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BlogathonATX returns for round three on Saturday
Photos provided by Ilene Haddad
For the third time, Austin bloggers and web tech experts will gather to write, learn and share at BlogathonATX.
Graphic designer Ilene Haddad organized the first one last August and held a second one in January.
This time out, the event has doubled in size. 100 tickets have been sold and the 12-hour event, to be held Saturday, will focus on creating and improving blogs. It’ll be a mix of discussion sessions, tech support, food and a dinner/happy hour in the evening.
While the event is sold out, it’s still possible to participate by reading blog entries posted on the Blogathon site or to check out the live stream (see info below).
Haddad, who again expects not to get much writing done herself (she jokes that she continues to defeat the event’s original purpose, which was to produce blog entries), she’s excited that the blog event’s success hasn’t been a fluke and that it continues to grow.
This Blogathon is being held at Link Coworking on W. Anderson Lane to accommodate more people.
Four discussion leaders will be on hand to answer questions and get attendees talking: Talmadge Boyd will discuss video blogging, Amanda Quraishi will talk about content development, Summer Huggins will lead a talk on business versus personal blogging and another talk will be led by a tech support crew to answer questions about web design, development and mobile apps.
Austin Free-Net is a partner on the event.
And good news for anyone interested who didn’t get tickets: the event will be live-streamed on Ustream. You can check out the stream there or just view it in the embedded video below when it airs.
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