Working with Blogs - Research Communication Workshop
Download as PPT, PDF1 like719 views
The document provides a definition of a blog and its uses, highlighting that it is a website with entries displayed in reverse chronological order, with the ability for reader interaction. It mentions various examples of blogs and outlines reasons for using them, such as sharing content and communicating quickly. It also offers guidance on publishing, managing content, and engaging with the audience.
Working with Blogs - Research Communication Workshop
- 1. Nairobi, 5 July 2010 Working with blogs
- 2. Definition “ A blog (or web log ) is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.” Source: Wikipedia
- 3. Some examples Global Voices Online - http://globalvoicesonline.org/ ODI Blog - http://blogs.odi.org.uk/blogs/main/ Ideas 4 Development - http://www.ideas4development.org/en/ Whither EC Aid? - http://weca-ecaid.eu/ Europafrica - http://europafrica.org/ More: http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/07/02/from-a-z-to-organization20-b-blogging-examples-and-success-factors/
- 4. http://ateliermaputo2010.blogspot.com/ http:// www.pambazuka.org /en/ ILRI blogs http:// zeleza.com / ICRAF ssrc.org/blog maneno
- 5. Why using a blog? Open content Ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format Combining text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages , and other topic related media related Sharing ‘news’, stories and opinions Communicate quickly One story, many formats
- 6. Blog
- 7. Email
- 8. Newsreader
- 9. Website
- 10. Pdf newsletter
- 11. Login
- 12. Accounts pctrain01 – passw0rd pctrain02 – passw0rd pctrain03 …08 – passw0rd
- 13. Start publishing
- 14. Finding blogs Google blog search – http://blogsearch.google.com / Technorati - http://technorati.com/ Blog aggregators Global Voices - http:// globalvoicesonline.org / Afrigator - http://afrigator.com/
- 15. Posting Create a new post With title, text, images and video Editing existing posts Choose from the list Manage comments Moderate and edit incoming comments
- 16. How you blog Decide on type of content and what topics you want to post about Think about who you want to write for Assign time and responsibilities for creating quality content Create linkrolls (lists of your favorite links) and tagrolls (links of your most commonly used keywords). Make sure your blog is on local or thematic blog directories Use RSS feeds Create a readership Source: iMark - Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development
- 17. Nairobi, 5 July 2010 Working with blogs