06.28.08

We are having a Talkshoe meeting tomorrow, Thursday, May 15th at 8pm.

Agenda items:

• Friday night before event plans
• Saturday night after plans
• ComFest
• Sponsors Update
• What ever else comes up

Call in information:

Talkshoe link: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/80720
Phone number: (724) 444-7444
Talkcast id: 80720

PodCamp Meetup 6 This Saturday!

This will be the second last meetup before PodCamp! Meetup 6 will take place on Saturday, May 17 from 11:00 am – 1:00 PM at the Hilliard Panara Bread (3625 Fishinger Blvd, Hilliard, OH 43026) close to ITT Technical Institute (map). Immediately following, we will visit ITT for event organizers and volunteers to check out the facilities.

PodCamp Ohio is proud to be sponsored by Ohio’s own Doctor Anonymous!

Doctor Anonymous was one of the first contributers to the event and has been following the meetings and planning since the beginning. His Gold sponsorship and support for PodCamp Ohio is greatly appreciated. Thank you Doctor Anonymous!

On Thursday, June 26 (2 days before PodCamp) Doctor Anonymous will be hosting an on-line PodCamp meeting/party on his podcast.

Please check out the Doctor Anonymous Podcast every Thursday evening at 9pm on BlogTalkRadio.

We have more sponsorship announcements coming shortly. Please visit the sponsors page for the latest list of PodCamp Ohio sponsors.

The Ohio Web Leaders (OhioWebLeaders.com) is hosting an Internet Marketing Conference here in Columbus Ohio this coming Monday, May 19th in Lewis Center, Ohio (just north of Columbus).

The conference will focus on integrating online and traditional marketing campaigns to generate more sales, leads and awareness online through corporate websites. The conference costs $199 to attend.

More details about the conference are available on the Ohio Web Leaders web site (OhioWebLeaders.com).

The Internet Marketing Conference is not affiliated with PodCamp Ohio. We’ve added this announcement since it may be relevant to some PodCamp attendees.

During meeting 22 we discussed the timing of the session sets, door prize contest ideas, discuss the venue location (pictures here), update with getting started podcasting guide, talk about our next press release, how we explain why PodCamp Ohio is important to those who don’t understand what it is, sponsor update and session survey. We continued to discussed the need to relate PodCamp to the web applications/tools/social networks that we will be discussing at PodCamp. We ended the meeting talking about equipment at PodCamp Ohio, Dr. Anonymous in Vegas and prizes to give out the day of the event.

Current plan for Session Times:

• 9-9:40 am – Opening Session
• 9:50-10:50 – Session Set 1 (5 concurrent sessions)
• 11:00-12:00 pm – Session 2 (5 concurrent sessions)
• Lunch and Music
• 1:30-2:30 – Session Set 3 (5-7 concurrent sessions)
• 3:40-3:40 – Session Set 4 (5-7 concurrent sessions)
• 3:50-4:50 – Session Set 5 (5-7 concurrent sessions)
• 5:00 – 5:30 – Closing Session

Door Prize ideas:

• Furthest traveled podcaster/blogger
• Youngest podcaster/blogger
• Toy Master / Gadget Belt – attendee with the most gadget gear

PodCamp Ohio Identity
We’re discussing how to best describe PodCamp for those who don’t understand what the event is about. If you’re interested in joining the conversation, please join the Google Group, http://groups.google.com/group/podcampohio.

Session Survey

Please help us decide which sessions will have the most demand by filling out the session survey.

Pre-PodCamp party
We will have a Pre-Podcamp Ohio meetup/party on Doctor Anonymous’s Podcast Thursday night (June 26, 2008) before PodCamp Ohio.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Another killer job from Jason with the Podcamp Ohio logo in these two fun promo images… That road to Podcamp Ohio is getting shorter and shorter!! We can’t wait to see you all there.

Jason threw up a picture recently in the Flickr group of his iPod beautifully reflecting some Podcamp Ohio gear. Where’s YOURS?

We are having a Talkshoe meeting tonight, Thursday, May 8th at 8pm.

Mary, Jason, Gabe and I (Angelo) visited ITT this past Friday. We now have details to help us schedule the sessions throughout the day. There are also some other features at the school we saw that will really help make this a great PodCamp!

The Columbus Social Media Cafe is organizing workshops for ComFest. We may be able to help by assisting with the podcasting workshop. Most likely the Podcasting 101 type sessions we already have planned would be the most relevant for the workshop. We will find out what the needs are for these workshops next week.

Agenda items:

• Allocate Session times and rooms available.
• Discuss the venue location (pictures here)
• ComFest!
• Podcasting Guide by Jason
• Next Press Release – Lets focus on the sessions!
• Sponsors update! Blip.tv on-board!
• What ever else comes up

Call in information:

Talkshoe link: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/80720
Phone number: (724) 444-7444
Talkcast id: 80720

Side Note
PodCamp Ohio 2008 event is now listed on the DiscoverOhio web site. Link: http://consumer.discoverohio.com/searchdetails.aspx?detail=63553

Podcamp Ohio is pleased to feature ITT Technical Institute Hilliard – Columbus as the exclusive venue sponsor for PodCamp Ohio 2008.

The ITT Hilliard – Columbus facilities are perfect for a PodCamp. There are multiple rooms available ranging in seating between 24 and 75 with screen projectors and network access. The location has ample parking and easy to access from the highway. The main lobby and lounge area will provide ample space for attendees to socialize and network between sessions. There are also a number of break out rooms that will be available for podcasters to perform interviews and record podcasts.

Thank you ITT Technical Institute for providing us such a great venue location.

Mary, Jason, Gabe and I (Angelo) visited ITT this past Friday to check out the facilities. I must say, ITT has gone above and beyond to help us put on PodCamp Ohio this year. We cannot thank them enough for the opportunity!

Our first task was to assess the rooms available. One of the rooms available to us the entire day is perfect for our First Aid room for podcasters to setup their computers and practice podcasting. While taking pictures of the other rooms, we discovered 5 break out rooms that will be available to us as well. These are perfect rooms for those who may want to have a discussion or record interviews outside of the hallways. We also took some pictures of the lounge area, which will have vending machines and plenty of seating for socializing and networking.

We also inquired about Internet access for the event. Each projector has an ethernet port available for the presenter. In addition, there will be wireless access available as well. The wireless access will most likely be made available via a guest account. We will get more details for this when we’re closer to the event.

Photos of Visit

Flickr Photos

At the ITT site, we have multiple rooms of different sizes that will make it possible for us to assign rooms of appropriate size for each session.
So now we need your help. There is a survey on Survey Monkey that will help us get an idea of the size of the room we need for each session. It only takes a few minutes to complete and will make it possible for us to create a great PodCamp Event for you. Click Here to take survey

You can go back and change your answers later if you change you mind. There are questions regarding your level of experience with podcasting and blogging. The answers to these questions will give the people leading the sessions an idea of who their audience is. Thank You So Much for your time!