April 2, 2007

for immediate release

Contact: Elliot Margolies

<elliot@communitymediacenter.net> 650-856-4363

“All You Need to Know About Videoblogging”

Enter the “vlogosphere” at the Midpeninsula Community Media Center, April 18 at 7:30 PM and pioneer videobloggers, Michael Verdi and Ryanne Hodson will take you on a magical tour of the new genre. Ryanne is the Co-Author of Secrets of Videoblogging; Both are the Co-Founders of NODE101 an open source collaborative effort to teach videoblogging around the world and co-authors of “The Secrets of Videoblogging.” They’ll show a number of different styles of videoblogs from the thousands that are popping up on the internet. Videoblogs are short-format videos that are often first-person narratives and serials. They’ll share tips on production, equipment, web publishing, and promotion. The cost is $8 and students get in for free.

The Media Center is at 900 San Antonio Rd. in Palo Alto. This event, co-sponsored with Ourmedia, a forerunner of YouTube, is part of a series of public conversations and workshops presented by the Media Center about new trends in media and communications technology. For more information about this event, or about ongoing classes and video programming produced at the Media Center, go to www.communitymediacenter.net or call 650-494-8686.

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