Tag: Events

Deadline Today For LeWeb Blogger Accreditation [en]

[fr] Aujourd'hui, dernier jour pour l'accréditation blogueur de la conférence LeWeb'08. Nous avons reçu énormément d'inscriptions, surtout de la part de blogueurs écrivant en français, anglais, espagnol, italien, allemand.

So far, 150 bloggers have requested a blogger accreditation for LeWeb’08 Paris. Wow! Good thing I figured out Google Forms just in time.

The deadline for requesting accreditation is today, end of my day.

Without getting into precise numbers, this is of course way more than the number of passes we have available for bloggers (but let me reassure you, we don’t just have a dozen or so, of course — somewhere in between).

Most bloggers requesting a pass have announced that they would blog about LeWeb’08 in English or French, which is quite natural. We will take that into account when selecting pass-holders. German, Italian, and Spanish are also well-represented. If you blog in another language than these and have a tech/business-oriented blog, do get in touch today.

Each person who filled in the form will receive an answer, whether they are selected as official LeWeb’08 bloggers or not. Selected bloggers will be announced on the 20th (next Monday), so don’t fret if you haven’t heard from me yet.

Géraldine just contacted me to point me to the page of banners LeWeb’08 staff have prepared, so go and help yourself in the meantime!

Stephanie's October Conference Tour: <head> [en]

[fr] A la conférence en ligne , je parlerai de mon expérience d'indépendante et d'organisatrice d'événements. Lessons apprises. Je vous encourage vivement à vous inscrire à cette conférence, et à la suivre depuis le hub de Liip à Fribourg si vous en avez l'occasion.

After I gave my Going Solo speech at LIFT earlier this year, I was approached by Aral Balkan, who asked me if I would be willing to speak at the online conference he was organising, then named Singularity. I immediately accepted.

<head> web conference: October 24-26, 2008

<Head>, 24-26 October, everywhere

Since then, the conference was renamed <head> (following some letter from some lawyers), and the speaker roster has filled up nicely.

<head> is an online conference. That means you can attend from anywhere in the world, watch the talks through your web browser and interact with the speakers and other participants. There are offline “hubs” in various cities around the world (including Second Life) — if you live in Switzerland, I recommend you head over the Fribourg where Liip are hosting a hub.

Eight months after my Going Solo speech at LIFT, I’m going to take the opportunity to look back at what I’ve learned. Both Going Solo and SoloCamp are great concepts and were much appreciated by those who attended them. However, they both left a dent (to be polite) in my already suffering bank account, and I’m aware I made a series of mistakes I was actually warned against when I announced my project. On being human and not listening to other people’s advice…

This talk will by my story as a freelancer and an event organiser. Success, failure, and heading forward — sharing my experience, whilst knowing that the best experience is the one you earn directly.

Wherever you are, as long as you have an internet connection, you can take part in <head>. No travel or accommodation expenses, and a great conference! Plus, as it’s an online conference, the price is very reasonable. Head (!) over to the conference site to register.

Stephanie's October Conference Tour: Web 2.0 Expo Europe [en]

[fr] Après Lisbonne, direction Berlin pour la conférence Web 2.0 Expo, dont j'assure (avec Suw Charman-Anderson et Nicole Simon) la gestion des accréditations blogueurs.


Web 2.0 Expo Europe 2008
 After speaking at SHiFT, I will head over to Berlin for the next stop in my October Conference Tour. Second conference:

Web 2.0 Expo Europe, 21-23 October 2008, Berlin

I attended Web 2.0 Expo Europe last year, taking notes (go to the beginning of the month) and giving one of my Babel Fish talks at Web2Open. At the height of my conference burn-out after FoWA, I was pretty cranky and critical of the conference (particularly the infrastructure), and it’s where I decided to start a company to organize my own events.

This year, I’m co-heading the Blogging Web 2.0 Expo Europe programme with Suw and Nicole (French post). I’ll be going to the event to have a chance to meet all the participating bloggers we’ve been working with over the last month (they’re listed in the Web 2.0 Expo blog sidebar) — and Janetti, who initiated this outreach programme.

If you haven’t registered yet, go and visit these blogs — all bloggers have 35% discount codes to distribute, so if you know one of them, ask! Here’s a short video of Suw and I where we tell you why you should come to the conference :-).

Setting up and running this programme has been a fascinating experience, and you can expect some blogging about what we did once the event is over. (Note: I’m doing something similar in spirit, though a little different in form, with blogger accreditations for LeWeb in Paris — we have more than enough French- and English-language bloggers but are still looking for people to cover the conference in other languages.)

