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JUNE 19 & 20 | 2015 | AUSTIN, TEXAS

cover 8th Annual Blogging While Brown Conference June 19-20, 2015 Austin, TX

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8th Annual

Conference

June 19-20 | 2015 | Austin, Texas Blogging While Brown Leadership Team

Gina McCauley

Founder and Programming Director

Joi Gamble

Director of Brand Partnerships

Yolonda Spinks

Director of Digital Media

Shalon Evans

Director of Onsite Operations

Virginia Cumberbatch & The Hux Storyhouse Publicist

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Friday | June 19 8:30-9AM Registration Meeting Room X

Palmer Events Center Meeting Rooms 1-5

9-9:45AM

Opening Remarks

Meeting Room X

Gina McCauley | Founder of Blogging While Brown Joi Gamble | Director of Brand Partnerships

9:45-10:45AM Advanced Search Engine Optimization Meeting Room X and Content partnerships

Claudio E. Cabrera | CBS Local

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Cultivating a Strong Visual Identity

Meeting Room X

Candace Queen | Harris Hall Brand Initiative

11:45AM Remarks Meeting Room X

Elisa Camahort Page | SR. VP COMMUNITY CONTENT & EVENT, SheKnows Media

SPONSORED BY:

12-1PM Meeting Room X

Lunch Panel From Niche to Mainstream: Why Your Blog Matters PANELISTS:

Michelle Breyer | President and Co-Founder, NaturallyCurly.com Nikki Johnson | Email Marketing Manager, NaturallyCurly.com Evelyn Ngugi | Social Media Manager, NaturallyCurly.com Kami Smith | Integrated Media Account Manager, NaturallyCurly.com

MODERATOR:

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Cristina Cleveland | Senior Content Editor for NaturallyCurly and contributing writer at Camille Styles bloggingwhilebrown.com

1:15- 2PM Meeting Room X

2:15-3:15PM

Podcasting For ProfitsHow to Create a Podcast That Benefits Your Brand Brandy Butler | brandybutleronline.com

Blogger Rights

Meeting Room X

Kit Walsh | Electronic Frontier Foundation, eff.org

3:30- 5PM Meeting Room X

Let’s Create That Course!: The 6 Essential Steps to Go From None to Done

5-5:30PM

Closing Remarks / Meeting Room X

6-8PM

Opening Party + Happy Hour / Meeting Room X

8PM

Excursions- Explore Austin!

Jennifer Kennedy | TeachGoodStuff.com

Saturday, June 20, 2015 6:45-8AM

Wellness Walk SPONSORED BY:

8-9AM Registration

9-9:30AM

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Opening Remarks

Speaker, Speaker Info

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9:30-10:30AM

Conference Keynote­­­— The Million Dollar Blog Formula

Ronnie and Lamar Tyler | BlackandMarriedwithKids.com

10:45 -11:45AM Breakout 1: Blogging 101 Super-Session

Arsha Jones and Bernetta Knighten | Speaker Info

Breakout 2: You've Recorded Your Video Blog Now What?

Chip Dizard | ChipDizard.com

11:45AM -1PM Lunch and Blogging 101 Super-Session Con't.

1-2PM

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Breakout 3:The Art of Storytelling

Oneika Raymond | Oneika-the-Traveller.com

Breakout 4: Keeping Austin Wired, 3 Austinites Impacting the National Blogging Landscape

PANELISTS:

Nikisha Brunson | UrbanBushBabes / Pineapple Life Mando Rayo | Taco Journalism / Mando Rayo Collective Joah Spearman | Localeur Terry Pierre | The Austin Socialite

MODERATOR:

Evelyn Ngugi | Host of NaturallyCurly's #CurlBoss & Evelyn From the Internets / Founder of AustinWhileBlack

2:15-3PM

Breakout 5: TV, to Radio, to HuffPo Live: How to Take Your Online Message to Other Mediums

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Danyelle Little | TheCubicleChick.com

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Breakout 6: Blog Lockdown— Technology Tips To Keep Your Blog Secure

3-3:45PM

Breakout 7: How to Get Booked for TV and Radio

Terrance Gaines | BrothaTech.com

Jacque Reid | SingleAndFAB.com and the Tom Joyner Morning Show

Breakout 8: Online Activism— Opportunity or Obligation?

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Closing Session

Howard Franklin | InfluenceFactory.com

4:45-7PM Break 7- 10PM

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Black Weblog Awards Winners Ceremony & Blogger Prom

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Conference Speakers

Michelle Breyer

Nikisha Brunson

Brandy Butler

Claudio Cabrera

@naturallycurly

@UrbanBushBabes

@iambrandybutler

@cecabrera21

Cristina Cleveland

Chip Dizard

Howard Franklin

Terrance Gaines

@FUJIFILES

@chipdizard

@iruncampaigns

@BrothaTech

Nikki Johnson

Arsha Jones

Jennifer Kennedy

Bernetta Knighten

@NChanel

@arshajones

@teachgoodstuff

@BernettaStyle

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Danyelle Little

Evelyn Ngugi

Terry Pierre

Candace Queen

@TheCubicleChick

@EVEEEEEZY

@TASocialite

@Candace_D_Queen

Diana Ramsey

Oneika Raymond

Mando Rayo

Jacque Reid

@SisWithBeauty

@oneikatraveller

@MRCollectivos

@jacquereid

Kami Smith

Joah Spearman

Lamar & Ronnie Tyler

Kit Walsh

@chocolateymix

@joahspearman

@blackandmarried

@neurokit

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A big THANK YOU to all our wonderful sponsors.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

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