Here’s my great idea for a future podcamp: Podcamp Xtreme! (bad name, but not joking.) Just to take a little footage skiing, I’ve had to learn which waterproof sports cameras work well, about memory cards that perform well under extreme temperatures and the effectiveness of different batteries in cold temperatures.

I’d like to share this with other people, in a hands-on Rocky Mountain Podcamp Xtreme. I’m imagining that maybe a little over a year from now, we could get together a great group of podcasters for a vacation filled with snowsports, shooting, editing and ‘Apres-ski’ fun.

Maybe someone who lives in a warm costal climate could follow-up by sharing their love of watersports in a summer version of PodCamp Xtreme?

Here’s my great idea for a future podcamp: Podcamp Xtreme! (bad name, but not joking.) Just to take a little footage skiing, I’ve had to learn which waterproof sports cameras work well, about memory cards that perform well under extreme temperatures and the effectiveness of different batteries in cold temperatures.

I’d like to share this with other people, in a hands-on Rocky Mountain Podcamp Xtreme. I’m imagining that maybe a little over a year from now, we could get together a great group of podcasters for a vacation filled with snowsports, shooting, editing and ‘Apres-ski’ fun.

Maybe someone who lives in a warm costal climate could follow-up by sharing their love of watersports in a summer version of PodCamp Xtreme?

Podcamp EDU was a success because it was small. I got to meet everyone in the room and we were able to have the entire room in the discussion all at the same time.

Even though I like presenting – I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of moving away from slide decks and more toward a workshop approach. I think this combined with a more specific focus for the day (podcasting, audio, video, blogging, etc) would yield great results.

During one of our sessions we delved into a giant twitter discussion – which was really insightful for people.

The biggest issue I saw was the fact that we had a very polarized audience. We had about 40% complete geeks that knew everything – 40% complete newbies that had never heard of twitter – and about 10% in the middle. So sometimes the geeky crowd would begin talking a mile a minute about stuff that the new crowd was sitting there saying “huh?”

Anyway – to sum it up – it would be helpful to have a couple moderator type personalities that could keep the meetings and pod(focused)camps moving along to meet everyone’s needs and goals for the day.

Just some thoughts…

Joel Mark Witt

Podcamp EDU was a success because it was small. I got to meet everyone in the room and we were able to have the entire room in the discussion all at the same time.

Even though I like presenting – I LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of moving away from slide decks and more toward a workshop approach. I think this combined with a more specific focus for the day (podcasting, audio, video, blogging, etc) would yield great results.

During one of our sessions we delved into a giant twitter discussion – which was really insightful for people.

The biggest issue I saw was the fact that we had a very polarized audience. We had about 40% complete geeks that knew everything – 40% complete newbies that had never heard of twitter – and about 10% in the middle. So sometimes the geeky crowd would begin talking a mile a minute about stuff that the new crowd was sitting there saying “huh?”

Anyway – to sum it up – it would be helpful to have a couple moderator type personalities that could keep the meetings and pod(focused)camps moving along to meet everyone’s needs and goals for the day.

Just some thoughts…

Joel Mark Witt

I actually did record my presentation on using podcasting in Supply Chain education, and posted it over at my site(s).

I actually did record my presentation on using podcasting in Supply Chain education, and posted it over at my site(s).

I think the name, like all things “pod,” was obsolete the moment it was created – but, as a brand, it now has traction.

I don’t think PodCamp is meant to be ONLY about podcasting (and, as Aaron’s comment shows, there’s still confusion as to what podcasting itself means, since video IS “podcasting”). I think PodCamp is meant to be a conversation about all things related to social media.

That’s a gigantic playing field. If PodCamp wants to have a hand in all of it, perhaps a name change IS in order.

(Bottom line: I agree with diversifying, specializing AND swirling it all together. We just need to be clear about what PodCamp IS, and therefore what each variation is ABOUT.)

I think the name, like all things “pod,” was obsolete the moment it was created – but, as a brand, it now has traction.

I don’t think PodCamp is meant to be ONLY about podcasting (and, as Aaron’s comment shows, there’s still confusion as to what podcasting itself means, since video IS “podcasting”). I think PodCamp is meant to be a conversation about all things related to social media.

That’s a gigantic playing field. If PodCamp wants to have a hand in all of it, perhaps a name change IS in order.

(Bottom line: I agree with diversifying, specializing AND swirling it all together. We just need to be clear about what PodCamp IS, and therefore what each variation is ABOUT.)