EatDrinkTweet and Workshop Discounts

Eat Drink Tweet REGISTER

Hey all, I’m overfed, overwatered, and overwined (as is only right at a kickass social media conference in the heart of wine country called EatDrinkTweet) but wanted to put up a quick note for attendees of the conference.

First of all, a big thanks to Allison Markin of All She Wrote for putting together one of the smoothest-running conferences I’ve ever spoken at. I know as the organizer it never feels like that, but this really was a glitch-free experience for the presenters. I look forward to the continuing success of this sure-to-become-regular event!

Until Friday, I am offering all attendees of EatDrinkTweet registration in my workshops at the 2009 price instead of the 2011 price: that’s a discount of about 25% on all workshops. I did the same when I spoke at WordCamp Victoria, and it seems the least I can do for the Okanagan as well. Some of my workshops are online, and some are in-person, taught in downtown Vancouver.

Here’s the schedule; to register, email bloggingclasses at gmail dot com and pay securely via the Paypal button on the top right-hand side of this blog.

Social Media for Beginners: starts Tuesday, April 5 at 6pm. Ten weeks, 90 minutes per week, and YES there is homework. This is an extremely solid course to take you from zero to relatively sophisticated social media user, and covers blogging, Twitter, Facebook (personal profiles and pages), LinkedIn, and many other platforms and apps such as Zemanta.

This course is regularly $400 but for attendees of EatDrinkTweet it’s only $300 for the full ten-week workshop series.

Blogging and Social Media for Writers: starts Wednesday, April 6 at 6pm. Ten weeks, 90 minutes per week, and YES there is homework: each week there’s a writing homework assignment and a social media homework assignment. Covers much of the same material as Social Media for Beginners, but with a focus on blogging and connecting with the publishing industry.

This course is regularly $400 but for attendees of EatDrinkTweet it’s only $300 for the full ten-week workshop series.

Social Media for Business 101: in-person Thursday, April 7 from 9-5pm. (also taught online for eight weeks, beginning 7pm, Thursday April 7) This course will cover the essential platforms for a business, including walking you through building and optimizing a blog, Twitter account, and Facebook page, as well as basic strategy, legalities, and marketing.

This course is regularly $400 but for attendees of EatDrinkTweet it’s only $300 for the full ten-week workshop series or full day workshop.

Social Media Strategies and Tools for Business 202: in-person Thursday, April 14th from 9-5 pm. Also taught online for eight weeks, by special arrangement. This course builds on the 101 workshop and provides a solid, case-based backgrounder in the effective use of social media to accomplish business goals and demonstrate ROI. In the words of one blogger, your ROI is that your business exists in five years.

This course is regularly $400 but for attendees of EatDrinkTweet it’s only $300 for the full ten-week workshop series or full day workshop

Social Media for Non-Profits 101: in-person Wednesday, April 6 from 9-5pm. Also available online by special arrangement only. Co-Taught with Wesley Reagan of Building Opportunities with Business and Techvibes.com. This hands-on workshop (bring your laptop) covers basic strategy for outreach, awareness, fundraising, and engagement, as well as walking you through building and optimizing an organizational website, Twitter account, and Facebook page.

This course is regularly $400 but for attendees of EatDrinkTweet it’s only $300 for the full ten-week workshop series or full day workshop.

Advanced Social Media Strategies and Tools for Non-Profits: in-person Wednesday, April 13 from 9-5pm. Also available online by special arrangement. Co-Taught with Wesley Reagan of Building Opportunities with Business and Techvibes.com. This workshop delves deeply into case-based studies of effective social media strategies for the unique world of the nonprofit group. You will leave with a rich and deep understanding of the ways in which interaction on social media can not only help your organization achieve its goals, but also help it formulate appropriate, achievable, and ambitious goals in the first place.

This course is regularly $400 but for attendees of EatDrinkTweet it’s only $300 for the full ten-week workshop series or full day workshop.

Our list of four-hour, single-platform courses and two-hour, lecture style topics such as Social Media Jobhunting, is coming soon. Four hour courses are regularly $200 and two hour lectures are regularly $100: both will be 25% off for attendees of EatDrinkTweet. See our Workshops page for a list, and email bloggingclasses at gmail dot com to let us know which of them catches your fancy: since they haven’t been scheduled yet, we can work around the first person/organization to register for them!