Blog post: http://www.managingcommunities.com/2009/04/26/video-how-to-deal-with-trolls-spammers-sock-puppets-panel-at-blog-world-expo-2008 You just wrote the greatest blog post youve ever written. You researched the subject, spoke with sources, conducted interviews and completed a well thought out, well written article. You hit the post button and your baby is up. Here comes the praise! The first comment you receive? Youre stupid, youre ugly and youre writing sucks. Whether you call them trolls, haters or griefers, theyre out there, waiting to ruin your day, harm your community and taint your world. Or maybe the first comment was something like, Hey, nice article, check out mine! Just like there are people whod like to harm you, there are also people whod like to cheaply benefit from your work and your audience. Spammers can do their own sort of damage. But, neither of these two groups need harm you, if you know how to deal with them. This panel will give you the knowledge you need to tackle it. Panel participants: Rick Calvert (@blogworld) CEO, Blog World & New Media Expo, http://www.blogworldexpo.com John Chow (@JohnChow) Founder and CEO, TTZ Media, http://www.ttzmedia.com Blogger, John Chow dot Com, http://www.johnchow.com Jeremy Schoemaker (@shoemoney) President, ShoeMoney Media Group, http://www.shoemoneymedia.com Blogger, ShoeMoney, http://www.shoemoney.com Patrick O'Keefe (@iFroggy) Owner, iFroggy Network, http://www.ifroggy.com Author, "Managing Online Forums", http://www.managingonlineforums.com

Blog post: http://www.managingcommunities.com/2008/11/16/video-avoiding-disaster-how-not-to-use-social-media-panel-at-blog-world-new-media-expo-2008/ The "Avoiding Disaster: How Not to Use Social Media" panel at Blog World Expo 2008 discussed how not to approach social media for people looking to promote themselves and/or their companies through blogs, forums, social networking sites and other types of communities online. Panel participants: Lee LeFever (@leelefever), Principal, Common Craft (http://www.commoncraft.com) Jason Falls (@JasonFalls), Social Media Explorer, Doe-Anderson (http://www.doeanderson.com) and Blogger, Social Media Explorer (http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com) Darren Rowse (@problogger), Owner, ProBlogger.net (http://www.problogger.net), Co-Founder, Sixfigureblogging.com (http://www.sixfigureblogging.com), Co-Founder and VP Training, b5media (http://www.b5media.com) and Co-Author, "ProBlogger: The Book" (http://probloggerbook.com) Patrick O'Keefe (@iFroggy), Owner, iFroggy Network (http://www.ifroggy.com) and Author, "Managing Online Forums" (http://www.managingonlineforums.com)