How to Add Current and Future Invisible Illness Week Seminars to Your Web Site

It’s easy to add the widget of the Invisible Illness Week seminars from 2008, 2009 and . . . 2010 will automatically appears soon after they happen- to your own blog or web site.

Remember, this year, 2010, we will be doing just 1 seminar a day with guest panelists.

The “code” is below. Just copy it and paste it into a text widget. You can also find it at the web site. If the code below does not work there is specific code at Blog Talk Radio depending on what blogging software you use, etc.

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Do you want the code to feature a specific show on your blog or web site?

After the show is done recording, go to the archived shows for Invisible Illness Week, and go to the show you want. In the top right area is the Blog Talk Radio logo box with the show. To get that show only click on the little tiny button that says “Share” beside the envelope.

A box will open with “embed code” – the basic embed code will work on most sites, or you can choose the logo for other software you may be using. (If you are on Facebook, go ahead and click that logo now too, to share it on Facebook)

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Invisible Illness Week Online Virtual Conference Registration Now Open

You don’t even have to get out of bed for this virtual conference!

Will you be attending at least one Invisible Illness Awareness Week Workshop?

Here are the details about the seminars of Invisible Illness Week:

• This year, 2010, we will have one seminar each day, 90 minutes long, with guest experts on panels
• M-F, September 13-17
• They will be held online, for free
• 10:30 AM Pacific time, USA
• Go to www.blogtalkradio.com/invisibleillnessconf at the time of the conference and the program will play out of your computer speakers
• If you miss it you can listen to it later, and within a few days they are also imported into itunes if you listen to podcasts on an ipod.

Here is a time zone converter.

Register below. It’s free. We basically just need your name and email, but if you’d like to share anything with us (including a web site address if you blog about your illness), we’d love to get to know you better. Leave any comments in the “bio” section if you’d like.

If the form does not work for some reason, just email us “yes, I am coming/listening in!”

http://invisibleillness.eventbrite.com

Are on Facebook?

If so, be sure to RSVP there too . Why? It helps us spread the word by popping up the little Facebook ad in the right hand column. Plus, we have a better idea of how many listeners to expect.

Remember, you can listen to all of the programs from your computer. They will be broadcast via Blog Talk Radio. If for some reason you can’t get it working, within moments of the program being complete, you can listen to it archived at Blog Talk Radio and later on itunes.

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Connect with Other II Week Participants

Do you wish to connect with other participants of Invisible Illness Week? If so, we invite you to join the Invisible Illness Week GROUP in the Sunroom social network of Rest Ministries.

During the week while 4 seminars are happening each day, this is where we will also send you if you want to ask more questions of listeners on a particular seminar topic, if you have questions for the speakers that were not answered during the seminar, etc.

We are asking our speakers to sign in and check to see if anyone needs any additional information. If our speakers have handouts, this is where they will post a link to them.

The Rest Ministries social network, The Sunroom, has over 1300 participants and is a Christian environment for those with chronic illness. We understand that during Invisible Illness Week some of those involved may have different faiths or not have a religious preference. We ask that everyone be respectful of one another. If you do not wish to participate after Invisible Illness Week you can delete your membership.

Another option is to leave comments at the Blog Talk Radio web site where other listeners or the speakers can connect with you.

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Want to Add Our Seminars to Your Web Site?

It’s easy to add the widget of the Invisible Illness Week seminar to your own blog or web site. The code is below. Just copy it and paste it into a text widget. You can also find it at the web site. If the code below does not work there is specific code at Blog Talk Radio depending on what blogging software you use, etc.

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Do you want the code to feature a specific show on your blog or web site?

After the show is done recording, go to the archived shows for Invisible Illness Week, and go to the show you want. In the top right area is the Blog Talk Radio logo box with the show. To get that show only click on the little tiny button that says “Share” beside the envelope.

A box will open with “embed code” – the basic embed code will work on most sites, or you can choose the logo for other software you may be using. (If you are on Facebook, go ahead and click that logo now too, to share it on Facebook)

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Get Ready By Testing Your Computer Speakers

Invisible Illness Week starts 9/14 at 9AM Pacific time in the USA. You will log onto the web site here at Blog Talk Radio.

…and if a program is currently LIVE it will start playing through your speakers.

