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Assignment #2
Expected time to complete reading and the written assignment: 15 - 45 minutes

Your assignment for this segment is to post a SHORT reflection about what you learned from the RomeReports.com video. Review the list of [|150 bloggers]invited to the blogger's summit in Rome. The posts would be made in May 2011. Notice the varied languages of the blogs. Pick a blog and look for posts that these bloggers added to their blogs regarding the conference.

What are you learning about the Vatican's first-ever conference in Rome for bloggers from the blogger perspective? From the RomeReport.com perspective? Please use the table below to share your answers.

Remember to select the "Edit" button, and by your name, add a perspective for each category. The table cells will expand to accommodate your comments. When you are done, be sure to click on "Save."
bloggers came together with a desire for community. || She reports that there were over 17 million pages on the internet in the first few days after the conference. Vatican is aware that bloggers play a part in shaping public opinion-more conferences perhaps at the diocesan levels. || and felt that it was "Let's get everyone together and see what happens". There was no agenda and she felt that the officials were concerned that the Bloggers wouldn't transmit accurate information and easy to access. She felt that Bloggers needed their own Code of Conduct and keep each other accountable. She enjoyed the conference. || They invited bloggers from around the world. First session consisted of bloggers from five languages. Since blogging is popular among young people, the Vatican wants to be present among them then turn their focus to non-believers. ||
 * **Y** OUR NAME || BLOGGER PERSPECTIVE || **ROMEREPORT.COM PERSPECTIVE** ||
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 * Alison Smith || Blogger-Mary O'Regan-Irish journalist living in London.
 * Melissa Findley || Blogger Susan Windley-Daoust felt that the conference was
 * Claire McManus || Blogger: Rocco Palmo seemed a bit overwhelmed byt he experience and only offered a lengthy quote from Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture. Palmo said, "Three weeks after the Vatican "Blogfest," lest any doubt remained, the place is still standing and everyone got out alive--and, for that matter, un-excommunicated. || The Vatican recognizes blogging as a cultural phenomenon that can't be denied. They want to start a dialogue with bloggers to rein in their powerful potential for evangelization. ||
 * Tanya LeSane || Blogger Fr. Gerard Dunne, OP he felt that contributors to blogs wanted to point out that it was not the purpose of Catholic bloggers to overtake main stream media but to enhance it. Fr. Dunne was excited at the church's attempt of opening doors to bloggers. He said it was not a church publicity stunt but an engagement with blogging community. He said that the Holy Fathers are open to all kinds of communications || The Holy Sees said they were open to all kinds of communication and that there is a need for the blogging community. It is a way to bringing more Christian to be among them ||  ||
 * Lois Locey || Blogger, Susan Windley-Daoust came away with 5 take-a-ways: Despite blogging has an international presence, because of cultural differences, the bloggers couldn't find a common ground -- they are used in different ways in different cultures; they didn't talk about how to support blogging in areas that are anti-religion; redesign the Vatican website so there is more access for the disabled; the desire for the Vatican to provide accurate information so the bloggers can draw upon it; and finally that there be a moral code of conduct. || It was a time for the Church, blogger practitioners, and diocesan communication strategists to come together for a common mission -- to Spread the Good News. ||
 * Angela Jackson || Sue is an Irish American housewife came from the conference feeling that if you blog about something people are interested in then you will be successful. She also experienced what it is like to have technical difficulties blogging at the conference but turned her lemons into lemon ade by tweeting when the glicth occured.http://www.desperateirishhousewife.blogspot.com/ || That to stay ahead of the curve or at least be in the curve blogging is a great way to communicate with people, especially when you have a target market you want to reach. ||
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 * Rose Mary Saraiva || Vittorio Saraceno http://isgabrasil.blogspot.com.  Vittorio is a member of the St Gabriel the Archangel Institute, fondly known as the Gabrielinhos or little order of Gabriel. The institute was added in chronicle form, followed up by a blog posting on the vatican's view on use of blog to spread the Good News. Using blogging as a medium to reach those whom may otherwise go unnoticed behind their computer screens. || The video speaks loud and clear about the need for the Church and its ministers to venture into the blogosphere. To become missionaries in this tech world. ||