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 make […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 musicians […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 on the […]