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Here is a quick reminder:

BlogCamp Delhi is happening on Saturday May 24, 2008. And so is a LinkedIn F2F meet in Hyderabad. Make sure you attend the one closest to you. You may click on the links to know more.

For those attending the LinkedIn meet, here is some good news: Mr. C. Sasikanth of the Habits Lounge, where the event is being held, has offered to host the complete evening and offer complimentary food and beverages. A big thanks to him - sounds like the evening will be fun. Did we hear a burp somewhere?

If you are not aware already, I also publish a blog based on my travels in India called Kunzum. I am on the road most of the time, covering the length and breadth of India creating content for this blog as well as for some planned travelogues. I invite you check out my experiences on Kunzum.com, and even join me on any of my trips. The blog if full of the written word, photographs and videos.

And if you have anecdotes, pictures and videos of the kind I have on Kunzum, I would be happy to consider them for publishing on the blog.

The first ever Blog Camp is being organized in New Delhi by the IBNMS, or the Indian Blog and New Media Society. It is open to all to attend (for free) as well as deliver presentations and talks; it follows the unconference style of Bar Camps.

To know more about the event and to sign up for it, visit the wiki.

Some of the sessions that have been already listed are:

• Beating the Spam on blogosphere- Looking beyond Akismet
• The 4Ps of Marketing Your Blog
• Open Access - What it is and why it is required for scholarly community?
• Corporate Blogging Strategy - Abhishek Kant
• Blog Branding - Turning Blog into Business
• How to monetize a blog effectively? How to enhance earnings from a Blog?
• Setting up a new blog and various tech options

The Indian Blog and New Media Society (IBNMS), in the making for many months, is finally a fully functional body. And is now inviting everyone concerned to take up membership (free) of the same.

The IBNMS is a not-for-profit grouping of all stakeholders in the blog and new media space from India – but open to membership from all over the world. These include those related to blogs, podcasts, internet TV and radio, online news and entertainment, on-demand videos, photosharing, social media, internet art, user generated content, PR 2.0, digital advertising and marketing and more. You could be publisher or consumer of these media to be a member.

The basic idea behind bringing this grouping together is to enable all stakeholders to collaborate and learn from one another, growing together by creating greater relevancy for new media forms and in the process gaining greater visibility to be able to make these publishing platforms more impactful in the Indian and global context.

If interested, visit the IBNMS site and sign up now.

Any LinkedIn members in Hyderabad on May 24, 2008 can be a part of a planned LinkedIn F2F meet. The idea is to meet one another and share ideas and thoughts for bigger meets in the coming months. Here is the info on the same: Continue reading »

If you are keen on participating in LinkedIn F2F meets, or are interested in taking the lead in organizing one, here are the various ways you can keep yourself informed or contact others automatically: Continue reading »

An important discussion at the LinkedIn F2F meet in Delhi on February 23 was how to structure future events to ensure sustained interest amongst members. These were some of the suggestions that came up:

* Why have an agenda? It was natural for many people to ask what specific benefits can be derived from such meets? It was felt by many that having an agenda may just take the fun and surprise elements away; it is when you meet new people will new ideas come up.
* Discover more about each other: Again, why do we need to meet someone only to check out professional benefits? Discover more about each other and build relationships in an informal setting. Other things will follow. Continue reading for some useful tips on structuring F2F events

Here is an opportunity for all of us to put together some really innovative events. Here are some ideas, including those proposed by attendees at the F2F Delhi meet on February 23. You could also read this post on structuring F2F events for some more ideas. Cotinue reading for some interesting ideas

A few pointers onF2F event logistics may be helpful to those planning any. Covered here are the same under the headers of Volunteers, Financials and Communications. Continue reading »

This post first appeared on LinkedInF2F.com, a blog set up to initiate and coordinate LinkedIn Face2Face Meets. But we might run into trademark issues with LinkedIn at some stage, so have moved it to techgazing.com/category/linkedin-face-to-face-meets. Please bookmark this site for information on F2F meets.

The LinkedIn community in India finally had its first (probably) F2F meet in Delhi on February 23, 2008. And was it a success? It rocked, and this is an understatement.

[Click here if you want to view event photos taken by Naina Redhu and Ajay Jain]

For one, the response was overwhelming. We had 54 attendees - and this was more than the number who confirmed. How often does this happen? Continue reading about the learnings from the event