Katie Boland – PodCamp Toronto 2010

Sponsorship Spotlight: Search Engine People

Posted by: Katie Boland on February 19, 2010 at 8:00 am

PodCamp Toronto is proud to announce Search Engine People as one of our silver sponsors for PodCamp Toronto 2010.

We asked Bob Nunn, about their involvement this year:

Why did you sponsor PodCamp?
Because it’s where the Elite Meet! In a world undergoing a media revolution THERE ARE NO EXPERTS and at open events like PodCamp the soapbox is shared so that we can learn together from different disciplines and experiences.

What are you most looking forward to at PodCamp this year?
It feels like we’ve been explaining Social Media to the masses for all of last year so looking forward to getting back to the bleeding edge and the heart of the matter.

What session/speaker are you most interested in seeing?
The Business Case for Digital and Social Media

For PodCamp newbies, do you have any words of advice?
I’m a newbie myself so I’ll apply …

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Catagories: Announcements

Sponsor Spotlight: Flight Centre

Posted by: Katie Boland on February 18, 2010 at 9:00 am

PodCamp Toronto is proud to announce Flight Centre as one of our silver sponsors for PodCamp Toronto 2010. Flight Centre is a leading retailer of travel products and services for the leisure and corporate markets.

We asked Gregg Tilston SEO and Social Media Manager about their involvement in this year’s event:

Why did you sponsor PodCamp?
PodCamp is such an incredible opportunity to share ideas, have great conversations, and learn. Last year was my first PodCamp Toronto and I have been fortunate to attend various camps across North America. PodCamp Toronto is such an incredible meeting of the minds and Flight Centre’s proud to support this great weekend.

What are you most looking forward to at PodCamp this year?
Catching up with friends and meeting new people. Selfishly? Getting feedback on the Flight Centre social media strategy and learning new tricks.

What session/speaker are …

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Catagories: Announcements, Sponsorship

Sponsor Spotlight: blubrry

Posted by: Katie Boland on February 17, 2010 at 9:00 am

PodCamp Toronto is proud to announce Blubrry as one of our silver sponsors for PodCamp Toronto 2010. Bluberry is a podcast community with services and tools to power your podcast! Blubrry has tools and services that help you build your audience, gain detailed statistics about your audience and provide income opportunities that will help sustain and support your media creation endeavors!

We asked Angelo Mandato Chief Information Officer about their involvement in this year’s event

Why did you sponsor PodCamp?
To support the podcasting community.

What are you most looking forward to at PodCamp this year?
Seeing all of our friends.

What session/speaker are you most interested in seeing?
As many as possible, I love to learn from others.

For PodCamp newbies, do you have any words of advice?
Meet and talk to as many people as possible.

Catagories: Announcements

Sponsor Spotlight: Tungle

Posted by: Katie Boland on February 16, 2010 at 12:00 pm

PodCamp Toronto is proud to announce Tungle.Me as one of our silver sponsors for PodCamp Toronto 2010. Tungle.me is a personal scheduling page, which lets businesspeople publish availability, accept appointment requests, and plan meetings—making scheduling meetings easy. Using Tungle.me, podcasters can eliminate the headache and back and forth email exchange it takes to schedule guest interviews and find a time to record.

We asked Jonathan Levitt, VP of Marketing about their involvement in this year’s event:

Why did you sponsor PodCamp?
Tungle.me is a free personal scheduling application that makes it easier to schedule meetings. We’ve heard from podcasters that one of their challenges is scheduling guests on the show and finding times to record with their co-host(s). Tungle.me is perfect for busy podcasters that want to eliminate the time-consuming back-and-forth email and phone calls it takes to find a time …

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Catagories: Announcements, Sponsorship

Sponsor Spotlight: Palette Public Relations

Posted by: Katie Boland on February 16, 2010 at 9:00 am

PodCamp Toronto is proud to announce Palette Public Relations as one of our silver sponsors for PodCamp Toronto 2010. Palette Public Relations is a Toronto-based PR agency that provides communications strategy and execution for a range of global and local clients. In addition to a thriving beauty and consumer goods practice, Palette has expertise in sustainability, corporate communications, social media and large-scale special events.