While I’m at it, I will be taking part in Suw Charman-Anderson’s discussion about Gender Issues in Web 2.0 Careers as a panelist. Neither of us are fans of “women in technology” discussions, as you can see from the title of the discussion, and I’m really looking forward to see where we’ll take these issues.

As an aside, when I organised Going Solo, I did not put tons of effort into “involving women”, and it turns out over half the speaker roster was female. Does it have anything to do with the fact I’m a woman?

So, see you in Berlin?

Stephanie's October Conference Tour: SHiFT [en]

[fr] La conférence SHiFT a lieu du 15 au 17 octobre à Lisbonne. J'y parlerai des conférences que je donne depuis bientôt quatre ans dans les écoles. Il est encore possible de s'inscrire pour assister à la conférence, faites vite!

Well, here we are. I should have blogged about this long ago, but without getting into the details of these past weeks, it’s been kinda… busy here lately.

October is conference month in Stephanie-land. I leave on Tuesday. Let’s see what we have in store. First conference:

SHiFT, 15-17 October 2008, Lisbon

SHiFT - Social and Human Ideas For Technology I was present at the first edition of SHiFT in 2006, and really liked this Reboot– and LIFT-inspired event. Smaller scale than both of them, SHiFT is set in beautiful Lisbon and has a very nice atmosphere. I heard some great talks and met some incredible people in 2006, and I’m looking forward to more this year.

I’m really excited that I’ve been invited to speak, and will for the first time cover and comment on the work I’ve been doing in schools for nearly four years in schools, raising awareness about digital media issues with teenagers, teachers, and parents, in “What do teenagers, teachers, and parents need to understand“.

Even if you don’t work with teenagers or in a school setting, and don’t have any teenage children, I think you’ll find my talk interesting. I would really like to encourage you to attend. I’m saying this because I’ll be talking about what feels to me like my most meaningful work, and I want to share it. The thinking and issues behind it go way beyond educational settings, as I explain in my recent comments following a radio show about Facebook in Swiss companies, and the complete ignorance of what may seem basic digital media awareness in those environments — both on the part of employees and company management.

I’m not danah or Anastasia and my book project is on hold ;-), but I’ve learnt over the years that though it may not have seemed extraordinary to me at first, I have acquired some valuable insights about online behaviours of both adults and teenagers, and I’m really happy to have a chance to share them with my digitally clued-in peers.

If you hadn’t planned to attend SHiFT, hurry up and register. It’s last-minute but it’s still possible. EasyJet and TAP flights will take you to Lisbon from most places in Europe.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Blogger Accreditations for LeWeb Paris [en]

Update: the deadline for requests was 13.10.2008. The form is now closed. Thank you.

I’m pleased to announce that I am in charge of managing blogger accreditations for the conference LeWeb’08 Paris which will take place on December 9-10th.

For the fifth year running, this huge conference organised by Géraldine and Loïc Le Meur will receive 1500 participants from the business, media, and internet worlds to listen to an amazing line-up of speakers — gathered this year around the theme love. Just look at the programme to get a taste of what’s in store (listen to the video!) — plus great food, a startup competition, incredible networking, giant screens…

I went to LeWeb in 2006 for the first time, and I have to say I was blown away by what they had managed to put together. If you’ve never been to Le Web, it’s really worth experiencing. And if you have… Well, I probably don’t need to say much more.

This year, maybe you will one of the lucky ones to be invited there, as LeWeb is selecting bloggers, podcasters, and generally “electronic media people” from all over the world to cover the conference.

This selection will be based on:

  • their geographical and linguistic location (ever thought of language as an online “place”?)
  • their readership and influence
  • their motivation and the value they offer the conference by their presence
  • when they made their request (yes, there is an element of first come, first served in the selection).

Selected bloggers will be asked to display a badge on their blog upto the conference date and blog about it at least once before mid-November. They will be listed in an official blogroll on the conference site and will be given a “blogger accreditation” to attend the conference and cover it.

Send an e-mail to [email protected] (I’ll receive it) with Due to the rather large number of people applying, please fill in this form, which will ask you for information like:

  • your name
  • your URL
  • the country you live in
  • the language you will be blogging about LeWeb in
  • your Twitter username if you have one
  • if you’ve attended previous LeWeb conferences, and when
  • why we should invite you 🙂 (we know you’re great and you certainly deserve it, but what does LeWeb get out of the deal?)

Bloggers who are also journalists should apply for a regular press pass at [email protected].

Waiting to hear from you, and looking forward to seeing you at LeWeb in a couple of months!

