Tips for conference bloggers

With conference season coming (but you didn't think it had its own season), it's time to remember this document, Tips for Conference Bloggers." This is a short (six-page) document with valuable tips on how to blog a conference. Some key tips:

• Do some upfront preparation, e.g., locating any speaker bios and photos, finding sessions descriptions or other known information.
• Don't feel that you must capture every word. "Sometimes even just three key points will do, as long as they capture the relevant parts of the speech or of your analysis."
• Consider your posts to be work in progress. Enhance them after the conference -- make additions and corrections, if necessary.
  

The authors advocate live blogging, but that is not always possible. In fact, depending on your style, you may find that having time to sift through your notes after a conference session will yield a better focused blog post.

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