Well, it is almost too embarrassing to put up this report so many months after the event. Nonetheless, it is part of the plan and we want all of you out there to remember what an incredibly successful event this was! Plus, it’s never too late to add thanks to all those who helped [...]

Sure, most conferences focus on the attendees, the venue, the speakers. But we wanted to also focus on our sponsors. They each (large and small) have a custom landing page on our site, where they can speak directly to our audience and be part of the conversation that is the social web. They also experienced [...]

Photos credit: Chris Heuer.

The opening ceremonies to Podcamp and Workcamp Hawaii were, put simply, the very best opening to any *camp style unconference to date.

The morning started out with two traditional Hawaiian chants (called ʻoli) done by two local sisters, Haunani and ʻIlima Kauka, of Aloha Blessings. The first chant was asking for permission to [...]

Flying all the way from Pennsylvania for the Social Media Club Workshop, Podcamp and Wordcamp Hawaii, I had no way to know whether or not my session would resonate with the attendees. I was incredibly happy when room 304B was standing room only, and didn’t empty once I began my session.

I thought, beyond just sharing [...]

I love when the angels show up at the last minute, and D-J Mixx is one of them! Short story: wife of owner, @FranMagbual heard my pleas on Twitter and volunteered her husband’s services. They are bringing a sound system, so we can have music aka “mele” and make it super easy for local [...]

Joe Philipson has joined us as the official photographer of Podcamp Hawaii. Joe is well known in the local Flickr community and has a true photographer’s eyes - he just sees things through a unique lens, and I am not talking about his camera! He knows that attention rewards a photographer.

I am partial to [...]

Much mahalo to the press and to our friends for sharing the story of this event!

Erika Engle, of the Star-Bulletin understands the challenge:

PodCamp and WordCamp will pull eyeballs to Hawaii
Oct. 3, 2008

So how do you join in and market your business and engage your customers, promote your canoe club’s fundraiser, or play in the [...]

Thank you to everyone for all of your patience. I know this has been a long time coming. Normal conferences do the schedule and book the speakers very early on; we do the infrastructure building and relationship-building first, and spread the word to anyone who wants to speak.

You can view the spreadsheet online here. And [...]

The Dynamics of Group Blogging

Rosa Say will begin this session with a case study of Joyful Jubilant Learning (JJL) from her perspective as the site’s founder and managing editor. JJL is a group blog dedicated to collaborative online learning; the site was created in 2006 as the web-based forum of the Hoʻohana Community of self-proclaimed [...]

Event: PodCamp HawaiiDate: Friday, October 24, 2008 at 08:00 AM - Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 05:00 PM (GMT-1000)Location: Hawaii Convention Center1801 Kalakaua AvenueHonolulu, HI 96815

Aloha!
This is the second email about Podcamp. If you signed up after October 9th and missed the first attendee email, no problem. We posted it here [...]

Editor’s Note: This is the email sent to all attendees who were registered as of October 9th. Once you register, you will receive emails from us via the Eventbrite system.. We will then add them to the web site for your convenience!

Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 at 08:00 AM - Saturday, October 25, 2008 [...]

Hawaii is blessed to be a high-tech mecca, a Silicon Valley of the Pacific. Our business environment supports and encourages technology-oriented projects in many unique ways. Similarly, PodCampHawaii embraces the business community by our “teaching them how to fish” with new social media. We are very proud to have High Tech Development Corporation join us [...]

As we posted a few days ago, our title Sponsor Road Runner is giving us 300 30-second TV spots. We had a great turnout and shot the commercial in 3 takes. We didn’t even really need the 3rd take but I like to be sure we have enough coverage with so many people involved. You [...]

Road Runner really hit a home run with us! This is the local Time Warner Cable internet service, and they are providing us gigantic benefits: 300 30-second TV spots to be run across their many channels, plus an email to their 200,000 plus residential and business subscribers, plus a $500 cash contribution.

We are the [...]

As you may have heard elsewhere, Road Runner is giving us 300 30-second TV spots to be run across their several channels. We are filming it on Sunday and you’re invited! We’ll be out in front under the glass gables. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for last minute updates! @podcamphawaii

Date: Sunday, October 5th
Time: [...]