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WHY
BLOG?
      Emily Carson
emily.carson@gmail.com
Presentation Goals
•   A deeper understanding of why people blog
•   Tools to build & maintain a blog
•   My personal blogging experiences
•   Time to reflect & connect with one another
•   Earn a blogging merit badge
Personal Background
•   Blogger
•   Pastor
•   Columnist
•   Goofball
•   Shutterbug
•   Life Explorer
WEB LOG
= BLOG
What is a blog?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pW
  XjXI
Collaboration
    Time
Blogging Motivation
Great                                      Not so great
You like writing                                 You want to get famous

You have a hobby you’d like to share about       You want a book deal

Community platform                               To get tons of online
                                                 traffic
Creative outlet
                                                 To get online comments
Opportunity to connect with strangers,
family members, friends

Online record of your life/church life/family life
Tools to Use
• Platform
  – Blogger
  – Wordpress
  – Google Sites
• PicMonkey: http://www.picmonkey.com
• Flickr
• “No One Cares What You Had For Lunch” by
  Margaret Mason
Blogging Tools
      &
   Personal
 Reflections
Authenticity
The Vulnerability
     Scale

“What makes you vulnerable makes you
      beautiful.” - Brene Brown
Effort Level
                       Sample

 3

2.5

 2

1.5                              Sample

 1

0.5

 0
      Small   Medium     Large
Regular Updates
Tools Worksheet
My Personal Blog
http://www.theladypastor.com
Background
•   Started in 2008, seminary diary
•   Story behind “The Lady Pastor”
•   Self-taught…. The learn as I go model
•   Daily
•   Started very personal and has become less-so
•   Always experimenting
•   Creative outlet
Blogs I Love
•   Kendi Everyday
•   Iowa Girl Eats
•   David Lose: In the Meantime
•   Cake Wrecks
•   A Creative Mint
•   Eat Live Run
Let’s Try It!
• If I Had a Blog guide
Questions &
Reflection Time
From
   “The
Flourishing
  Abode”

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Why Blog?

  • 1. WHY BLOG? Emily Carson emily.carson@gmail.com
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  • 3. Presentation Goals • A deeper understanding of why people blog • Tools to build & maintain a blog • My personal blogging experiences • Time to reflect & connect with one another • Earn a blogging merit badge
  • 4. Personal Background • Blogger • Pastor • Columnist • Goofball • Shutterbug • Life Explorer
  • 6. What is a blog? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pW XjXI
  • 8. Blogging Motivation Great Not so great You like writing You want to get famous You have a hobby you’d like to share about You want a book deal Community platform To get tons of online traffic Creative outlet To get online comments Opportunity to connect with strangers, family members, friends Online record of your life/church life/family life
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  • 10. Tools to Use • Platform – Blogger – Wordpress – Google Sites • PicMonkey: http://www.picmonkey.com • Flickr • “No One Cares What You Had For Lunch” by Margaret Mason
  • 11. Blogging Tools & Personal Reflections
  • 13. The Vulnerability Scale “What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.” - Brene Brown
  • 14. Effort Level Sample 3 2.5 2 1.5 Sample 1 0.5 0 Small Medium Large
  • 18. Background • Started in 2008, seminary diary • Story behind “The Lady Pastor” • Self-taught…. The learn as I go model • Daily • Started very personal and has become less-so • Always experimenting • Creative outlet
  • 19. Blogs I Love • Kendi Everyday • Iowa Girl Eats • David Lose: In the Meantime • Cake Wrecks • A Creative Mint • Eat Live Run
  • 20. Let’s Try It! • If I Had a Blog guide
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  • 23. From “The Flourishing Abode”

Editor's Notes

  1. 5 min
  2. 5 min
  3. Activity 1: Sharing some blogs people like & what they like about them, Activity 2: “Should I Blog?” sheet – about 20 or 25 total
  4. 5 to 10 min
  5. 10 minutes
  6. Hand out sheet: 5 min
  7. 5 to 10 minutes (story or video)
  8. Story or example; http://donmilleris.com/2011/12/21/the-power-of-vulnerability/
  9. Something to really take seriously!