Posts Tagged ‘ Podcasting Events ’

New Media Expo Founder Thinking About Quitting The Tradeshow Business

Aug 20th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Events

Tim Bourquin, creator of the New Media Expo, is thinking about quitting the tradeshow business.
He cites five reasons - reasons that he feels “threaten the very industry itself”:

High speed Internet costs. Nearly all convention centers have long-term, exclusive agreements in place with high speed Internet providers and the prices they are charging are ludicrous.
Drayage. Drayage [...]



Zune Launches ‘Insider’ Podcast, Sponsors New Media Expo

Aug 13th, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Featured Story, Podcasting, Podcasting Events, iPods & Portable Media Players

Rob Greenlee, Microsoft Zune Podcast Programming Lead, has introduced a new Zune podcast, Zune Insider. It’s an audio and video podcast, co-hosted by Greenlee and Zune blogger Cesar Menendez.



PodCamp Philly Coming Sept. 6-7

Aug 13th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Events

PodCamp Philly, the second annual “unconference” style podcasting event, will be held Sept 6-7.
PodCamp Philly topics will include blogging, podcasting, video-blogs, videos and social networking.
Also, this year PodCamp Philly has teamed with SearchCamp Philly, a new unconference focused on helping small and medium sized businesses market themselves online.
PodCamp Philly/SearchCamp Philly Details:

Dates: September 6th & [...]



Podcasters Across Borders Conference This Weekend

Jun 20th, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Podcasting, Podcasting Events

Podcast creators, podsafe musicians, and friends and families of new media mavens will be gathering this weekend at the third annual Podcasters Across Borders conference in Kingston, Ontario. Participants and presenters are coming from Canada, the United States, and from as far away as Argentina.
The conference is organized by members of the Rogic Podcast Conglomerate; [...]



Upcoming PodCamps

Jun 1st, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: New Media Organizations, Podcasting Events

PodCamps are a great opportunity to learn about podcasting and meet people involved in new media.
The events are user-organized conferences for “new media enthusiasts and professionals including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, social networkers, and anyone curious about new media.”
The first PodCamp was held September 8-10, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts, but they are now being held worldwide.
Here’s [...]



PodCamp NYC Organizer Promotes Education Focus

Apr 24th, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Educational Podcasts, General, Podcasting Events

I recently had a (way too brief) conversation with PodCamp NYC 2.0 co-organizer John C. Havens, VP of Business Development at Blog Talk Radio and fellow Advisory Board member of the Association of Downloadable Media. (He’s on the right in the photo, with Chris MacDonald.) John wanted to talk about this PodCamp’s wider appeal [...]



My ad:tech SF Schedule

Apr 15th, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts, New Media Organizations, Podcasting Events, Video

Today through Thursday, I’m in San Francisco to attend ad:tech, one of a series of conventions focused on advertising and digital marketing.
I will be covering the event for Podcasting News, trying to get a sense of what’s happening in downloadable media from the sponsor and advertiser’s point of view.
I’m also here to make a presentation [...]



POdCamp South Africa This Weekend!

Apr 15th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Events

PodCamp South Africa - a free podcasting unconference - will be held this weekend.
Here are the details:
Date
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Time
09:00 to 17:00.
Venue
Orangia Bowling Club, 8 At Horak Avenue, Bloemfontein
Cost
FREE, verniet, niks, mahala!
What to bring
Your laptop, video cameras, digital cameras, audio gear or anything else you want to use to capture the event and most [...]



‘08 New Media Expo Schedule Unveiled

Apr 4th, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Events

The schedule for the fourth annual New Media Expo has been announced by event organizer Tim Bourquin. Formerly known as the Podcast and New Media Expo, and/or the Portable Media Expo, this year’s updated and expanded event sports a new name, and has moved from California to Las Vegas.
The New Media Expo, which runs [...]



PodCamp Arizona Dates Announced

Apr 1st, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General

Organizers have announced dates for PodCamp Arizona, being held November 1-2, 2008 at the University of Advanced Technology.
PodCamps are free events focusing on podcasting and new media that are organized and presented by attendees.
Not a lot of details have been announced yet, but you can get involved at the site.