Journey to the Center of the Blogosphere!

What IS a BLOG?

web + log = blogWikipedia says:

A website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

Unitarian Universalist Blogs

What kinds of blogs are out there on the way to the center of the UU Blogosphere?

Community Blogs Informational Blogs Personal Commentary

Community Blogs

Congregational Blogs, share information, speed communication, focus on a specific ministry within a congregation (RE, Social Justice, etc…)

Topical Blogs, focused on a shared ministry, interest, or cause; multiple people posting

Informational Blogs

Current Topics in the UU Movement

Focused, specific information

Identity Based Groups

Affinity Groups

Personal Commentary

Ministers/Seminarians/Religious Professionals

District and Congregational Leaders

Regular folks from the pews

Categories

Philocrites http://www.philocrites.com/archives/003616.html

UUpdates http://uupdates.net/index.php?main=sites&step=cat

Discover UU

http://www.discoveruu.com/index.php

Aggregators-follow many blogs

UU World Interdependent Web

http://www.uuworld.org/blogs/web/UUpdates http://uupdates.net/Discover UU

http://www.discoveruu.com/index.phpUU Planet TV http://www.uuplanet.tv/

Automated Readers/RSS Feeds

Google Reader

Yahoo “Do Follow Blogs”

RSS Feeds directly from blog

Blogger “follow” option

Kit’s Story

Ms. Kitty’s Saloon and Road Show

Kari’s Story

chalice spark

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation Religious Education

Best Practices for Blogging

UUA Website report by Shelby Meyerhoff

UUA Leaders Library on Blogging

Hosting

Blogger—connected to google

Word Press

Live Journal

UUA Leader’s Library Resource including a video on setting up a blog

Hands-on creation of a blog

BloggerChoose templateTopicYoutube, embedPhotosPublish!

Promote

UUpdates

Discover UU

Philocrites

Facebook blog network

Ready to Launch!

Questions?