Time waits for no blogger. There are only 3 1/2 weeks left before the most exciting blogging event to hit the shores of South Africa. I cannot believe that it is so close now...........and I still have soooo much to do!! Stress, nerves, knotted neck and shoulders and rescue remedy are my constant companions....this has to be the biggest challenge in my life since...well, since sliced bread :o)
Here again is a reminder to all food bloggers and those readers and lurkers on the blogs who might be interested in starting up their own blogs
Date: Sunday 21 March 2010
Time: 9.30 for 10am - 5pm
Venue: The Giggling Gourmet Cooks Playground - just opened at 32 Napier Street opposite the new Cape Quarter.
A buffet style lunch will be served by the Giggling Gourmet team
Keynote Speaker - Jeanne Horak-Druiff from the award winning blog Cooksister
Other speakers - the delightful and talented Nina Timm from My Easy Cooking Jane-Anne Hobbs, otherwise known as Juno, professional book editor, sub-editor and writer of 20 years experience and author of the fabulous blog Scrumptious SA and Sam Wilson Editor in Chief of Women24, Food24 and Parent24.
Cost - R430.00 (including a goodie bag but excluding travel or accommodation expenses)
The venue can accommodate 100 delegates so please book urgently if you don't want to miss out on the blogging event of the year :o)
Here is the day's agenda - to whet your appetite if you have not yet decided that this is for you:
09.30 - 10.00: Registration and Champagne/Orange Juice
10.00 - 10.15: Welcome & Introduction by Giggling Gourmet Jenny Morris
10.15 - 11.15: WRITING - 'Finding your Blog Voice' by Jeanne Horak-Druiff and 'Effective Recipe Writing & Editorial Techniques' by Jane-Anne Hobbs
11.15 - 11.45: 'Getting to know your camera' by Nina Timm
11.45 - 12.00: Short Coffee Break
12.00 - 12.45: 'How to be a better Blogger' by Jeanne Horak-Druiff
12.45 - 13.30: Lunch Break
13.30 - 14.15: 'Social Networking - Getting Connected' by Sam Wilson
14.15 - 15.00: 'Food Styling' by Nina Timm
15.00 - 15.15: Short Tea/Coffee Break
15.15 - 16.00: 'The Legalities & Ethics of Blogging' by Jeanne Horak-Druiff
16.00 - 16.30: 'Monetizing Your Blog - how to make money from blogging' by Nina Timm
16.30 - 17.00: Questions & Answers with all the speakers
And if that is not enough to attract you ..............
* Each delegate will receive a goodie bag stuffed with exciting foodie lovers goodies!!!
* We will be having some grand prizes to hand out to some lucky bloggers. I have a few secrets up my sleeve but this one I have already shared with you all.....
A course from the divine chocolatiers for two to attend any of their amazing chocolate workshops at
The Chocolate Studio
So do yourself a favour - email me your personal and contact details here as soon as possible. I need to know who is coming so I can book your seats before I go away from 8th to 15th March to a wedding in the Eastern Cape.
I require real name (for name badges) blog name, email address and cell numbers. In return I will email you the banking details for EFT payments to secure your seat.
If you have already given me the above I will contact you via email soon.
I am still looking for some major companies to come on board with financial sponsorship. This is so that there can be a future for the SA FOOD BLOGGERS CONFERENCE and the chance to take it to other cities. If any of you have any contacts that could help me in this I would so value an email from you giving me details. Thank you so much.
Lastly, if you know of any food or wine bloggers who would be interested to find out about this conference please either let me know or give me their blogs names and I will go and find them and invite them. I have been doing a lot of that but it is very time consuming work trawling the net for bloggers. Most times I just get sooooo waylaid by all the fabulous looking food that I see out there LOL!! There are a lot of beautiful blogs to get lost in.
Looking forward to hearing from you all. The speakers are all excited and working on their presentations and I personally cannot wait to get educated on blogging :o)
Better for you than Champagne & Botox :o)
Colleen xx
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