A writer will tell you that when he’s too close to his documents, he doesn’t even see the spelling mistakes anymore.
Like that writer, it would seem we’re too close to our event to realize that not everyone knows what a PodCamp actually is. I was speaking with someone yesterday who was sure that it was only for podcasters. Ooops!
Good news: it’s not. Inspired by the BarCamp movement, a podcamp is an open social media conference that focuses on blogging, microblogging, podcasting, vidcasting, wikis and other social networks. If you’re interested in social media in any shape or form, then PodCamp Montreal is for you. Last year’s topics included:
- The New New Music – Fans, Community And What Business Can Learn From An Industry In Peril (Mitch Joel and David Usher)
- Using Twitter to Build and Monitor Your Personal Brand (Adele McAlear)
- Microblogging and Podcasting : How Can They Work Together (Evan Prodromou)
PodCamp is an international movement. The cradle of podcamp civilisation may be in Boston, MA, but PodCamps have since sprung up in cities and countries as far flung as CapeTown, Perth and Ireland. There’s even a PodCamp Barcelona happening the same weekend as PodCamp Montreal.
Here are the ‘rules’ of a PodCamp, as defined by PodCamp creators Chris Brogan and Chris Penn:
- All attendees must be treated equally. Everyone is a rockstar.
- All content created must be released under a Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- All attendees must be allowed to participate. (subject to limitations of physical space, of course)
- All sessions must obey the Law of 2 Feet – if you’re not getting what you want out of the session, you can and should walk out and do something else. It’s not like you have to get your money’s worth!
- The event must be new-media focused – blogging, podcasting, video on the net.
- The financials of a PodCamp must be fully disclosed in an open ledger, except for any donor/sponsor who wishes to remain anonymous.
Source : PodCamp Community Unconferences wiki
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Atelier sur le journalisme « Open Sources » à Podcamp Montréal…
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En plus de webdiffuser l’une des pistes de PodcampMontréal les 19 et 20 septembre prochains, tout comme l’an dernier, j’aurai le plaisir d’y produire cette fois une conférence int…
Atelier sur le journalisme « Open Sources » à Podcamp Montréal…
En plus de webdiffuser l’une des pistes de PodcampMontréal les 19 et 20 septembre prochains, tout comme l’an dernier, j’aurai le plaisir d’y produire cette fois une conférence interactive sur le concept de journalisme « open sources ».
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