Be a better food blogger. And be proud that you can tell the world where to find the best shrimp & grits. Join us in Birmingham the weekend of January 21 and 22, 2011—here’s our latest agenda:
Friday evening, January 21, 7:30pm
Food Blog South Pre-Party and Food Stories with Chip Brantley
Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q
1908 11th Avenue South, Birmingham
complimentary appetizers courtesy Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q; food and drinks on your own
Come to the private room at one of Birmingham’s popular BBQ joints to meet and mingle with other Food Blog South attendees. (Try the cheese biscuits!) And, put your name in the hat for our live storytelling event, Food Stories, with Chip Brantley of the Desert Island Supply Company as our Master of Ceremony. DISCO’s last Food Stories event was incredibly fun, touching, funny and unforgettable. Share your food story! Weather permitting, Jim ‘N Nick’s is conveniently within walking distance of our sponsor hotel, The Hotel Highland.
Saturday, January 22
Food Blog South Conference
Woodrow Hall
5504 1st Avenue North, Birmingham
8 am
Coffee and pastries
Coffee provided by Finer Grind
Third floor reception area
8:30 am
Welcome
What’s Great About the South with Tanner Latham
Third floor main hall
9 am
TRACK A:
Marketing Your Blog with Christy Jordan
Third floor main hall
TRACK B:
Blogging 101 with Andre Natta
Second floor room
10 am
TRACK A:
Making the Most of Social Media with John-Bryan Hopkins
Third floor main hall
TRACK B:
Developing Recipes for Your Blog with Virginia Willis and Alison Lewis
Second floor room
11 am
Panel discussion: Southern Seafood After the Gulf Oil Disaster
Moderator: Erin Shaw Street
Panelists: Ashley Hall, Stacey Little, John Bowler
Third floor main hall
12 noon
Grits Bar Lunch by Dyron’s Low Country sponsored by Whole Foods Birmingham
Presentation by Chip Brantley
Third floor reception area and main hall
1 pm
TRACK A:
Blog to Book with Lisa Ekus-Saffer
Third floor main hall
TRACK B:
Hungry for More: How Blogging Keeps Customers Coming Back for More with Wade Kwon
Second floor room
2 pm
TRACK A:
Lightning rounds:
Getting Your First Paid Freelance Writing Gig with Brooke Bell
Using Your Blog to Feed a Food Movement with Amanda Storey
Reviewing Restaurants with Brys Stephens, reviewer for Charleston City Paper and co-founder of Cookthink
Third floor main hall
TRACK B:
Food Styling and Photography with Jennifer Davick and Marian Cooper Cairns
Second floor room
3:30 pm
Pie Break by PieLab
Third floor reception area and main hall
4:00 pm
Keynote address: Food Writing with Kim Severson sponsored by Indie Candy
Third floor main hall
5:00 pm
Book signing and beer & wine reception co-sponsored by Susan Rice Truffles and Whole Foods Birmingham
Hors d’oeuvres provided by Susan Rice Truffles
Beer and wine provided by Whole Foods Birmingham
More beer provided by Good People Brewing
Books sold by Books-A-Million
Third floor reception area
FoodBlogSouth officially ends around 6 or 6:30, and dinner is on your own.
But starting at 8 PM, we’ll have a semi-official afterparty at Parkside Cafe, 4036 5th Ave. S, Birmingham. Food and drinks are on your own.
* This is a tentative agenda; speakers, sessions and time slots are still subject to change.