Liz Strauss is a recognized authority on the topic of building online communities, so it was only fitting that she give a lecture called, “C’mon, Let’s Talk! Building Influence and Interaction with Blogging” at WordCamp Dallas this year.

Her site Successful and Outstanding Bloggers is a must read, so make sure you drive by and learn a thing or 100!

Incidentally, in case I didn’t mention it enough recently. Many thanks to Tom Kraemer, the City of Frisco’s AV Manager who worked tirelessly all weekend to record all of these WordCamp videos.
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I’m pleased to be able to present the Queen of WordPress, Lorelle VanFossen! This presentation is from WordCamp 2008 and Lorelle gives her WordPress Power Tips!

If you haven’t read Lorelle on WordPress and you’re a blogger… well you’re missing out. And you should also check out her Camera on the Road site to keep up with wherever in the heck she is right at this moment!
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Folks, as you can see from the WordCamp logo over in the top right corner, I’ll be attending, and speaking, at the WordCamp Dallas 2008 event being held here in my home town of Frisco, TX on Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 30, 2008. I’ve been working with Charles Stricklin of the WordPress Podcast to organize the event, and it’s going to be a very special weekend full of top blogging talent.

If you live anywhere nearby, or are willing to travel to Dallas, I highly recommend attending this event. But here’s the catch… we are limited to only about 300 attendees, so you really need to get your registration in quickly. It’s only $20 to attend, because we’ve got sponsors helping pick up the major ticket items. So given the fact that the speakers who will be here have tens of thousands of regular readers I want to encourage people to sign up quick - because once the slots are gone, that’s it! (View the current Attendee list.)

I can’t emphasize enough how valuable I found attendance at the WordCamp 2007 event. I made a whole bunch of new friends, like Charles, Lorelle, Matt, Donncha, Lloyd, and many more. And that was in addition to the new tips, tricks and education I received from the fantastic speakers. (By the way, I filmed those speakers, and you can watch the videos here.)