The Indian Blog and New Media Society Launched As a National Body

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 16, 2008 -- Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Ajay Jain, President, IBNMS, & an early adopter of blogging as a profession, said, “It gives me immense pleasure in announcing the formulation of IBNMS as the national body. We have been very active in blogging in the past and will continue to be active to bring together bloggers from various geographies & conducted sessions on technical and marketing aspects of blogging and the role of independent blogging in making a difference to society.”

“The idea behind including all forms of new media in this initiative is because no one form of expression works independently in the digital world. There are no clear boundaries between text, photos, videos, graphics and music in the virtual space, and their roles are both overlapping and complementary to one another” he added.

The IBNMS seeks to be an inclusive body for all interest groups. The IBNMS has been actively working with the community, coming forward to provide assistance and guidance. The society is open for membership to anyone from India and beyond (to ensure closer engagement with the global community) and is free at this stage.

The most significant reason to set up IBNMS is to improve collaboration between bloggers and new media users across the country uniting them and bringing under a single umbrella body for better knowledge sharing, communication & collaboration between the members of these groups.The IBNMS has also come up with a 10 point agenda to articulate its vision of services.

The IBNMS is conducting BlogCamp on May 24th, 2008, along the lines of the more well known BarCamps, where anyone is free to attend. Talks & Presentations will also be made by those who volunteer to do so followed by a Blog & New Media Workshop and a 3-part workshop from June 28th – 30th in partnership with the India Habitat Centre. This workshop will cover the technical elements of setting up your blog, marketing your blog and exploring new media like photo and video blogging, video sharing, photo sharing, podcasting and more. This would be open to anyone to attend.

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