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Doug Haslam, my PodCamp Boston 2 presentation partner in crime, has posted our “Following and Joining Online Conversations: Social Media PR 101″ talk.

You can follow our slides and audio from SlideShare, or simply stream/download the .mp3 file embedded in this post.

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Here are a handful of my takeaways from the event.

PodCamp isn’t just about podcasting.
If you’ve attended a PodCamp or two yourself since the first installment of the unconference back in September 2006, then I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. Though a number of sessions at the event typically do cover podcasting topics (how to start a podcast, how to try and monetize it, advanced production values, etc.), there are countless others that don’t. Discussions on social networking, social media marketing, storytelling, delivering good presentations, digital identity, and exploring the latest Web 2.0 tools are very much a part of PodCamp, too.

PodCamp is billed as the “new-media unconference” these days, which makes me wonder: Might PodCamp need a new name?

There’s plenty of value outside the sessions.

Most conferences or unconferences go like this for me: I attend a handful of formal sessions in “education mode” — and then spend the rest of the time hanging out in the hallways speaking with friends and colleagues old and new. PodCamp Boston 2 was no exception.

I won’t soon forget my conversations with Scott Monty, who is the first fellow social-media guy I met because of Twitter and is also quite adept at selecting good Irish pubs that will properly feed a dozen geeks; Anna Farmery and Heather Gorringe, who were visiting from the UK; Paull Young, Constantin Basturea, and Christin Eubanks from Converseon; Mark Blevis, who’s throwing a PodCamp of his own in Ottawa later this month; Mika Pyyhkala and Deb Block-Schwenk, my lunchmates on Saturday; Mitch Joel, Beth Kanter; Kathryn Jones; and fellow Red Sox fans Sarah Wurrey, Doug Haslam, and Joe Cascio, with whom I took in part of Game 3 of the World Series from one of the local dives on Saturday night.

David Maister is one funny dude.

He’s also known as one of the best in the world in consulting and writing about management of professional services firms — and he’s a blogger and a podcaster. David’s insights during a session on Sunday morning were, quite simply, sensational. I especially liked this line:

Shut up talking about you. You don’t get any of my business by talking about you.”

Managing your online reputation can be tricky business.
There was plenty of good discussion around who you are and how you’re perceived online in a “Job Search 2.0″ discussion led by MaryHelen Votral and Ben Gregg and “Digital Natives” of CM Access (full disclosure: a former employer and former client) and a session on “digital natives” from Michael Denton and the aforementioned Paull Young and Christin Eubanks.

The key question: How much of your personal self should you reveal online and how does all of your blogging, podcasting, social networking, etc. play to job recruiters?

You can here my take as part of a conversation Paull had with Anna Farmery and me in a live-from-PodCamp episode of the Forward Podcast.

PodCamps won’t always be free.
I won’t pretend that I did nearly as much work in helping to organize this year’s PodCamp Boston as I did for the inaugural event (funny what having a baby does to your free time), but there certainly were several other hard-working people who did. Collectively — and in some cases individually — the social media enthusiasts that PodCamp co-founder Christopher Penn names volunteered hundreds of hours of their time to put on a free conference for more than 1,300 registered attendees. One not-so-small detail: Only about 650 of them — not even half — actually made it to PodCamp.

A reasonable no-show rate for free events is to be expected, but when a conference becomes as big as PodCamp Boston has, the result is too much wasted hard work by the organizers to accommodate hundreds of would-be attendees who ultimately decide they have somewhere else to be.

With that in mind, I have no objection to Chris and his fellow co-founder Chris Brogan giving PodCamp organizers the option to charge a nominal registration fee for future unconferences. The result should be a more manageable attendee list and a more accurate representation of just how many participants to plan for.

PodCampers like to party.

’nuff said.

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Here’s how you can find and follow me over the next three days:

Friday night:
* I’ll be joining in the Tequila Rain festivities from 7:00-10:00pm.

