06.28.08

The next planning meeting for Podcamp Ohio 2 will be on The Doctor Anonymous Show this Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 9pm Eastern Time. Using Angelo’s most recent post in the Google group, here are some of the topics that will be discussed. Hope to see you Thursday!

• 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

PodCamp Ohio 2 will be held at Mendenhall Labatory at The Ohio State University on Saturday, June 20, 2009. The location is sponsored by the Ohio State University’s Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing.

As of current we have 5 classrooms and one lecture hall available to us the entire day of the event. Each classroom seats approximately 40 with desks. The space is spread throughout the first floor which should make the PodCamp easy for attendees to navigate. The front entrance offers plenty of space for registration as well as a central place for lounging and networking.

Not all of the rooms have built-in projectors, so we will need to work out the logistics for those. We will have special wi-fi access the day of the event as well.

Photos from visit:

Flickr tag: podcampohio2loc

Hello Ohio Podcampers! Can you believe that it’s only about six short months until Podcamp Ohio 2 on June 20, 2009 at THE Ohio State University? I don’t know about you, but I’m already getting excited for next year’s event. Just wanted to announce that there will be a Podcamp Ohio 2 Planning Meeting/Meetup this Thursday, December 11th, 2008 at 9pm Eastern Time on The Doctor Anonymous Show. (also check out the video post above)

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!

Mark your calendars because the Post PodCamp Ohio Party is coming back to The Doctor Anonymous Show this Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at 9pm Eastern Time! There has already been a lot of great discussion regarding the evaluation of the initial Podcamp Ohio.

Angelo asked me to host a meeting/show to kind of bring all the feedback together so that we know how to move forward toward Podcamp Ohio 2009. What did people enjoy about Podcamp this year? What things shouldn’t we change? What things can we do better for next year? Give it some thought.

Or, if like for the Pre Podcamp Party, you just want to hang out and have a good time, you know the time and place. Brandice has also said that she’ll be there on Thursday. Will you?

Finally, if you haven’t had a chance yet, check out the videos over on the Viddler site from Podcamp Ohio. There are a few taken from the sessions and some fun videos as well. Also, Coefficient Media has already put up some audio podcasts from the sessions. Enjoy the video above and hope to see you Thursday night!

We have another T-shirt winner, Steve Bostedor (Twitter: @sbostedor). Steve was one of the first 200 registered guests that was randomly chosen from the first 200 registered guests.

During meeting 28, we discussed registration, separate twitter account to send twitter announcements when someone checks in, announced t-shirt winner, discussed the podcamp schedule from Thursday night through Sunday morning, staff t-shirts have been ordered, event guide, session schedule, Brandice’s wedding in Las Vegas, and we answered some questions that some organizers and speakers had that were on the call. We also discussed the New Media Expo, Ham Radios, Digital Television, Internet access during PodCamp Ohio and the need to put together and send event information to registered guests.

Speakers

If you are speaking at PodCamp, screen projectors are available, but we will need to know ahead of time if you need one so we have it in your room. Please email angelo (angelo [at] podcampohio.com) and let us know if you will need a projector. You must provide your own computer that has a VGA port and 7-15 foot ethernet cable to connect to the Internet.

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This will be the last meetup before PodCamp Ohio! Meetup 7 will take place on Saturday, June 21 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 organizers and volunteers to check out the facilities. Organizers and Volunteers are strongly recommended to come to the meetup to go over event plans and duties.

We have a print sample of the event guide created by Gabe from GodsMac.com as well as some of the event swag to demo during tomorrows meetup. Please feel free to bring your cameras and/or recording equipment.

During meeting 27, we talked about getting lunch catered by Qdoba, event t-shirts ordered (240 total), ordering t-shirts for volunteers, swag materials including Chocolate Buckeyes from Harry London Chocolates and Dave and Busters $10 coupons, and talk about the session schedule.

Half way through the meeting we spoke with Chris, he has 2 session ideas that he may submit to present at PodCamp Ohio.

We are seeking door prizes to give away during the day of the event. If you have any podcasting gear or other related merchandise to donate for us to raffle off the day of the event, please contact angelo (angelo [at] podcampohio.com).

We wrapped up the meeting talking about the finale meeting schedule for Thursday, June 26th on Doctor Anonymous‘ podcast on Blog Talk Radio.

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This will be the second last meeting before PodCamp Ohio.

Agenda items:

• Make a decision on catering
• Seeking door prizes and gifts to give to attendees
• Event Materials order status
• Staff T-shirts for organizers and Volunteers
• Overall plan for volunteers
• Assemble session schedule
• Anything else that comes up.

Call in information:

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

CONGRATULATIONS Brandice, we wish you many happy years together!

During meeting 26, we list through the current status of podcamp including the inclusion of Harry London buckeye chocolates for event guests, opportunity to have lunch catered, thoughts on event schedule, latest sponroship announcements (TechSmith) and more. Later in the episode we chat with Jon about Honda and end the meeting talking with Zeb about the event.

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