We asked Martin Waxman President and Co-Founder about their involvement in this year’s event:

Why did you sponsor PodCamp?
Palette PR is a sponsor of PodCamp Toronto because it’s one of the city’s best media events; a chance for the community to get together, share ideas, knowledge and information and, of course, meet your Twitter friends in person.

What are you most looking forward to at PodCamp this year?
If I can offer a plug – I’m looking forward to …

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Catagories: Announcements, Sponsorship

Sponsor Spotlight: Hover

Posted by: Katie Boland on February 10, 2010 at 9:00 am

PodCamp Toronto is proud to announce Hover as one of our silver sponsors for PodCamp Toronto 2010. Hover is an email & domain forwarding service.

We asked Hover’s Michael Goldstein, VP of Marketing, about their involvement in this year’s event:

1. Why did you sponsor PodCamp?
Hover.com helps anyone who publishes any kind of Web content brand that content and promote it. PodCamp is a chance for us to hear from the publishers. Of course, we want people to know about our service. Even more, we want to understand what podcasters and social media contributors are doing, what’s worked for them, what problems they’re trying to solve and how we might be able to help.

2. What are you most looking forward to at PodCamp this year?
Hearing success stories. People who turned passions into day jobs. People who used their voices to …

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Catagories: Interviews, Sponsorship

Sponsor Spotlight: CastRoller

Posted by: Katie Boland on February 9, 2010 at 9:00 am

PodCamp Toronto is proud to announce CastRoller as one of our silver sponsors for PodCamp Toronto 2010. CastRoller is an online podcast subscription tool where users can add their favorite podcasts and will receive personalized recommendations for podcasts.

We asked CastRoller’s William Spaetzel, Founder and Head Developer, about their involvement in this year’s event:

1. Why did you sponsor PodCamp?
We sponsored PodCamp because we love what PodCamp Toronto brings to the social media community in the area. There is no better place for Podcasters, Bloggers and Twitterers to get together, hang out, and learn new things about the medium that we love.

2. What are you most looking forward to at PodCamp this year?
I look forward to taking one of the few opportunities to meet up with friends who I normally only interact with online. I’m also looking forward to meeting new …

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Catagories: Interviews, Sponsorship

Sponsor Spotlight: zenPeak

Posted by: Katie Boland on February 8, 2010 at 9:00 am

PodCamp Toronto is proud to announce zenPeak as one of our silver sponsors for PodCamp Toronto 2010. zenPeak recruits peak performers for their Clients.

We caught up with zenPeak’s Frank Abrams, Founder and CEO to discuss their involvement in this year’s event.

1. Why did you sponsor PodCamp?
One of my business activities is making sure that zenPeak builds talent pools of peak performers. We look in a lot of different places, and spend time everyday strengthening our candidate database. Although we are very systematic in our approach to recruitment, the unconference works for us!”

I discovered Podcamp a few years ago, and was impressed with the knowledge that was shared freely amongst participants. I learned a lot about internet marketing, Wordpress and online media. Personally, I have a short attention span and the format of Podcamp sessions is …

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Catagories: Interviews, Sponsorship

Sponsor Spotlight: ABC Creative Group

Posted by: Katie Boland on February 5, 2010 at 10:00 am

PodCamp Toronto is proud to announce ABC Creative Group as one of our silver sponsors for PodCamp Toronto 2010. ABC Creative Group is a full service advertising agency focusing on idea based marketing solutions.

We asked ABC Creative Group’s Joseph Stabb, Director of Emerging Media, about their involvement in this year’s event:

1. Why did you sponsor PodCamp?
I have been attending PodCamp Toronto for 3 years now and have met some great people. This is one of the best conferences that I attend and I just want to do my part to help support and make sure that it continues into the future.

2. What are you most looking forward to at PodCamp this year?
Every year, I look forward to the same thing. I look forward to meeting new people and exchanging ideas. I can learn, I can teach, and …

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Catagories: Interviews, Sponsorship