* At 9:00, I’ll be hosting a live BlogTalkRadio show with the organizers of PodCamp Perth (Australia), direct from Tequila Rain (or just outside it). Listen here: PodCamp Boston/PodCamp Perth kickoff.

Saturday morning:
* I’ll be meeting and greeting you at Social Media Breakfast 3 from 7:30-8:30am, from the Starbucks Cafe at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, adjacent to the Boston Convention and Expo Center (BCEC). No RSVP is required. Just join us!

Saturday afternoon:
* Join Doug Haslam and me for our PodCamp presentation: “Following and Joining Online Conversations,” from 4:00-5:00pm in Room 203

Saturday night:
* From 7:00-9:00, find me at the Boston Seaport Hotel for the official PodCamp Boston party.
* After the party, I’ll be headed somewhere with other PodCampers to watch Game 3 of the World Series (the Red Sox are only two wins away from the title!).

The rest of the time:
* I’ll be bouncing around the unconference proper at the Boston Convention and Expo Center (BCEC) –  taking part in sessions, making media, and joining in interesting conversations wherever I can.

Follow my Tweets and audio Twittergrams:
* I’ll be Twittering my thoughts and inspirations from PodCamp (and the World Series) all weekend long. My messages are here: Bryper’s Twitter messages.
* Also, your direct Twitter messages will reach my phone.

Call me:
* The BCEC is a big place, and we could be 1,000 people strong. If you can’t find me, just call: +1 (781) 413-5846

Which guy am I?
In the photo above, I’m the goofy guy on the right. Look for me to be wearing an organizer’s T-shirt, too. But if you want to say hello to the other two guys in that picture, you can do that. Both Scott Monty and Paull Young are coming to PodCamp as well.

Hope to see you this weekend!

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Laura was my guest on a show about “delivering killer presentations at PodCamp” and offered excellent advice for both first-time presenters and accomplished speakers alike. She also took several call-in questions from a listening audience that ranged between 15 and 18 for a solid hour.

Enjoy — and see you at PodCamp Boston 2 this weekend.

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• Event: “Delivering killer presentations at PodCamp,” hosted by Bryan Person and featuring Laura Fitton
• Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
• Time: 4:00-5:00pm 10:00-10:45am EDT
• Call-in number: +1 (646) 716-9042
• How to listen: Via your browser at BlogTalkRadio.

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Here are the details:

• Event: Social Media Breakfast 3
• Date: Saturday, October 27, 2007
• Time: 7:30 – 8:30am
• Location: Starbucks Cafe at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, 425 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210
• Public transportation: Take the Red Line to South Station. Transfer to the Silver Line and follow it to the World Trade Center stop.
• Cost: Free — until the sponsorship funds are exhausted (probably just after 8:00). Then, it’s pay your own way.
• What happens afterward: You head up the escalator to the BCEC and sign in for PodCamp Boston 2. You have registered, right?

Social Media Breakfast 3 is sponsored by CM Access (disclosure: the company is both my former employer and a former client).

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PodCamp Boston 2 kicks off on Friday, October 26 — a little more than two months from now.

We’ll be gathering at the Boston Convention Expo Center, which is captured nicely here by Julia Roy.

If you haven’t already done so, register for PodCamp Boston 2 today. The unconference is free, of course. I look forward to seeing you there.

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Yet another sure sign that PodCamp Boston 2 will be bigger and better than ever? With 85 days to go, we already have nearly as many registrants as we did for the inaugural event.

Take a look at the wide range of attendees for this fall’s event to get a sense of the collective new-media talent that will be assembled in one place from October 26-28. And then, if you haven’t done so already, go and register for PodCamp Boston 2, so that your name can be added to this list.

(Note: This is the registrant list as of July 14, 2007, and several dozen more have signed up in the intervening 19 days. As the official list is updated on the PodCamp Boston wiki, I’ll make changes here).

