Blogging Community of Practice
It's been six months since we launched Reclaim's Blogging Community of Practice, AKA Bloggers Anonymous. High time for a progress update, sharing everything that's happened and... if you're just discovering this space, a warm welcome! Everything you need to know about how to get involved is included, too.
Welcome!
Since the launch of the community we have seen new members join every week, either by signing up for an event, joining the social space on Discord or joining the conversation via the hashtag #blogging4life. Most importantly, blogging is happening across our growing community. For Members who are active in our Discord social space we offer the option to include their blog in a shared blog post RSS feed and... there've been hundreds of new posts over the past six month. Members who are not on Discord can tag and share their posts on their own domain and networks using the hashtag #blogging4life.
Bloggers (not so) Anonymous
On the blog, on Reclaim TV and at our monthly events, we're taking every opportunity to help make the voices of the members of our Community of Practice heard.
"On Writing" series on Reclaim TV
Our series now features 12 interviews with bloggers and writers including Audrey Watters, Kine Lane, Mike Caulfield, Any Collier, Tom Woodward, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Adam Croom, Bryan Alexander, Chris Long, Kate Bowles, Lee Skallerup Bessette, Tim Klapdor and Martin Weller. Catch up on Reclaim TV:
Guest posts on the blog
- Bricolage as a way of life by Sarah Honeychurch
- Becoming Readywriting: A Blogger’s Journey by Lee Skallerup Bessette also known as Readywriting
Monthly Events (free & open to all)
- February: ABC of Blogging – Community of Practice Launch
- March: How to get your blogging mojo back
- April: How to get started with Ghost for blogging
- May: Open Practice Blogging at events and conferences
- June: Reclaim Open Preview & Submission Workshop
- July: Blogging Community of Practice – Get Some Blogging Practice
This month’s session, July 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET, is led by Joe Murphy, Director of the Center for Innovative Pedagogy at Kenyon College and Tom Witherspoon, actor and writer. Tom is a tech writer for a digital engineering firm who also writes horror and other kinds of speculative fiction.
Keen to get involved?
We have a dedicated channel set up in our Discord Community Space. This is a friendly social space where everyone is welcome and which is free to join.
Follow the hashtag #blogging4life on Mastodon and Bluesky, where you can also join our EdTech Bloggers starter pack. Subscribe to our blog to keep up to date with what’s happening, and check the calendar for upcoming events.
