June 2022 Blogging Course: Let’s Get Together
Let’s Get Together is a guided and community driven online experience for beginner and experienced bloggers
20 Spaces are available!
Fun fact: you probably already knew that “blog” is short for “weblog,” but did you know that the emphasis was on the “we”?
We Blog. Let’s make it happen with LET’S GET TOGETHER in June 2022. $150 CDN
A Fun New Way to Get Inspired by Blogging
Introducing LET’S GET TOGETHER. Because who needs an intensive online course right now? NOT ME! The world is intense enough. And so instead of jamming a whole lot of work into a month, I’ve decided to take a different approach. LET’S GET TOGETHER is about community connection, inspiration, having fun, and making stuff at your own pace, and having a good time with the process.
Who am I?
I’m Kerry Clare, and I provide online courses and consultation to bloggers (aspiring and otherwise), artists, writers, and entrepreneurs who are seeking direction in creating fun and fulfilling blogs that don’t just fit their lives, but even make life richer.
Because blogging is all about blazing a trail and breaking the rules, my job is to help you resist the tiny/tidy boxes and find your own way toward a sustainable blog that not only showcases your business or creative work, but where you can find the confidence to use your voice and explore new ideas while challenging the toxic tone of online discourse with nuance, thoughtfulness and curiosity (i.e. your own small corner of the internet is going to make the world a better place).
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Twenty Years of Blogging Experience
I have twenty years experience as a blogger, and have blogging about books and reading since 2007 at my popular literary blog, Pickle Me This.
From 2011-2015, I taught a blogging course at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and I also teach blogging workshops at literary festivals and training sessions throughout Ontario. And now with BLOG SCHOOL, I’m excited to apply what I’ve learned from nearly twenty years of blogging and from my experience as a blogging instructor to help you create the blog you’ve been dreaming of by empowering you to find and follow your own voice, to pursue your own curious avenues.
This way you don’t get caught up in those small and limited cookie-cutter templates of what a blog should be, or the way a person ought to exist on the internet, and can build an online space instead that is your own unique creation, as original and wonder-full as you are.
Getting Started With Let’s Get Together
What you need to know:
- Course is online so that you can be part of our community from wherever you are
- Community components will take place on a private web-page and also via some optional live Zoom gatherings, so that it’s easy and straightforward to take part
- As a community-driven experience, participants will have a built-in audience for their work, which is a great motivator to keep going
- Course is interactive, so you can ask creative and technical questions via email and receive group feedback on your work
- As a low-intensity course, LET’S GET TOGETHER does not include in-depth modules the way my other courses do. Instead, I will regularly offer up readings and other resources that you can enjoy at your convenience/leisure
- You will receive prompts and suggestions for a total of 4 blog posts over the course of the month, but can interpret these prompts/suggestions loosely and format them to suit your blogging purposes
- You will receive direct feedback from me on each of your posts privately via email so that you can learn and build on your work
- Course takes place throughout June 2022 so that you can stay focussed and excited about your project, which you’ll complete with momentum to build on
Cost: $150.00 CDN
Prerequisites:
Curiosity, a sense of fun and wonder, a desire to learn and explore. Oh, and you need a blog. (Don’t have a blog yet? Sign up for a free one at WordPress or Blogger.) If you’ve already enjoyed either the guided or self-directed versions of my blogging course, then you’ll find your groove in this group—but such experience is not necessary.
You can build a blog that takes you places, a blog that really fits your life and makes it richer.
Let’s work together to build a better world online—and even beyond it.
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What students are saying about my blogging courses:
“Check out the Blog School offerings. Kerry Clare is a multi talent wonder. Without the weekly deadlines and the incredibly helpful feedback and guidance, I would have continued to only think about fleshing out my web site with a blog. It seemed unwieldy. Now it seems simple. Miraculously, I’ve overcome my fear of technology and figuring out Divi Builder and WordPress.” —Christy Ann Conlin
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“Kerry is a phenomenal instructor who possess a genuine warmth and offers ongoing encouragement. After reading each student’s blog post, she provides a thorough and thoughtful response to motivate and inspire improvements – the little tweaks and finesses to make a blog post “pop”! I found Kerry’s powerful questions most relevant. She helped me work through who my audience is and help me dig deeper to find the strongest voice. I appreciated how, at times, we turned a couple blog posts upside down and in other situations were able to hone in on a single message when my blog posts were too expansive.
In the February 2020 online course, students were of all ages, stages of life and possessed varied interests. This allowed the reading process to be an enjoyable experience. Commenting on the work of others was as much fun as crafting my individual posts.
For anyone seeking to learn from scratch or develop a regular habit of writing blogs, I highly recommend working with Kerry.” —Lisa Bradburn
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“This was a great course and I gained a lot. Kerry’s feedback and the encouragement from others in the group was so helpful, as were the suggestions and information in the modules Kerry sent us. I would encourage any blogger, new or experienced, to sign up for Kerry’s next course.”
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“Thank you so, so much for this course and all of your care and feeding of the group. It has been a tremendous boost during a relentless month.”
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“I signed up for this course on a whim, after putting off the creation of my blog for months. I thought at the very least, it would force me to buy a domain name and create the website, but I had no idea just how deep it would inspire me to go in my own writing and self-discovery. After just one month my blog is up and running and exactly what I want it to be!” —Lauren DeRoller Derollercoaster.com
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“I’m sad the workshop is ending. It’s been such an unexpected learning experience. I knew it would be great but it was way beyond what I could have imagined.”
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“I really enjoyed how Kerry tied the art of blogging to other art forms—literature, visual art, etc—and encouraged us to see blogging as part of a larger context. Was engaging and thought-provoking.”
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“This course was exactly what I needed to get going with my blog.”
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“A worthwhile course! I would recommend it to those who want to learn about blogging and all it encompasses.”
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“Excellent! Very enjoyable learning experience.”
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“I think Kerry did an excellent job of encouraging our individual voices and maintaining a respectful and productive learning environment. Loved the class—thanks, Kerry!”
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“I just wanted to pass along how much your workshop and talking with you meant to me. You gave me comfort in so much of what you said…. not being perfect, that your blog can be elastic (not having to narrow down to a ‘niche’), and that as long as you are doing it for joy you will continue…and hone your skills.” —Emily Prout, Arrow It Forward
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“I was looking for a revised definition of blogging that embraced self-expression and authenticity, something that jived with the kernel of an idea that’s been unfolding in my mind for a few months now. Happily, that’s exactly what I got.” –Aisha Ashraf, Member of the Writers Community of Durham Region
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“Thanks again for coming out on Saturday. It was a great session, and I am sure that the team learned a lot from it. I look forward to our blog becoming more “artful”.” -University of Toronto Student Life
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“Seriously, I heard such good things about your workshop, the accolades are still rolling in.” —Susan Scott, The Wild Writers Festival
150.00/ Register for LET’S GET TOGETHER