"This Week on IAOCblog.com" is coming roaring back this May. Take a look at this line-up:

May 8-12, 2006
Topic: Demonstrating Diversity Online
Discussion Leader: Tia C. M. Tyree

May 15-19, 2006
Topic: Your Topic?
Discussion Leader: Why Not You?

May 22-26, 2006
Topic: Internet Crisis Communications
Discussion Leader: Patricia Swann

May 30-June 2, 2006
Topic: Podcasting: Insights from IBM
Discussion Leader: Benjamin Edwards

June 5-9, 2006
Topic: Electronic Portfolios in Student Assessment
Discussion Leaders: Diane Holtzman & Debbi Dagavarian

June 12-16, 2006
Topic: Direct-to-Consumer News Releases
Discussion Leader: David Meerman Scott

Please send me e-mail if you would like to lead the discussion for a week on IAOCblog.com. Thanks to all our Discussion Leaders and support staff for bringing this wonderful program back to our blog!

STEVE O'KEEFE
IAOC Vice President

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that the agenda for our Brussels conference is taking shape.

Below an overview of topics and speakers but... We need every promotion possible to make sure that this event is a success, also in Europe. Some ideas to spread the word:

Blog about it. Several high profile PR/Communications Bloggers have already done so. Here's a selection:

It has been some time since I've been able to post here on a regular basis, but that's about to change. We are re-starting This Week on IAOCblog.com. We have a pile of great guests waiting in the wings to take over the blog for a week and teach. So let's get started...

THE FORMAT
For each program, we recruit a guest blogger who provides a topic. We then ask that guest blogger to recruit two or more other guests who agree to post or comment during that week. Friday is usually used for summary comments and to preview the coming week.

THE QUEUE
Right now in the queue is me -- Steve O'Keefe -- who has yet to post handouts from the IAOC Conference in Valley Forge. I'll try to get that done in the next few days. We then have potentially three blog shows led by IBM's online communications team -- on intranets, podcasting, and a mysterious web site they are developing. Sounds intriguing! Then we have the authors of some 14 papers presented at IAOC Valley Forge that we'll be asking to lead week-long sessions. And then there's YOU. If you have a topic you would like to lead, please send mailto:steve.okeefe@patronsaintpr.com and we will contact you to set up a date.

USER NAMES & PASSWORDS
You will all need a username and password to post to the blog. If you need one, e-mail Don Dunnington mailto:DDunnington@ktron.com and he will set you up. You might also be hearing from my associate in producing This Week on IAOCblog.com, Morty Schiller, who is traveling in Israel and won't be available to assist for a couple weeks.

Finally, I hope if you are not yet a member of the IAOC, you will join. We have not yet closed this program to members-only, but eventually we will. We need your membership dues and sponsorships to keep this program running. Anyone at the Valley Forge Conference could see that we need the IAOC because no other professional trade group is covering this cutting edge material.

See You Tomorrow,
STEVE O'KEEFE
Vice President, IAOC
Producer, "This Week on IAOCblog.com"

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