Archive for the Promotion category
Podcasters Across Borders- A Canadian Event With Heart
This year’s Podcasters Across Borders will be held June 21st - 23rd, in Kingston, Ontario. It’s a great community event run by some excellent people who believe in the value of a deep learning experience. I’m happy to say that I’ll be attending this event and saying a word or two somewhere in there. Bob Goyetche, Mark Blevis, Cathy Bobkowicz and Andrea Ross are behind this masterpiece. If you’re in Canada, care about social media making, and want to experience a quality small conference experience, check out PAB.
DevCamp Explores the Social Web on May 10
My friend, Joel Mark Witt, is part of a band of merry folk working on an interesting spin on a BarCamp called DevCamp, with a focus on social software applications. It’s coming up this weekend, so if you’re in the Baltimore area, check it out:
Join Us To Explore The Future Of The Social Web At DevCamp East 2008
When: May 10 - All Day
Where: University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
SocialDevCamp East is the Unconference for Thought Leaders of the Future Social Web
Where is the social web going? It’s going mobile, to geocentric services, and to open platforms. Join a community of like minded developers, social media gurus and thought leaders for an unconference to discuss the future of the social web.
We’re looking for thought leaders from DC to Boston to meet, forge relationships, and envision the future.
SocialDevCamp East is convenient to the entire east coast corridor via Amtrak. Just travel to Baltimore’s Penn Station — University of Baltimore is two blocks south.
NOTE: Please sign up here and on the official BarCamp Wiki.
http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/SocialDevCampEast
The password is ‘c4mp’. Thanks!
You can follow us on Twitter, also:
http://twitter.com/socialdevcamp
Please also BLOG this event. You can link to either the PBwiki page or to the Facebook page. We need to spread the word!
We are also accepting sponsors; the recommended sponsorship level is $250. Please contact us.
We’re planning an afterparty at Brewer’s Art, a short walk down the street. The party will begin at 4:30 and last til whenever. If you are interested in being an afterparty sponsor please let us know!
Do More With Social Media
Deb Schultz says Seriously, do more with social media. It’s not just about tweeting that you’re stuck in an airport. It’s about much more than back and forth conversation mechanisms. Deb has something here.
She wants it to be about culture, about business process shifts, about calling for an “architecture of participation.” I agree.
Read on here
Spend a Day Reading and Commenting
I hereby officially declare Monday, April 28th “Read and Comment” day. Instead of your typical post (or as well as), get out there and comment on some blogs. Contribute to their conversations. Find some good stuff and add to it.
Live in RSS for a day.
And then report back. Deal?
Subscription Drive
Subscribe in a reader YOU are why this site is interesting, and its your continued conversations in the comments that spur me to write more. If you’re not subscribed for free to get my blog posts sent to your reader of choice, please consider it.
Want to get my blog in your inbox? Here’s an (I’ll never spam you) easy solution. Put your email address here:
Want to get my free newsletter, which is NOT the blog re-sent, but a completely different publication that gives you insights, how-to, and strategy tips for social media? Just click here to sign up for my newsletter (which is also never spam).
Finally, if you’re already a lifer here, and you like what I do, PLEASE consider forwarding a link to this post to a friend, or forward a copy of the newsletter to people you think might want to read it, or whatever you think you’re willing to do to spread the word. It would help me out a great deal.
Thanks for your attention and collaboration. It makes my effort worthwhile. : )
–Chris…
Why PodCamp Boston 3 Costs 50 Bucks
Registration is open for PodCamp Boston 3, organized by Christopher S. Penn, Whitney Hoffman, and tons of great folks. I’m excited to be part of the experience, mostly in the Mayor role, and I want you to come. But first, I want to talk about why we decided to ask for $50 to attend an event that has been free up until now.
First, some history. Until last October’s PodCamp Boston 2, our attendance-to-no-show rate was unprecedented for free events. We had approximately 70%-80% attendance. Not so last year. We had almost 700 people not come. This caused some problems. One, we had sponsors paying money for a lot of things, estimating a higher number of attendees, so some people bought things like tee shirts for nothing. Second, and more important to me, participants who expected tons of people got something different.
But what we felt after the experience was somewhat sideways to both of those things: we found that we were craving a closer connection to the people who wanted to be part of our community. We wanted a more intimate experience, where everyone who came felt like they were part of something special, and that they were making a commitment to something we feel is valuable.
Is $50 a lot of money? Yes, to some folks. Does this make us less of an unconference? Frankly, I’m a little frustrated by arguing what type of event we are or aren’t. We allow for group participation, no keynotes, as much access to everyone’s ideas as possible, and with as much consideration for our community as possible. We’re an event that has proven itself to be useful to those who choose to participate. We recognize that $50 might be a barrier to some, but feel that the commitment it represents means a lot to us.
Remember, our ledger is open. You can read the blog to see that our costs this year are $35,000, which I will be helping to raise via sponsors. Chris and I don’t make a dime off participants, and we both put in our money at several steps. Repeat: we make no money off the event for ourselves.
So, I’m asking you to register and show your commitment to PodCamp, and the Boston 3 event. Potential sponsors, I’ll be reaching out to you, but if you want to be associated with a 40-plus event and growing experience, drop me a line.
Co-founder and friend, Christopher S. Penn states his take on it here.
Photo credit, DC John
Scott Stead Raps Me Up
I’ve either made it or jumped the shark. Scott Stead, super media maker and Jonny Goldstein collaborator has included me in his awesome nerdcore rap for Team Blue.
You can listen and get a transcript here.
Thanks, Scott, and I’ve got a question for the rest of you: Do YOU have a skill that people don’t get to see much? Scott does.
Oh, and by the way, this is partly Ze Frank’s fault.
Win a Nokia 95 from Utterz
The Utterz mobile blogging platform (and I’m on the advisory board there) is giving away a Nokia N95 for their new as part of the community at SOBCon08.
Create a Commercial for Your Webpage, Win a Nokia N95
SOBCon attendees and all website owners alike are invited to submit a commercial for your blog or webpage to the SOBCon Utterz “GET MY MESSAGE” contest. Entries will be reviewed and judged by SOBCon (Business School for Bloggers) attendees on Sunday May 4, 2008 in Chicago and one lucky website owner will win a Nokia N95 mobile phone.
Why Make Your Commercial
This is your opportunity to tell people why they should visit your site AND you’ll get unbiased advice on how to improve your message and drive more traffic. That, and you’ll get a lot of free promotion by being a featured participant in the GET MY MESSAGE Contest.
Get more info here.
The Chris Show at SXSW
One afternoon at South by Southwest, Kris Smith recorded a podcast with me, Chris Heuer, with a brief walk-through visit by Chris Messina. Despite the fact that I’m a goofball repeatedly throughout the experience, there are some nuggets of goodness in there. Pop it open in another tab and listen while you’re working. Let me know if there are parts that were actually worthwhile. We had fun, at least.
JC Hutchins Interviews me for Ultra Creatives Podcast
Check out this interview with famed author J.C. Hutchins, for his show, Ultra Creatives. We had fun. Check out the other 1-8 that came before me, too!
