Please forward this information to anyone you think would be interested. WIVLA meetings are open to the public. No charge to attend. Blogging is an easy, even free, way to get a web presence.
A Blogging Panel
Event:
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - WIVLA General Membership Meeting
Program: A Blogging Panel: Joyce Boatright (
http://commons.chron.com/jb1964), Lane Devereux (
www.lanedev.blogspot.com) and Stevie Ballow (
http://ararething.blogspot.com)
WIVLA Bloggers Stevie Ballow, Joyce Boatright and Lane Devereux, will share their experiences blogging and tell us how to set up our own blogs at the March meeting. See what these bloggers are writing before you come to the meeting in March. Read Lane's provocative article "Angel in the House" at
www.lanedev.com. Open Stevie's site
www.ararething.com and see how she is using it for her business and to support others. Joyce has interesting writer prompts at
http://commons.chron.com/jb1964.
Bloggers are making news. Recently, political blogger Joshua Micah Marshall won a George Polk Award. As the first blogger to receive the Polk (
www.talkingpointsmemo.com) his blog was elevated to the mainstream of media reporting. This blog has a remarkable 750,000 visitors each month and certainly changes the thought of blogging as "just among friends."
Date: Tuesday March 18, 2008, at 6:00 P.M.
Location: Museum of Printing History (713-522-4652)
1324 West Clay St. Houston, TX 77019 Guests are welcome.
The purpose of WIVLA is to offer a stimulating and inspiring forum for women to explore and advance the creative process. WIVLA is a dynamic non-profit organization of creative, professional women that offers networking, programs, exhibitions, and readings for all artistic expressions. Monthly meetings are the third Tuesday of each month at the Museum of Printing History. For information about WIVLA, call 713-684-6548 or check our website at
www.wivla.org.
You can always see the upcoming WIVLA events at
http://www.wivla.org/calendar.htm