1. Adam Broitman, Director Emerging and Creative Strategy, Morpheus Media
2. Adam Plante Plante, Producer, Best Damn Tech Show Period
3. Adam Quirk, Producer, Wreck & Salvage
4. Adam Weiss, Podcaster, Podcastconsultant.Net
5. Alex Neihaus
6. Alison Cashin, Writer/Researcher, GLAD
7. Allison Lawlor, Marketing Manager, Babson College
8. Alyssa Boehm, Podcaster, Big Red Podcast
9. Amanda MacArthur, Creative Director, Mequoda
10. Amanda Mooney, Social Media Intern, Schneider Associates
11. Amaya Thompson, Rockstar, Uncle Seth
12. Amy Stevens, Web Communications Manager, MCLA
13. Andre Stark, Founder and President, YourStorys
14. Andrea Mercado, Reference & Techie Librarian, Reading Public Library
15. Andrew Kerry, online pharmacy, pharmacy
16. Andy Blanco
17. Annie Berman, Filmmaker, Fish in the Hand Productions
18. Anthony Cantiello, Citycynic.Com
19. Ariel Hyatt, President, Ariel Publicity
20. B.L. Ochman, President, whatsnextonline.com
21. Barry Kantz, Secretary and General Counsel, RawVoice, Inc
22. Bernard Farrell, Software architect, Kronos
23. Beth Kanter, Independent Consultant, Bethkanter.Org
24. Bill Jankowski, Completerunning.Com
25. Bill Palmer, Publisher, iProng
26. Bob Goyetche, Founder, ROGIC
27. Bob Nesson, Producer, Nesson Media Boston Inc.
28. Bonnie Peirce, Librarian, Library Youth and Teen Services 2.0
29. Brad Smith, Tech Producer, Voice Actor, Second Shift: And Original Audio Drama
30. Brent Martino, Associate Creative Director, Aloft Group, Inc.
31. Brian Alves, Executive Producer, The DV Show
32. Brian Herzog, Head of Reference, Chelmsford Public Library
33. Brian Hogg, Storyteller, Dotboom.Ca
34. Brian Polensky, Podcaster, Yamcast.Com
35. Brian Yeado
36. Bryan Person, Social media evangelist, Bryper.com
37. C.C. Chapman, VP New Marketing, crayon
38. Chef Mark Tafoya, Executive Producer, Culinary Podcast Network
39. Chia-Lin Simmons, Linkedin.ComInCsimmons
40. Chip Griffin, CEO, CustomScoop
41. Chris Brogan, Community Developer, Video on the Net
42. chris connors, teacher, Chrisconnors.Com
43. Chris Schmidt, Best Damn Tech Show Period
44. Chris Wilson, podcaster / multimedia designer, Answers for Freelancers!
45. Chris Yeh, CEO, Ustream.TV
46. Christopher Abraham, Founding Partner, Abraham Harrison LLC
47. Christopher Johnston, Blogger, TechChris.com
48. Christopher Penn, CTO, Student Loan Network
49. Claire A. Murray, President, Murray Learning Associates
50. Clarence Smith Jr, Doyouknowclarence.Com
51. Clinton Alvord
52. Clive Bearman, Marketing manager, EMC
53. Colette Vogele, Founder, Vogele & Associates
54. Constantin Basturea, Director, Social Media Strategies, Converseon
55. Craig Calder, Chief Marketing Officer, Mochila
56. Craig Murphy, CEO, thebestkidsbooksite.com
57. Critt Jarvis, Conversation Base LLC
58. Dale Cruse, 24stgeorge.Com
59. Dan Gorgone, Co-host/Producer, Baby Time Podcast
60. Dan On Tap, Host, Life On Tap
61. Dan York, Danyork.Com
62. Daniel Jalkut
63. Daniel Steinberg, Producer, Dim Sum Thinking
64. Dave Kawalec, Daveandmattshow.Com
65. Dave LaMorte, Teachingforthefuture.Com
66. David Fisher, Office Manager, Jazkarta
67. David Galiel, Executive Director, Public Interest Entertainment Corporation
68. David Jameson, Macintosh tech support, Mass Medical Society
