Archive for May, 2009

Thanks to everyone who came along to the London Bloggers Meetup on Tuesday, what a fantastic evening. I really found Floyd Smith’s talk about using your blog as a basis for writing a book fascinating and there were certainly a few ideas for any aspiring author to pick up on. Funny that one of our LBM regulars had just sealed a book deal based on his blog content, so the timing was just right. You can see Floyd’s slides below if you want to refer back and of course feel free to embed on your blog.

In any case, one thing’s for sure, I want to get to know everyone’s blogs a little better and to become a little better connected both on and off line. So what better way than to do that than with a game of blog tag. Thanks by the way to Farhan for this fantastic idea!

Once again we had a another fantastic London Bloggers Meetup last week. A huge thanks to the crew from Fashion Targets Breast Cancer for supporting our event and helping to make it a smashing evening. The FTBC campaign is truly supporting a worthy cause and it was great to see how and why they are using online communications to reach out to their target audiences. I found the talk really interesting but I was also really pleased to see so many of you walk away with a prize. Of course, the big prize of £100 worth of Marks & Spencer vouchers was won by Derry who I think was going to buy some lingerie or maybe hit the food hall… For those who need a refresher, here’s the question again and Derry’s winning entry..: Why should charities use online communications to support their cause? I think a well-known quote by the cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead can be applied to both charities and to online groups such as bloggers. It reads: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” It is a given that charities engage […]