You can also to listen to the workshops any time at www.blogtalkradio.com/invisibleillnessconf or you can download them from itunes onto your ipod. Just search “invisible illness podcast.”

Now is a great time to make sure your speakers are working!

The only thing that you will need are a pair of speakers connected to your computer! We recommend going to our programs last year that are archived at Blog Talk Radio and clicking on a few programs to see if your speakers are working.

I have logged on to Blog Talk Radio but I am not hearing anything. I can’t get it to work. What do I do?

First, don’t panic. All programs are recorded so it will be there later. Secondly, here is the help section from BlogTalkRadio.com . Make sure your speakers are also plugged in and the volume on your computer is turned up (Start>Control panel> -then look for something that is Audio/Volume, etc)

We have found the support/help at Blog Talk Radio to be very good in helping you find what may be wrong in case you cannot hear the program.

Their blog says

Visit the BlogTalkRadio Help Center – There are two great places to learn more about BlogTalkRadio and how to make it work to your advantage. The first is the BlogTalkRadio Learning Center located on the main BTR site. Included are tutorials, FAQs, screencasts and more, to help make your experience with us as simple as possible. The BlogTalkRadio Help Center, located on the BlogTalkRadio Blog, is a work in progress listing blog posts offering tips and ideas for a positive experience.

Worth noting: Lastly, we have room for 4 callers to call in to the show. You can actually listen to the show this way, but we also want to keep the lines open for callers after the workshop. So you can call to listen, but you may get bumped.

ALSO SEE: FAQ About the Conference | Overview of Conference

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RSVP That You Will Attend an II Wk Workshop

Will you be attending at least one Invisible Illness Awareness Week Workshop?

Be sure to RSVP today so we have an idea of how many will be coming!

Are you on Facebook?

If the answer is yes, be sure to RSVP to our Events. It helps us spread the word by popping up the little Facebook ad in the right hand column. Plus, we have a better idea of how many listeners to expect.

Remember, you can listen to all of the programs from your computer. They will be broadcast via Blog Talk Radio. If for some reason you can’t get it working, we have space for a few callers to call in on the phone number provided and listen. And then within moments of the program being complete, you can listen to it archived at Blog Talk Radio and later on itunes.

So even if you WONT be attending LIVE, if you plan to listen to any programs at some point, please RSVP “YES!”

(You never know who we may get the attention of out there in cyber world!)

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Contact Newsletter Editors

If you are like us you are signed up for all sorts of newsletters that have to do with health, illness, or your specific chronic illness.

Can you do us  a favor? Check your “inbox” right now for all the August newsletters you have recently received and drop the editor an email about II Week. We’d love to have editors of these know about National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week and even post something in their September newsletter about it.

The virtual conference held Sept 14-18 is completely free and we have a wonderful assortment of seminar topics as well as leaders in the chronic illness community, so it’s something well-worth editors mentioning.

Please copy and paste this and leave it on your desktop and as newsletters come in to you remember to scroll down and find the “contact us” area and send them a fast email informing them about II Week. Here is a template of what you can edit and use as your own.

Hi! My name is [name] and I always enjoy reading your newsletter. I wanted to make sure you were aware of National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week in September and their free 5-day virtual conference online.

The week is September 14-20, 2009. The theme this year is “A Little Help Gives a Lot of Hope.” The conference is M-F with 4 speakers giving seminars each day featuring many well-known illness leaders including Jenni Prokopy of chronicbabe.com, Rosalind Joffe, career expert, Christine Miserandio of butyoudontlooksick.com and Laurie Edwards, author of “Life Disrupted.”

There is lots of information available at the web site www.invisibleillness.com, including facts/statistics, articles, and some great goodies like tote bags or white silicone bracelets that say, “Invisible Illness – Visible Hope.” You can find daily updates, guest bloggers, a blog tour, lots of cool things to tweet and even a badge that says, “I’m blogging for Invisible Illness Week”.

They have sort blurbs that you can cut and paste directly into your newsletter or a longer press release at their web site under the MEDIA section. I hope you will consider including this in your next newsletter so more people can benefit. The event is entirely free and the conferences are done via Blog Talk Radio and will be available “live” or archived to listen to later on itunes.

Thanks again for taking the time to bring awareness about living with chronic illness through your web site.

[your name]

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