69. David Meerman Scott, author, The New Rules of Marketing & PR
70. David Tames, Filmmaker & Media Technologist, Kino-Eye.com
71. Dawn Reger
72. Deb Powers, Speakingofpoetry.Com
73. Dena Saper, Daphneandtamara.Com
74. denis brice ngono
75. Dereck Romano, President, DeeRock Productions, Inc.
76. diane mucciarone, pres, Lowellsearch
77. Diane Pardes, Principal, Pardes Communications
78. Diane Williams
79. dorcas garcia, art director, dorcas garcia design
80. Doug Haslam, Account Director, Topaz Partners
81. Doug Minor, Managing Editor/Director of Web Publishing, Saint Anselm College
82. Douglas Dobbins Dobbins, Owner/Writter, Street Corner Media
83. Duncan Perry, COO, Podcast.com
84. Ed Manlove
85. Edyn Walsh, The Roadie Show
86. Elizabeth Larkin, Public Liaison, Norfolk County RSVP
87. eric rochow, creator, gardenfork.tv, choplogic, inc
88. Eric Skiff, Community Evangelist, Clipmarks.com
89. Erik Schwartz, CEO, Foneshow
90. Erwin Chuk
91. Evan Nisenson, Evanlucas.Blogspot.Com
92. Fish Fishman, Fishthemagish.Net
93. Gary Leland, Owner, PodcastPickle.com
94. Geoffrey Willison
95. Gillian Hatton, President, Location Strategies
96. giuseppe turitto, web app architect, dorcas garcia design
97. Glenda Myles, Director, Marketing, Travel Alberta
98. Graham English, Podcast.Grahamenglish.Net
99. Greg Cangialosi, President & CEO, Blue Sky Factory, Inc
100. Greg Demetrick, President, Webfluency
101. Greg Murphy
102. Griffin Hollis
103. Guido Stein
104. Howard Greenstein, Social Media Consultant, The Harbrooke Group
105. Ina Steiner, Editor, AuctionBytes.com
106. J.C. Bouvier, Online Community Coordinator, The International Fund for Animal Welfare
107. Jack Daniel, Sysadmin, South Shore Imported Cars
108. Jack Hodgson, Jackhodgson.Com
109. Jake Shapiro, Executive Director, PRX Public Radio Exchange
110. James Barrett, Consulting Manager
111. Jamie Bull, Associate Account Representative, Lois Paul & Partners
112. Jared Spool, Founding Principal, User Interface Engineering
113. Jason Jarrett, Director, JDML
114. Jason Van Orden, Marketing Consultant, Jason Van Orden
115. Jay Kumar, Compcon.Podshow.Com
116. Jeff Cutler, Duke, Novel Ideas
117. Jeff Lebow, Media Producer, Worldbridges
118. Jeff Persch
119. Jen Flanigan, Bucketpodcast.Com
120. Jennifer Abusheery, Co-Host, Going Broke with Daphne and Tamara
121. Jennifer Iannolo, CEO, Culinary Podcast Network
122. Jesse Baer
123. jesse buckley, chief videographer, coBRANDiT
124. Jim Kirks, Host/Producer, Oval Works Media
125. Joanne Riley, Director, Massachusetts Studies Project
126. Joey Parshley
127. John Coyne, Themudthebloodthebeer.Com
128. John Federico, Odmcast.Com
129. John Havens, VP, Business Development, BlogTalkRadio
130. John Herman, Media Maker, Writer, Actor, Teacher, Compulsive Ri, Johnherman.Org
131. John J Ross, Partner, Bluefin Technical Services
132. John Wall, Producer, M Show Productions, LLC
133. John Wilpers, Editor-in-chief, BostonNOW newspaper
134. Jon Merz, President / CEO, Merz Multimedia
135. Jonathan Follett, President and Chief Creative Officer, Hot Knife Design, Inc.
136. Jonathan J. Reinhart, Library Assistant, Wellesley Free Library
137. Joseph Averett
138. Joseph Cascio, Joesvideoetc.Blogspot.Com
