PodCamp Toronto 2011 is Canada’s largest gathering of members of the new media community.
We’ve been having PodCamps in Toronto since 2007. Last year 900 people from Toronto’s new media community attended during our two-day unconference.
Our diverse community includes amateur and professional content creators and communicators. This includes folks from all areas of new media - writers, producers, photographers, designers, podcasters, developers and bloggers.
PodCamp Toronto 2011 is an inclusive unconference gathering where everyone participates.
Unconferences are facilitated, participant-driven events centred on a theme or purpose. The first PodCamp was held in Boston in 2006, since then new media communities in numerous cities have held PodCamps.
When someone signs up to attend PodCamp they become a participant. Because we’re an unconference, we ask our participants to provide the programming and sessions. To speak at PodCamp is to share knowledge, expertise and perspective while facilitating a discussion. Participants at PodCamp bring their curiosity and passion for new media. Participants at PodCamp exercise the Law of Two Feet. When a participant finds they are not learning or contributing to discussion, they must find a discussion where they can learn something by taking their “two feet” elsewhere. Participants also cross-pollinate ideas by spreading discussion ideas as they go. In addition to lots of conversation in the halls, last year, we had a vibrant Twitter stream of ideas emerging from sessions.
PodCamp Toronto is a not-for-profit event organized by volunteers, funded through sponsorship and operated under a licensing agreement with The PodCamp Foundation.
There is no cost to attend PodCamp Toronto thanks to the support of our generous sponsors.
Organizers
Connie Crosby
http://crosbygroup.ca Connie is a consultant with a law librarian background working in social media, information management and knowledge management. She is a blogger, writer, speaker, instructor and erstwhile podcaster. She teaches courses on social media/social networking tools at the iSchool Institute, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. She is author of the 2010 book Effective Blogging for Libraries, part of the new Tech Set series from Neal-Schuman Publishing. This is her fourth year as part of the PodCamp Toronto organizing team, and she is looking forward to attending some great sessions, connecting with friends and making new ones.
John Meadows
blog.meadowsonline.com John Meadows is a technology requirements manager during the day, and a podcaster, photographer, blogger, photographer and musician. He has been podcasting since 2006, and his current podcast is The FIlm Photography Forecast. He also also written theme music for a number of other podcasts. He joined the organizing committee in 2010, and is happy to be helping again this year, primarily in the areas of mobile application and scheduling software programming.
Daniele Rossi
http://danielerossi.ca Artistic Web designer, illustrator and producer of the Stuttering is Cool podcast (http://stutteringiscool.com) since 2007. Daniele is an active participant in the Toronto tech community and enjoys attending PodCamps and PAB. Daniele joined the PodCamp Toronto organizing committee in 2010 and is happy to be back once again helping out with the mobile site, video podcast, community management and taking lots of conference call notes!
Mircea Baldean
www.baldean.com Webthinking for over fourteen years, Mircea has senior experience in virtually every web related aspect, balancing the three spheres of web strategy - business, technology and community. A flexible, curious and hard working person, Mircea is a Senior Manager, Web Strategies at RBC Global Asset Management, an investment manager with global scope . He is ultimately responsible for overseeing the overall web strategy, user experience and execution of digital marketing initiatives. Inspired by PodCamp Toronto since 2007, Mircea joined the organizing committee in 2010, facilitating a smooth online collaboration among the team members and focusing on aggregating web and social properties in a sustainable manner.
Rob Lee
http://unconventionalwisdom.wordpress.com/ Rob Lee became involved in podcasting when his wife started listening to podcasts and then said “Can we do that?”. After learning the basics and setting her up to record and publish her podcasts, he has become progressively more involved in social media and the podcasting community. In addition to being on the PodCamp Toronto organizing committee, he has attended and presented at PodCamp Montréal. He has a background in IT Project Management, which is put to good use in organizing PodCamp Toronto, focusing on budgeting and financial management, along with arranging for the event facilities with the host venue, the School of Radio and Television Arts (RTA) at Ryerson University.
Mark van Tol
Mark van Tol specializes in integrated marketing communications he is currently a consultant at Canada’s largest public relations firm, NATIONAL Public Relations. Mark has a passion for new media as well as the automotive industry. Bonus points if you find him on twitter.
Eden Spodek
http://bargainista.ca Eden Spodek is an influencer advocate, blogger, digital communication strategist and public speaker, with an emphasis on influencer engagement and community building. She has extensive client experience with top tier organizations, particularly when it comes to engaging women online. Most notably, Eden has been an active participant in the social media space connecting through her blog Bargainista.ca and as a volunteer organizer for PodCamp Toronto, where most of her focus is on attracting sponsors and building partnerships.
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