Bloggy Friday le 3 octobre 2008 [fr]

[en] Bloggy Fridays are an informal meeting of bloggers and other "online" people initiated in Lausanne. In theory, we meet on the first Friday of each month -- but in practice, you're better off pinging me 10 days before to prompt me to organise it! Next meeting: Friday October 3rd.

Nous avons passé une soirée fort sympathique lors du Bloggy Friday de septembre qui a eu lieu Chez Rony: Virginie, David, Richard, Marco et moi-même, ainsi qu’un invité surprise de dernière minute: Lyonel. Comme vous le voyez, on n’était pas assez pour que les timides puissent se noyer dans la masse et espérer passer inaperçus, mais l’avantage avec les petits groupes c’est qu’on fait vite connaissance de toute le monde 🙂

Oh, plus on est de fous, plus on rit — donc on est contents si on est plus que cinq! — mais au fil des ans, je suis venue à accepter que le Bloggy Friday Lausanne ne sera jamais Paris Carnet.

Day 1, Croix des Chaux - Taveyanne - Villars 071 Si vous avez envie de vous joindre à nous, il suffit de mettre un petit mot dans les commentaires ou de vous inscrire sur Facebook. J’insiste, comme toujours: le Bloggy Friday est ouvert à tous (un vague intérêt pour internet et les nouveaux médias est souhaitable, pas besoin d’être blogueur depuis 8 ans), il n’y a pas besoin de connaître les participants (d’ailleurs ils changent tout le temps) ni de me connaître. L’objectif de telles rencontres c’est justement de faire connaissance de personnes du coin avec des intérêts un peu similaires — qu’on les connaisse déjà en ligne, ou par leur blog, ou pas du tout.

Rendez-vous donc le vendredi 3 octobre 2008 à 20h Chez Rony (c’est très sympa)!

Blogging Web 2.0 Expo Europe: une opportunité pour blogueurs [fr]

[en] It's been a while now: Suw Charman-Anderson, Nicole Simon and I have been plotting lately to design "Blogging Web 2.0 Expo Europe", a blogger outreach programme for the famous O'Reilly/TechWeb conference Web 2.0 Expo Europe taking place in Berlin on October 21-23.

Suw has written a great post about the programme we designed:

The way the blogging programme will work is that we’ll ask participants to do these few things between now and 6th October:

  • publish at least 4 Web 2.0 Expo-related blog posts, podcast episodes or videocasts, e.g. announcement of the event, speaker information, speaker interviews, or any other event-related stuff
  • encourage readers, friends, and/or community to register for the event
  • display the Web 2.0 Expo logo on their blog, with a link to the registration page, until the day of the conference

We think that’s pretty easy, but to help you along, we’ll provide participating bloggers with:

  • event badges
  • a 35% discount code to share with readers, colleagues and friends
  • access to information about the event suitable for re-blogging, such as announcements and speaker information/interviews (when possible)

In return, bloggers will get a full conference pass that to either use themselves or give away to readers.

But that’s not all…

Head right over to Strange Attractor to read more about what's going on.

Any European blogger can ask to join the programme. So if you have a tech/business audience (it doesn't have to be huge), get in touch as soon as you can -- particularly if you have a local audience or blog in another language than English!

Cela fait un moment que je complote avec Suw Charman-Anderson et Nicole Simon pour mettre sur pied “Blogging Web 2.0 Expo Europe”. Quelques explications, car même si le nom est merveilleusement bien choisi et très explicite, il y a quand même quelques détails qu’il ne faut pas passer sous silence.

L’idée est de rassembler une communauté de blogueurs européens enthousiastes qui parleront de la conférence et motiveront leurs amis/lecteurs/collègues à s’y inscrire. En échange, ils reçoivent un accès gratuit à la conférence (qui, entre nous soit dit, vaut quelques jolis sous!)

Vous avez certainement déjà entendu parler de la conférence Web 2.0 Expo Europe, co-produite par TechWeb et O’Reilly Media. Mais oui, vous savez! Le fameux “web2.0” qui sature nos ondes, à la base, c’est le nom d’une conférence. Elle est destinée aux web designers, développeurs, product managers, entrepreneurs, investisseurs, marketeurs, consultants et stratèges qui exploitent les opportunités offertes par les technologies du Web 2.0. La conférence aura lieu à Berlin, du 21 au 23 octobre prochain; John Lilly (Mozilla), Martin Varsavsky (FON), et Tariq Krim (NetVibes) font partie des orateurs principaux.