139. Joshua Cohen, Tilzy.TV
140. Joshua Nichols, Software Engineer, Broad Institute
141. Joy Follett, Consulting Designer, Hot Knife Design, Inc.
142. Joyce Bettencourt, blogmistress, The Vesuvius Group
143. Joyce Bunuan, Vice President of Operations, Merz Multimedia
144. Julia Roy, Social Media Coordinator , Schneider Associates
145. Julien Smith, Inoveryourhead.Net
146. Justin Kownacki
147. Karen Cardoza, Podcaster and Social Media Junkie , Mrs. B’s Patriot World
148. Karin Klein, Vice President, Softbank
149. Kathryn Jones, Producer, Actor, synchronis.tv
150. Kathy Sudol, Goldcoastbuzz.Com
151. Kelly Drahzal, KM/eSupport Manager, IBM Rational
152. Kenneth Stoeffler, Theflatusshow.Com
153. Kera, TheDiva Richard, Producer, Electric Sheep Company
154. Kerry Gorgone, Co-host/Producer, Baby Time Podcast
155. Kevin Greenstein, Editor in Chief, Inside Hockey
156. Kevin Kennedy-Spaien, Executive Producer, Grasshopper New Media
157. Kevin Mullins, Technology Manager, Kmmm.Net
158. Kfir Pravda, Pravdam.Com
159. Kim Brown, Webmaster/Co-Host, Subject:CINEMA/Popcorn N Roses
160. Kiril Cuparigov, Business Development Specialist, Seavus
161. Kristen Crusius, Content Producer / New Media Marketer, Kroosh.Tv
162. Lara Torvi, New Media Communications, Ontario Government
163. Larry Lawfer, Founder and President, YourStorys
164. Laura Fitton, Principal, Pistachio Consulting Inc.
165. Leesa Barnes
166. Len Edgerly, retired, Lenedgerly.Com
167. Lewis Forman, Search Marketing Consultant, UpWord Search Marketing
168. Linda Mills, Podcastusermagazine.Com
169. Lisa B. Mashall, Lisabmarshall.Com
170. Logan Seale, Director Of Photography, YourStorys
171. Madelyne Hilker, Puppeteer, Dotboom.Ca
172. Marc Dole, CEO / Executive Producer, Hatchling Studios
173. Marc Nathan, Founder and CEO, Bulldog Financial
174. Mark Frydenberg, Cis.Bentley.EduMfrydenberg
175. Mark Blevis, Podcast Producer and Community Developer, Third Storey Inc.
176. Mark Lassoff, DIS, Network Logistic
177. Marko Kulik, Owner/Admin, Photography.ca and Pets.ca
178. Mary Kay Lofurno, Marketing Director, SyberWorks, Inc.
179. Matthew Ebel, Musician, Matthew Ebel Entertainment
180. Matthew Griffin
181. Matthew King, Creative Director
182. Matthew Snodgrass, VP, Creative Services, Porter Novelli
183. Melanie Van Orden
184. Melissa Burton, Production Coordinator, Harvard Business School
185. Michael Bailey, Thought Leader, Mobasoft, LLC
186. Michael Ball, contractor, slef
187. Michael Chmura
188. Michael Katz, Progress Software
189. Michael Murray, Episteme.Ca
190. Michelle Wolverton, Project Lead and Marketing, Virtual Hot Wings
191. mike mcallen, ceo, Meeting Production
192. Mike Villa, President, Dovetail Internet Technologies
193. Millie Gonzalez
194. Mitch Allen, Producer, Rockosphere
195. Mitch Joel, President, Twist Image
196. Monica Pandolfi, Vice President, SHIFT
197. Nahum Gershon, Sr. Principal Scientist, MITRE
198. Natalie Gelman, Singer-songwriter, Natalie Gelman
199. Nate Aune, President, Jazkarta, Inc.
200. Neil Gorman, teacher / speaker, NGdO
201. Nicole Delrossi, Best Damn Tech Show Period
202. Ninja Hotfrm, Podcaster, Hot Fossils and Rebel Matters
203. owen mack, strategic chief, coBRANDiT
204. Pathfinder Linden, Boston Operations Director, Linden Lab
