My trip to PodCamp Nashville 2012
April 16, 2012
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Note: Loving the opportunity to publish this post from Storify, though I now have to wonder about the potential copyright issues. Will report back.I had always wanted to visit a tech event in Nashville, but I’ve missed all the BarCamps and PodCamps to date (and I used to think PodCamps were about podcasting).Fortunately, I managed to squeeze in PodCamp Nashville 2012 on April 14, including a chance to present “How to Win Awards and Influence Readers in 439 Days and 668 Posts.”The weather was perfect, a beautiful day on Broadway.
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The traditional venue is Tequila Cowboy (formerly Cadillac Ranch). Most of the speaking rooms were good, save for the open air second floor space, which competed with the bar’s crowd noise. Glad I didn’t have to present there.
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The bar area itself (complete with Caddy overhead) is big, though attendance was down this year by at least 25 percent. I was told this made for a less crowded but comfortable event.
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Volunteers make this event happen. Daniel Weigh @jaf0, on the right, and I finally got a chance to meet after tweeting to each other before the conference.
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My presentation was straightforward: Hop onstage and do my thing for 30 minutes. I’m glad I was able to attract several photogs to my 1:30 p.m. talk. 🙂
I didn’t capture video, since I already had a good one from giving the same talk at WordCamp Birmingham. -
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The slides for my talk on advanced content marketing.
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Great tweets from the audience sum up the key points.
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Mentions of Birmingham’s excellent dining scene always pique excitement.
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Me in the upper left!
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Me on the right!
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As you can see, super crowded. 🙂
My joke for speaking gigs: I get paid the same whether 5 people or 500 show up. -
Great discussion about diversity in your blog. @WadeonTweets #pcn12 #pcn12blog http://pic.twitter.com/Wk6nr5Y3 -
I missed the first two sessions, thanks to my sleeping through the 5 a.m. alarms. But I did sit in on other sessions, as well as meet some of the great folks working in the Nashville area. I hope to return to Nashville in the fall for BarCamp, one of the biggest tech events in the region.•••
Resources:
My post with the video of my talk from WordCamp. -
More from WordCamp Birmingham 2012: Video on advanced content management
You’ve seen the slides, now own the movie. Check out the 30-minute video from my WordCamp Birmingham 2012 presentation, “How to Win Award… -
My Pinterest board with slides, more photos, more blog posts and other odds and ends.
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Presentations, slides, videos, blog posts and more from PodCamp Nashville 2012. #pcn12
Birmingham Blogging Academy 
Looks fun! So if it’s not about PodCasting, why IS it called PodCamp?
Sorry, but I can’t find a reason for the name. I think it’s just a play on BarCamp, a similar unconference.