• Scheduling and planning the in-person meetups
• Organizer(s) to help find and contact sponsors
• Organizer to lead getting lunch catered
• Organizer to lead getting lunch time entertainment
• Promos (everyone is welcome to create promos)
• Event guide
• Organizer to lead in blocking off rooms at hotels

Our buddy Angelo will be calling into the show to give us the most current information available for Podcamp Ohio 2. If you remember from last year, it was December when we really started to rev things up as far as the planning process. So, if you would like to help out in any way, would like more information about the event, or just want to catch up with your Podcamp Ohio buddies, I encourage you to tune in on Thursday.

I hope that you will be able to join us live, because that is where all the fun happens. There will be a live chat room, you can call into the show, and you can even see my shining face on the live webcam. (There will also be an archived podcast of the show). If you can’t be here live, that’ s ok, then feel free to leave comments below, or even in the Podcamp Ohio Google Group. See you for the meetup!

With respect to Podcamp Ohio material, we talked about ideas for content for the 09 meeting. We also had a discussion about the pros and cons of a two day conference. Thanks also to Mitch and Daniel for calling in, talking about their websites, and answering questions.

Mitch also talked about their adventure of having the baby last week (great pics on his blog). In addition, in a Podcamp Ohio meeting exclusive, Angelo announced that he and his wife are expecting and the due date is just after the first of the year.

We even had a new podcaster call into the show. Check out his blog here. He wanted to ask about what to do to start. Thanks Mitch and Daniel for fielding those questions.

Finally, following the show, I hosted an “after show” party over on ustream. I even recorded it. Check out the recorded video show here. Thanks so much for all your support of the show! I really appreciate it. Have a great weekend, everybody!

Podcamp Ohio is having an online meetup this Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 9pm Eastern Time on The Doctor Anonymous Show. Angelo will be calling in live from Las Vegas where he is attending New Media Expo. And, if you’re out there, make sure you check out Coverville 500 on August 15 at 7pm sponsored by Blubrry.

Also scheduled to call into the show is Brandice to give us a Vegas report. She’s going to be hanging out there with her Viddler peeps. If you haven’t already, check out the New Media Expo Videos including this announcement from Viddler.

In addition to all of this, we’ll continue to talk about issues concerning Podcamp Ohio 09. Angelo posted this discussion thread last week asking if blogging topics should be considered for the 09 event. In addition he threw out an idea of making this a 2 day event instead of a 1 day event. Finally, he made a suggestion of the weekend of June 20th, 2009 as a possible date.

I hope that you will be able to join us live Thursday night. There will be a live chat room, you can call into the show, and you can even see my shining face on the live webcam. If not, feel free to leave comments below, or even in the Podcamp Ohio Google group. (Oh yeah, in case you didn’t know, studionashvegas and Mrs. studionashvegas welcomed Lucas to the world last weekend. I encourage you to check out his blog post and say hello!)

Angelo then called in and started with the positive feedback from the event. He then discussed a post that was written by Owen Winkler. This post generated a lot of discussion in the days leading up to this wrap-up meeting. Then, Owen himself called into the show to further discuss his post. I really appreciate Owen calling into the show. And, don’t get me wrong, his feedback (along with others who had the same sentiments) is definitely constructive criticism and issues that we need to work on before the 2009 event.

Finally, we discussed some initial concepts and ideas for Podcamp Ohio 2009. I encourage you to listen to the show and share ideas in the comments below on things we should think about for 2009. Thanks again to everyone who made Podcamp Ohio 2008 a fabulous event! (Why the gold medal at the top? Who knows? Just wanted to make any kind of subtle olympics reference)

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.

The New Media Cincinnati Meetup is tomorrow, May 3rd at the Tri-County Panera Bread from 4 to 6 pm. Kristen Beireis from http://virtualhelper4u.com will be making a presentation about virtual team-building, the people who work for you that help you manage your online business. Thank you Daniel Johnson for organizing these meetups!

Location address:

Tri-County Panara Bread
405 E Kemper Rd
Springdale, OH, 45246
Google Map: map

Please RSVP on the New Media Cincinnati Facebook web site.

See everyone tomorrow!

The PodCamp Ohio meetup 5 is tomorrow from 11am to 1pm at the Panera Bread in Cuyahoga Falls.

We’ll be talking about PodCamp sessions as well as general blogging and podcasting topics. Anyone is welcome to join us.

Please refer to the following Google map for directions.

The Podcamp Ohio event isn’t during football or hockey season, but it does coincide with ComFest, a very special community event that takes place every year in Columbus and would be a great addition to your trip if you have the time. There is a great write-up on what ComFest is all about on their website.

Podcamp Ohio is also the same weekend as Columbus Pride Festival, which is described by many as one of the best pride events in Ohio. If you’d like to support the GLBTQ community and you have the free time while you’re in Columbus, feel free to stop by that event as well.

For other information on Columbus and other things to do such as the Columbus Zoo, Cosi science museum and much more, check out Experience Columbus for more information.

(All of this information is available on our Travel Info page, for future reference.)

Please RSVP by leaving a comment on Daniel’s post announcing the New Media Cincinnati March Meetup.

See everyone tomorrow!

For those driving from as far as Cleveland, the new Ohio Ikea‘s grand opening is that weekend. The new Ikea is within 2 exits of the Tri-county mall (Same exit as the Cincinnati Microcenter). That news may make it more worth while to make the 4 hour drive.