205. Paul Grous
206. Paul Watts, Paulwatts.Com
207. Paull Young, Senior Account Executive, Converseon
208. Phil Lupsiewicz, Media and Communications, Lowell National Historical Park
209. Rachel Murray, Sr. Web Tech Mgr, Global Health Delivery Initiative
210. Rand Bradbury, The Roadie Show
211. Randy MacLowry, Producer/Director/Editor, Yellow Jersey Films, Inc.
212. randy mann, slave , crazy inc
213. Rebecca Romano, C.E.O, DeeRock Productions, Inc.
214. Riccardo La Rosa, Director of Emerging Interactions, Molecular
215. Rich Wadsworth, Manager, Lois Paul & Partners
216. Robert Safuto, Director of Marketing, RawVoice
217. Robert Wynne, University at Buffalo
218. Rolfe Dlugy-Hegwer, Second Vice President, Society for Technical Communication
219. Ron Ploof, New Media Evangelist, Griddlecakes Radio
220. Ronald Thibeau, Senior Partner, Bluefin Technical Services
221. rosalie barnes, grad student, harvard
222. Sara Grant, Production Coordinator, Harvard Business School
223. Sarah Wurrey, Account Manager, CustomScoop
224. Scott Beatty, Founder, Podcast.com
225. Scott Monty, Relationship Director & Consigliere, crayon
226. Scottyj J
227. Sean Wright, Instructional Technologist, Simmons College
228. Sergio Leon, Thebinkstrip.Blogspot.Com
229. Shannon Smith
230. Sharon Mahoney, Producer and Host, Rural Free Media
231. Shava Nerad, Shava.Gather.Com
232. Shwen Gwee, Manager, Marketing Communications, Sepracor Inc.
233. Steve Albanese, President and Executive Producer, TutorialDEPOT
234. Steve Garfield, Videoblogger, SteveGarfield.com
235. Steve Loopipe, Wickedgoodpodcast.Com
236. Steve Mulder, Director, Emerging Interactions, Molecular
237. Steve Sherlock, Steves2cents.Blogspot.Com
238. Steven Hughes, Biomedical Engineer, VAMC New England
239. Susan Kaup, Interactive Media Director, BostonNOW
240. Susan Murphy, President, Jester Creative Inc.
241. TC Kirkham, Webmaster/Host, Subject:CINEMA/Popcorn N Roses
242. Ted Sudol, Goldcoastbuzz.Com
243. Ted Weismann, Senior Vice President, Lois Paul & Partners
244. Terri Mitchell, Web Programmer, Pearson Prentice Hall
245. Tim Burke, Systems Architect, bcgi
246. Tim O’Connor, Strategic Sourcing Lead, Capgemini
247. Todd Van Hoosear, Social Media Practice Manager, Topaz Partners
248. Tony Carcieri, Bigtc.Wordpress.Com
249. Tracy Hartman, Dir of PR, Aloft Group, Inc.
250. Tracy Strain, Producer/Director, Yellow Jersey Films, Inc.
251. Trolly’s Podcast Project, Students, Trolly’s Podcast Project
252. Wayne Daley, Assistant Director, BC MTS Newton Campus
253. Whitney Hoffman, CEO/Producer, Hoffman OmniMedia/The LD Podcast

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If airfare from Boston to London weren’t so bloody expensive, I might very well have flown across the Atlantic for the inaugural PodCamp UK, taking place in Birmingham, England on September 1-2.

Here’s the audio promo that I I think might entice you, too.

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PodCamp reaches Africa for the first time on October 20, in the form of PodCamp Cape Town.

Here is the audio promo, which I first heard earlier tonight on Across the Sound, a podcast hosted by a native South African, Joseph Jaffe.

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