St. Louis Bloggers Guild

NEW INFORMATION REGARDING TWEETUPS!  READ ON!

With just a few days left until this year’s Interactive Festival, I thought it would be a good idea to let everyone know exactly who and what they will be hearing on Saturday.

In addition to the breakout sessions, we also have three different areas of the building set aside and designated for Tweetups.  This will allow you the chance to meet fellow tweeters as well as further your networking.  Score! 

I’ve already told you that we have an exciting line up of panelists; so who are they? Every day this week I will feature one or two of the panels, giving you a brief overview and introducing you to the speakers listed on that panel.

The Basics of Using Video and Audio on Your Site

This is a panel for anyone interested in showcasing their web video, podcasting, or just uploading home videos to their blog. We’ll get into the basics and how to of setting up a web video show or podcast, what equipment is best to use, how to actually get the media onto your website, and much more. We will also provide some help troubleshooting for those who may be having issues with their current systems. This will be an audience driven panel, so come prepared with questions that we’ll be happy to answer.

Mike Wilkerson – Podcast Host and Entertainment Critic:  Mike is one of many 2GuysTalking. Mike creates opportunities for new podcasts via The 2GuysTalking Podcast Network. Mike also writes professionally for a growing number of websites online and is a graphic designer by trade.

Dana Loesch:  Dana blogs at DanaRadio and Mamalogues and hosts her own radio show, The Dana Show, on KFTK 97.1 FM Talk. She was named the Riverfront Times Best Columnist of 2007 and she was selected as one of St. Louis’s “30 Under 30″ by the St. Louis Business Journal in 2008. In May 2009 she was named as one of the top 16 most powerful moms online by Neilsen. Dana is a contributing editor at Blogher, writes for Biggovernment.com, and vlogs for Momversation.

Chris Files: Chris is a video producer for Bonneville Media where he oversees video content for three radio stations (101ESPN, WIL, and The Arch,) as well as ToastedRav.com. In this capacity, Chris wears every production hat available, including shooting, hosting, and editing. Prior to this, Chris worked as a reporter and producer for ABC and PBS stations in Florida. He maintains his own sites as well, christopherfiles.com and thefilesfiles.com and is an avid goat herder.

Louis Kwok:  Louis hosts the Kwok Talk podcast, which has been providing pop culture reviews and perspectives since mid-2005. When not holed away in a room with a microphone, he enjoys the company of his wife and dog Piper.

Chris Benson:  Chris is an accomplished director of photography with over 13 years of experience shooting commercials, music videos and feature films.  His credits include commercials for Budweiser, Rams, HP, Busch Gardens, and The Cardinals, and the feature films Ghost Image, Showdown at Area 51 and Ligeia. He has also shot music videos for such artists as Murphy Lee, Nelly, and Yo Gotti to name a few.

Technology in Space and Beyond: A Roundtable Discussion

This discussion will revolve around the new and emerging tools in communication and development. In particular, you will discuss Google Wave – the newest communication/social networking/sharing tool. You will also learn more about Adobe Air as a development platform – what’s good, what’s bad, what’s available. And finally, Cloud Computing – the pros and cons of having your life out there in the ether. This is a roundtable, so the depth and breadth of the is discussion is up to you!

Ben Vierck:  A month after last years St. Louis Interactive, Ben launched his second startup. Thanks in part to its social media strategy the company and it’s products are well known and supported in their target market and it employs 3 people locally. Ben was the founder of several popular social media sites including stlbloggers, bloghorn, and mortalblog.

Michelle Moore: Michelle started working with technology in the mid-1990’s, right around the time it became popular to have a home computer. 15 years ago she took her passion for all things computer related and turned that into a full time technology consulting firm for small business. Michelle’s company, Small Business Office Solutions, provides full service consulting-from Administration to Web Design and everything in between.

Come back tomorrow for information on more of the breakout sessions and speakers lined up for this Saturday’s Interactive.

The conference runs from 9:00-4:00 at Shock City Studios with breakfast and lunch provided. Tickets are FREE, but you must register in advance.  If you haven’t yet registered for tickets you can do so here.

You can also read about more of the panels and speakers here and here.