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Announcing the ‘Lounge Sessions’ at #PBEVENT 2013

July 25, 2013 By


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This year at #PBEVENT we’re adding a new type of session that we’ve never run before at previous events. They’re called the ‘Lounge Sessions’.

My goal with the content at PBEVENT is that we want attendees to hear speakers who ‘Inspire‘, ‘Inform‘ and ‘Interact‘.

In previous years we’ve definitely majored on the ‘Inspire’ and ‘Inform’ end of the spectrum and have moved more and more to single speaker sessions where speakers are encouraged to go deep into a topic and teach and train attendees. Our goal with these sessions is to present so much information that you leave with a head full of new knowledge and ideas.

However in taking this approach we’re also aware that some attendees were missing out on the chance to ‘interact’ with speakers as much as they’d have liked as many times speakers in these sessions have so much great information to share that there isn’t a heap of time for Q&A.

While most of our speakers hang around for the full conference and are very accessible we began to wonder if we could set up a space at our event where speakers could be available to chat, answer questions and workshop with attendees on issues that are a little more ‘nichey’ than we can talk about in larger audiences.

The idea for ‘Lounge Sessions’ emerged.

Here’s what is going to happen

To open and close each day at PBEVENT we will be holding keynote sessions in the main room where all attendees will be in the one room listening to a speaker explore a topic.

Outside of these 4 keynote times we will be running 3 sessions at the same time in 3 parts of our venue.

2 of these sessions will be our normal teaching/training sessions but upstairs there will also be a lounge area where we’ll always have a ‘Lounge Session’ running.

Each of the 9 lounge sessions over the conference will have a nominated topic and a speaker/presenter/moderator (or sometimes 2-3 speakers) that will be there to interact with and to help explore the topic. Speakers will come prepared to talk for a few minutes on the chosen topic but the main focus of the sessions will be for those attending to ask questions, share stories and help to explore the topic.

Session leaders will be a mix of speakers from other sessions as well as attendees that we’ve invited to share their experience.

We expect that these lounge sessions will be smallish in terms of attendee numbers (although we may be surprised) and that they’ll hopefully give opportunity for some more informal, intimate and relaxed interactions between attendees and speakers.

I hope that this helps to keep some of the ‘intimacy’ of our previous events even though we’ve grown to over 400 attendees this year.

Of course outside of the lounge sessions there will always be two other ‘training’ sessions running for you to choose from.

Note: we do not plan for these sessions to be recorded or make up a part of the virtual ticket. All of the other 20+ sessions will be recorded.

The Lounge Sessions Are…

We’ve attempted to choose lounge session topics that cover a range of topics and experience levels relevant to bloggers. Here’s what we’ve pulled together:

Day 1:

  • Launching Your Freelance Writing Career – Informal Q & A session focusing on using a blog to launch your freelance writing career. Opportunity to talk with Valerie Khoo and Kelly Exeter. Bring along your questions and get ready to learn from the experts as well as attendees.
  • Monetisation – Where to start? – Informal Q & A session focusing on how to begin monetising your blog. Opportunity to talk with Tsh Oxenreider and Darren Rowse. Bring along your questions and get ready to learn from the experts as well as attendees.
  • Blogging and Creativity – Informal Q & A session focusing on how you can blend blogging and your creativity. Opportunity to talk with Pip Lincolne and Jess Van Den. Bring along your questions and get ready to learn from the experts as well as attendees.
  • Launching your speaking career – Informal Q & A session focusing on using a blog to launch your yourself onto the speaking circuit. Opportunity to talk with Yvonee Adele and Trevor Young. Bring along your questions and get ready to learn from the experts as well as attendees.
  • Blogging for community – Informal Q & A session focusing on using your blog for the greater good of your local and broader community. Opportunity to talk with Joy Toose, Emma Stirling and Renee Bugg. Bring along your questions and get ready to learn from the experts as well as attendees.

Day 2:

  • Personal Blogging and Monetisation – Informal Q & A session focusing on the issues around monetising a personal blog . Opportunity to talk with Karen Andrews and Clint Greagan. Bring along your questions and get ready to learn from the experts as well as attendees.
  • Creating your own products – Informal Q & A session focusing on product creation. Opportunity to talk with Shayne Tilley and Ed Dale. Bring along your questions and get ready to learn from the experts as well as attendees.
  • DIY PR to grow your blog and your brand – Informal Q & A session on how you can do your own PR. Opportunity to talk with Lorraine Murphy, Bec Derrington and Catriona Pollard. Bring along your questions and get ready to learn from the experts as well as attendees.
  • Growing your social media networks – Informal Q & A session on strategies for social media network growth. Opportunity to talk with Trey Ratcliff, Amy Porterfield and Chantelle Ellem. Bring along your questions and get ready to learn from the experts as well as attendees.

You’re welcome to use these sessions in any way that you wish. You might break up the more intense training by popping into one of these in the middle of the day to rest your mind a little or you may prefer to stay in the lounge all conference and have a more interactive experience.

Remember – these lounge sessions are purely optional and in addition to the other 20 sessions that we’ll have running over the two days. There will be plenty of sessions to choose from!

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