# Council on Foundations gives press pass to bloggers for first time

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/05/01/council-foundations-gives-press-pass-bloggers-first-time/
- Published: 2007-05-01T22:43:23+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

In the USA the [Council on Foundations](http://www.cof.org) is for the first time
formally inviting philanthropic bloggers to attend its annual conference in a media
capacity.

[Seven blogs from the philanthropic world](http://www.cof.org/network/content.cfm?itemnumber=9966&navItemNumber=9968)
will be reporting on the conference, including Stanford Social Innovation Review,
Michael Gilbert’s With, The Huffington Post, and WorldChanging.

Bloggers have been accepted at some commercial sector and political conferences 
over the past couple of years, so it is encouraging to see the charity sector following
suit.

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The real benefit to conference organisers and delegates is the ability to share 
and gain more information. The conference organisers are encouraging this online
participation: “you can offer your views on the issues being discussed, a particular
session you’d like to comment on, or how the overall conference is going.”

Indeed, conference blogging can ensure that the conference speakers and content 
reaches an even wider audience, especially those not able to pay the cost of attendance.

So, have any UK philanthropy sector bloggers received formal invitations to any 
of the major conferences this year? CAF Charities Annual Conference? NCVO Annual
Conference? Institute of Fundraising National Convention? Bloggers have of course
reported on these events because they attended them, but has anyone received a formal
press/media invitation to attend in the capacity of a blogger?

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