PodCamp NYC 2.0 - Afterthoughts

I drove up to Brooklyn Polytechnic in New York to attend the Podcamp NYC 2.0 this Saturday. This was my 2nd Podcamp, since I attended and helped out with Podcamp Philly last year. I personally love the idea of Podcamp and that its very laid back and has that “unconference” feel to it. I signed in approximately around 10:30AM and checked out the schedule to see which sessions I would be interested in.

As the day progressed I met several interesting people in the new media sphere, exchanged business cards and enjoyed the atmosphere of this event. I did bump into several friends from Philly that I knew and it was great catching up and and finding out what they were up to.

Attending Podcamp is like walking into the Best Buy store, you see all kind of gadgets and the latest technology. I must have seen dozens of iPhones, Apple Macbooks and even those new Nokia n95’s that several people were streaming live from. At one point my iPhone could not even login to the EDGE network because of so many iPhone in the area! Overall, it was awesome being in the middle of it.

Walking around the campus you can’t help but notice small “cliques” hanging out and chatting with each other. It would have been nice to have a introduction type session where each person, whether they are a newbie to Podcamp or a veteran, introduce themselves and tell a little more about what they do in the new media.

The sessions I attended were:

11AM - Affordable PR using New Media for Non-Profits.Chris Penn & Maria Thurrell

1PM - Chris Brogan, Laura Fitton, and Roxanne Darling: Finding Your New Media Voice

2PM - Relationships 2.0- WankerGirl & Ms. Something

3PM - Chris Penn- New Media Marketing

4PM - Drew Olanoff- “bringing it all together”. Using social media as your toolkit and not a distraction.

I would have to say that I enjoyed the day and would go again next year. My main goal of Podcamp NYC 2.0 was to check out how it was organized and get some tips for this year’s upcoming Podcamp Philly 2.0. I am involved this year as an organizer and invite everyone to attend.

See you in September!

You can see the photos I took at Podcamp NYC 2.0 on my flickr stream.