Blog Hui 2006

Topics covered in Papers, Posters, or Presentations could include:
• Case studies of local experiences in implementing blogging technologies
• Blogitics – blogging as a political tool – activism online
• Blogging the arts: Web 2.0 independent music publishing, photographers, and artists
• Personal blogs and portals
• Blogging with a conscience – blogging to make a difference
• Portfolio blogging – promoting, presenting, and protecting your creativity
• Developing blog-based teaching materials, resources and techniques
• Fear and loathing in the long tail – managing your public life online
• Blog writing style
• Collaborative blogging
• Making money with your blog
• Desk top blogging – fine publishing from home
• Building your community and traffic, connecting with your tribe in the blogosphere
• Blogging on the intranet – blogging in the office
• Traditional PR, marketing and the “blogosphere”
• Theoretical and conceptual reviews, technical reviews
• Social networking tools, blogging tools, aggregation and technology: RSS, XML, podcasting and video blogging

Papers represent the basis of a presentation at Blog Hui. They need to contain substantial content which relates to the theme ‘Activate’. Papers will be peer reviewed and will be made available to all participants at Blog Hui.

Posters provide an opportunity for feedback on work in progress, for pilot studies, small scale exploratory projects, reports on highly specialised topics, brief studies on recent new developments with evaluation in progress, and similar. In the spirit of interactive communication, hui participants will be invited to give feedback on the posters. Posters with comments will be returned by snail-mail after the hui. If you do not wish to receive comments on your poster please don’t send it in.

Papers:
Step 1:
Send an abstract of a maximum 200 words to the Blog Hui Papers Review Team – (papers@bloghui.org) no later than January 31, 2006. That’s a deadline. Earlier is better.

Step 2:
If your paper is accepted by the Blog Hui Papers Review Team they will confirm no later than February 10, 2006.

Step 3:
Email (papers@bloghui.org) your paper – (note: 5,000 words maximum) no later than February 28, 2006. That’s a deadline. Earlier is better. Please supply your document formatted compliant with the document specifications (see below). Papers will be incorporated into a CD of the hui proceedings, which will be available to participants.

Step 4:
Prepare your presentation. If your paper is accepted you will have a strictly limited time for your presentation. A PC with PowerPoint, net access, and a data projector is available at the venue. Please speak to your paper; please don’t just read it out – a) that’s just plain boring and b) hui participants can read it themselves off the cd.

Posters:
Step 1:
Send an abstract or outline of a maximum 200 words to the Blog Hui Papers Review Team – (papers@bloghui.org) no later than January 31, 2006. That’s a deadline. Earlier is better.

Step 2:
If your poster is accepted by the Blog Hui Papers Review Team they will confirm no later than February 10, 2006.

Step 3:
Email (papers@bloghui.org) your poster no later than March 8, 2006. That’s a deadline. Earlier is better. Please supply your document formatted compliant with the document specifications (see below). Posters will be incorporated into a CD of the hui proceedings, which will be available to participants.

Document Specifications:
Papers:
Papers may be submitted by a team of researchers. Please ensure the details of all authors are fully documented.

Papers must not exceed 5,000 words. Body text 10 point Times or Times New Roman, headline text Arial or Helvetica bold, single spaced with 25 mm margins all round, and including full contact and affiliation details for all authors, all tables, diagrams, figures and screen shots in their desired positions, a 200 word abstract, and all references (in APA compliant format).

The document can be saved in .doc, .rtf, .txt, .html, or .pdf formats. Please use standard fonts. If you are sending an .html document ensure it is a standalone file that does not need to access external style sheets or image files. Clickable hyperlinks are acceptable.

If you wish to incorporate images please use .doc, .rtf, or .pdf formats.

The papers should use APA referencing. A quick guide to APA Reference Style is available at Waikato University.

Your name and contact details should be included at the top of the document.

Presentations:
You are very strongly urged to allocate at least one half of the time to interactive discussion. It is suggested you should allow not more than about 1,600 words for a ten minute presentation. That’s about three words per second less 10%. Please don’t attempt to read your paper.

If you are using PowerPoint or other presentation software it is suggested you bring your presentation files on cd or memory stick. Please trial your presentation on a different computer before your presentation to ensure it works as it should.

Posters:
Posters will be printed out using as a standard, A3 black laser print and continuously displayed during the conference.

The document can be saved in .doc, .rtf, .pdf, .jpg, or .ppt formats. Please use standard fonts. The poster should fit on an A3 page, allowing 25mm margins on all sides. This is an opportunity to be as creative as you wish, please feel free to use images copyright free, or are in the public domain.

If the poster file is corrupt or fails to print we will be unable to repair the file. The printing will be done from a pc, if you are using a mac, please supply files able to be read by a pc and be aware there can be variation in the way fonts are displayed.

Posters should use APA referencing. A quick guide to APA Reference Style is available at Waikato University.

Your name and contact (including your postal) details must be clearly included at the bottom right-hand corner of the document. Hui participants will be invited to give feedback on the posters. Posters with comments will be returned by snail-mail after the hui. In the spirit of interactive communication, if you do not wish to receive comments on your poster please don’t send it in.