Web 2.0 Expo Europe 2008

On demandera aux blogueurs prenant part au programme de:

  • publier au moins quatre billets, podcasts ou videocasts au sujet de Web 2.0 Expo Europe (par exemple annonce de la conférence, informations sur les orateurs et l’agenda, interviews d’orateurs, ou toute autre information liée à la conférence) d’ici le 6 octobre.
  • encourager leurs lecteurs, leurs amis et/ou la communauté à prendre part à la conférence Web 2.0 Expo à Berlin
  • afficher le logo de la conférence sur leur blog, ainsi qu’un lien vers la page d’inscription, et ce jusqu’au premier jour de la conférence.

Pas trop compliqué, non? On fournira aux blogueurs:

  • des badges à afficher sur leur blog et à distribuer à leurs lecteurs
  • un code de rabais (discount) de 35% à partager généreusement avec lecteurs et amis
  • accès à de l’information facile à publier, comme des annonces, la biographie des conférenciers et des entretiens avec ces derniers lorsque c’est possible.

En échange de leur participation, les blogueurs recevront gracieusement un passe pour toute la conférence, qu’ils pourront utiliser eux-mêmes ou donner à quelqu’un.

Mais ce n’est pas tout… Les blogueurs qui auront assuré la meilleure promotion (tant en matière d’efforts que de résultats) verront leur passe transformé en “Premier Blogger Pass”, ce qui leur donnera un statut “presse” à la conférence, incluant entre autres accès à la salle de presse et la possibilité d’interviewer les conférenciers en direct. Nous annoncerons les gagnants de ces “Premier Blogger Pass” et confirmerons l’attribution des passes conférence le 7 octobre prochain.

Puisque les code de rabais (discount) sont uniques, nous pourrons savoir combien de personnes chaque blogueur aura référées. Nous venons d’avoir le feu vert pour offrir quelque chose de spécial (et d’excitant) au blogueur qui aura généré le plus d’inscriptions, jusqu’à la fermeture des inscriptions.

Quel genre de blogueurs recherchons-nous pour ce programme? On veut ratisser large, donc on cherche des blogs européens, publiés dans n’importe quelle langue (on veut de la variété, pas juste des blogueurs anglophones basés à Londres), touchant un public qui pourrait être intéressé par la conférence. Donc, que vous soyez un des blogueurs-star de votre niche ou un blog moins connu avec un public réduit mais enthousiaste et qui se jetterait sans autre forme de procès sur le rabais que vous leur offrirez… Prenez contact!

Ce que nous recherchons, c’est de l’enthousiasme, de la passion, et du pouvoir de persuasion. C’est votre capacité à persuader autrui de s’incrire à la conférence qui compte!

Le nombre de places dans le programme est limité, et nous comptons le lancer officiellement dès mardi 9 septembre prochain. Agissez donc vite si vous voulez une place, et on vous le confirmera dès que possible.

On prévoit déjà de vous annoncer quelques ajouts (positifs!) au programme en cours de route, et bien entendu, on est prêtes à prendre en compte votre feedback pour le faire évoluer de façon participative. N’hésitez donc pas.

Je résume:

  • vous avez un blog, un public (quel que soit sa taille) qui pourra être intéressé par Web 2.0 Expo, et l’idée d’une entrée gratuite à la conférence ne vous déplait pas? le programme est pour vous!
  • vous connaissez des blogueurs qui pourraient bien être intéressés par la perspective d’une entrée gratuite et même d’un Premier Blogger Pass pour récompenser leurs efforts à promouvoir la conférence? montrez-leur cet article et mettez-nous en contact!

Bloggy Friday vendredi 5 septembre prochain [en]

[fr] Bloggy Friday in Lausanne next Friday, September 5th. Sign up in the comments!

Un petit mot très rapide (car je suis très à la bourre) pour vous confirmer que le Bloggy Friday de septembre aura bien lieu à Lausanne, dès 20h quelque part au centre-ville chez Rony.

Inscrivez-vous dans les commentaires, créez un event Facebook si vous le voulez bien (je pars offline pour le week-end dans une heure, là), faites passer le mot, Tweetez, bref.

On se voit dans une semaine, je me réjouis!

Présents:

C’est sur Facebook, aussi — merci Raph!

A Brief Update on Going Solo Leeds [en]

[fr] Des nouvelles de Going Solo Leeds (c'est dans moins d'un mois)!

As I’m about to head to the mountains again for a few days (back Wednesday), here’s a brief update on Going Solo Leeds, which is taking place in less than a month (September 12th).

Did I forget anything?