Wish List 2012: Vida Vegan Conference

With everything occupying my time right now -- from a demanding day job to my about-to-commence yoga teacher training and my volunteer work with Maple Farm Sanctuary -- I can't even think about attending a conference on how to be a better blogger. Even a conference that doesn't kick off until August 2011.

That said, how exciting it is to learn that there is such a conference! While cruising VegDaily this morning I came across an ad for the Vida Vegan conference and clicked through (sidebar: it may have been the first banner ad I've ever intentionally clicked on :-) )

Vida Vegan, which takes place in Portland Aug. 26-28, 2011, bills itself as the place to "celebrate, explore and fine-tune the practice--and every growing community--of vegan bloggers." The conference is packed with two-plus days of workshops, discussion panels, speakers, special events and--warm my vegan heart--tons of great food.

Especially intriguing for me are sessions around how to take your blog "pro" and how to discover the "accidental journalist" in all of us. This blog will probably always remain my tiny corner of the Interweb where I ramble about things that move me. But I'm delighted to see other bloggers taking their work seriously, as it can only lead to continual mainstreaming of veganism. Intrepid bloggers: I salute you!

Oh, I really, really wanna go in 2012!