Chamber U Study Abroad: "To blog or not to blog" by Kevin Davis of Bull City Rising (Membership)

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Learn how, when and why to blog from one of Durham's best known bloggers, Kevin Davis, editor of Bull City Rising! 

Here's your chance to meet the man behind Bull City Rising, rated one of the top 5 best blogs in Durham!  You'll learn not just how to blog, but how to blog in Durham!

Are you thinking about starting a blog but not sure how to do it?  Do you have a blog and wonder how to get more readers, attention and buzz?  Or are you a business that gets "blogged about" and you're wondering how to interact with the brave new world of "social media?" 

Kevin Davis, publisher of the Durham news blog Bull City Rising, will give attendees an introduction to blogging, covering:
- What blogs are and how they work
- How you can start a blog (or improve an existing one)
- Tips and ‘gotchas’ for new bloggers
- Interacting with existing blogs and comments

About Kevin Davis:
Born in Orlando, Kevin Davis spent ten years living in Boston, with interim stops in Charlotte, Richmond, Louisville, and Washington D.C., before settling in Durham in 2005. Davis, a former writer/editor and technology columnist for The Harvard Crimson, lives in Trinity Park and works as a university administrator in addition to his after-work duties publishing and writing Bull City Rising. 

Founded in 2006, BCR has joined heraldsun.com and thedurhamnews.com as a source of local, Durham-focused reporting and opinion; it reaches 15,000+ unique readers and serving over 100,000 page impressions per month.

To check out Bull City Rising, go to http://www.bullcityrising.com/

About Chamber U:

Chamber U is a new, innovative initiative of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce designed to address critical topics and to help prepare Chamber members to meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace.  These once-a-week (each Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.) educational opportunities provide members with valuable tools and information they can take back to their businesses and utilize to help them achieve the success they desire. It’s free and open to all Durham Chamber members. 

For more information on the Chamber U program and upcoming speakers, please go to http://www.durhamchamber.org/chamber/programs/ChamberU.html  If you would like to present at a Chamber U session, or have suggestions for topics or speakers you’d like to see, please contact Kelsey Moore at (919) 328-8733 or by email at kmoore@durhamchamber.org

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