After much deliberation, Sylvain and I have decided to take our time preparing a Podcamp Montreal to ensure that it will be of the quality you’ve come to appreciate from past editions. Podcamp Montreal has known great success since it launched back in 2008, thanks to the participation of many volunteers and the support of excellent sponsors.

The volunteers of Podcamp Montreal will see you in the Spring of 2012. Until then, you can follow us her, on Facebook and on Twitter.

Those who can’t bear the thought of going through autumn without their Podcamp fix should consider attending Podcamp Boston, the birthplace of all podcamps! The event will be held September 24th and 25th 2011.

See you soon!

Here’s the first video of the serie Podcasters profile, featuring Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand and his many podcasts.

Over the last few months, I have produced a videoblog called Portrait de blogueurs (loosly translated : Bloggers Profile), whose purpose is to present new blogs and bloggers. PodCamp Montreal’s organizing team asked me to do something similar with podcasters.

These videos will be posted on PodCamp Montreal’s website once a week (depending on many factors). This project should begin as soon as we’ve finalized the theme (images, music…) and compiled a list of podcasters to feature. It goes without saying that we’ll need your help! The podcaster will need to answer these three simple questions on camera :

1. What is your podcast about?
2. Why do you produce a podcast?
3. What do you do for a living?

Are you a podcaster?

Let us know if you’re interested in being featured in a small video promoting you and your podcast. For those of you who are no podcasters, fear not, we have a different mission for you : send us names of your favorite podcasters or show them this blogpost so that they can get a hold of me directly.

Contact me by email and mention the Podcasters Profile project in your subject line. The more videos we shoot, the more interesting the concept will be and the more new podcasts there will be to discover!

It’s official. PodCamp Montreal is a success. We had 384 participants on site, and 731 unique visitors checking out our live stream throughout the weekend. While our American friends were more likely to follow us on the livestream this year, we were thrilled to attract a greater number of locals to this year’s event, given that our mission is to encourage and promote the use of social media by Montrealers. Our schedule was nicely divided between French and English presentations, and the Montreal sun came out to grace us with its presence, which is always nice when you’re sitting on the great terrasse at l’UQAM’s Design School where PodCamp was held for a second consecutive year.

Bob Goyetche by Eva Blue

PodCamp Montreal is a labour of love that doesn’t happen overnight. The organising committee has been working tirelessly since spring on sponsorship, communications and logistics, not to mention climbing into bed together to produce a rockin’ promotional video. The sacrifices we make for social media!

It’s been great to get all your positive feedback and suggestions for next year. Thanks for coming, for supporting the development of social media in Montreal and hope to see you in 2010!

Those of you who are still beating yourselves up over having missed a great presentation might be in luck. Laurent Maisonnave and his band of merry men, Christian Aubry et Guillaume Marin, have made video archives available for your viewing pleasure. Two of the four rooms were documented, so head over to Ustream to relive the PodCamp Montreal 2009 magic.

It should tide you over until next year.

Berlin and Montreal have many things in common, including vibrant creative and tech communities. September 18th to 27th, a group of likeminded geeks in Berlin are organizing a festival around 5 themes.

“Atoms & bits are the smallest elements in our modern society. This is what the atoms&bits Festival is all about: how we change society bit by bit, atom by atom – organized through the Internet with real world results. a&b is a meet up for visionaries, tinkerers, activists, geeks, and artists – in short, everyone that celebrates a new culture of collective endeavor and do-it-yourself.”– Atoms & Bits

In the spirit of collaboration and outreach dear to many new media fans and creators, a group of local events are joining together to form a Montréal extension to the Berlin festival and PodCamp is proud to be one of those events. We encourage you to have a look at the communities represented in Berlin and at the events participating in Montréal.

Your wish is our command.

With a little help from Julien Smith (a.k.a. John),  Michelle Sullivan (a.k.a. Yoko) gives you a list of reasons why you definitely need to come to PodCamp Montreal September 19th and 20th.

We’ll just call it our latin charm mixed with a little Trust Agent 
je-ne-sais-quoi.

Now go ahead and spread the joy.

P.S. And no, don’t worry. Michelle has no intention of splitting up the PodCamp organising committee. She’s just misunderstood.

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From the John & Yoko suite of the Queen Elisabeth hôtel, he talks about the cool stuff that may happen at PodCamp this year.

Julien Smith introduce you to one of Quebec’s finest delicacies : Poutine! But before, he’ll show you the facility where PodCamp Montreal 2008 will be held at, and the bar for our Friday night party…