and conversational marketing at BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the first-ever industry-wide blogging conference and trade show. Scheduled for November 7-9, 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , the conference will feature more than 60 sessions on blogging, podcasting, video blogging and other types of social media activities for new and experienced content creators, entrepreneurs and business executives. BlogWorld will bring together leading new media gurus from all topic areas. Among those sharing expertise will be: POLITICS: * Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, one of the most widely read and cited blog sites on the Internet * Hugh Hewitt, author of "BLOG," law professor and nationally syndicated radio host TECHNOLOGY: * Om Malik, founder and executive editor of GigaOm, contributing editor at Business 2.0, telecom and broadband industry expert * Mike Arrington, serial entrepreneur Serial entrepreneur Business person that successfully starts (does not kill) a number of different businesses. and editor of monster technology blogs TechCrunch and Crunchnotes BUSINESS: * Shel Israel, co-author of "Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers" * Charlene Li, principal analyst, Forrester Research; interactive media publishing expert and previous board member, Newspaper Association of America's New Media Federation SPORTS: * Matt Cerrone, editor and publisher of the wildly popular baseball blog MetsBlog * Tyler Bleszinski, president and co-founder of Sports Blogs Nation and editor of Athletics Nation MILITARY BLOGGING: * Matt Burden, retired U.S. military officer, author of the renowned Milblog "Blackfive," which Burden says he started "because of the sacrifice of my friend, Major Mathew Schram, un-noticed by the MSM MSM - Micronetics Standard MUMPS " * Michael Yon, former U.S. Special Forces soldier, author of "Danger Close" and independent online photo journalist, currently embedded with the U.S. Marines Anbar Province Iraq BUSINESS OF BLOGGING: * Brian Clark, editor of Copyblogger, a blog dedicated to the business of blogging, Internet marketing strategist, content developer, entrepreneur and recovering attorney * Jim Kukral, online marketing guru who specializes in helping businesses make money online JOURNALISM: * Professor David Perlmutter, Associate Dean, the William Allen White For other persons of the same name, see William White. William Allen White (Born February 10, 1868 in Emporia, Kansas - died January 31, 1944) was a renowned American newspaper editor. School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. ; author of "Blogwars," a book on war, politics, visual images, new media and public opinion Additional information on BlogWorld, speaker topics, session descriptions and registration information are all available at www.blogworldexpo.com. Discounted pricing is available through October 19. |
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