So I just spent the weekend at Podcamp Toronto 2010. It’s a completely free two day event with multiple thirty minute sessions running at the same time.

About Podcamp

Podcamp is called an ‘unconference’ where everyone who wants to gets to speak. You basically sign up for a session and do it. I may do one next year if I get brave enough. With 900 people in attendance this year that’s sure to grow next year it’s certainly a large group of people to reach if you do a presentation (although there are usually about 40-80 people in any one session I think).

On Saturday night after podcamp there was a social event at a local pub. It included a talent stage, FREE BEER and Free Food. I have to say how awesome it was to go to an event, pay nothing to get in and then get free drinks and free dinner (oh and there was free coffee during the day) – nice!

Thanks to Jay Moonah who I believe was a podcamp organizer for sharing his guitar (at least I think it was his) with anyone who felt like getting up on stage. Yep, did you guess? I decided to brave the stage and sing a song – I picked ‘Last Kiss’. In case you missed my performance, Pearl Jam does it a *little* bit better ;) :


Update Feb.22nd: So Nathan made a comment below that I should record a video of Last Kiss for those who didn’t make it. Request granted! Here it is:

Who Is a ‘Podcamp’ For

Podcamp is definitely for anyone looking to know more about using online media, both social and digital, to promote or grow a business. It seems to me that most of the topics are given by people who work for corporations rather than solopreneurs working from home.

Even though it’s not always from the perspective of the ‘work at home’ business owner I still found a lot of the information useful. So podcamp, in my opinion, would be for solopreneurs, small business owners and also employees who want to expand their podcasting, internet and social media skills.

The Pod People

I’m still too shy to go around snapping photos of people I have yet to meet or have just met. I did meet lots of great people there.

Sharon, Pam and I were joking about being ‘pod’ people.


From left to right:
Pamela, Imie, Me, Sharon, Ruth

…and a big thanks to Leona (Vice-President of SMG, one of the podcast sponsors) for snapping the above pic .

At the pub I had fun meeting lots of people including Jenn, Andrea and Ryan.

Room For Improvement

Now I definitely don’t want to complain but I thought it might be helpful if I added some constructive feedback here. I heard one Podcamp guest saying since she’s so new to podcasting she would have liked to see a session that walked beginners through how to do it.

She was suggesting something like: “Ok, got the audio – now what do I do with it?” (by the way, I share that info in my own free mini-course here: http://www.marketersmojo.com/freebies/beginners-guides/podcasting)

I personally would love to see more presentations from those who are work from home business owners. Solopreneurs who are making it happen and making a living from home. That would definitely be inspiring to me.

Summing It Up

I think the organizers did a wonderful job. I also attended Podcamp Toronto 2009. Last year the rooms were really crowded but this year there was plenty of room at any event you wanted to attend as long as you showed up on time. I think this had to do with some bigger rooms and more event choices.

There were lots of great presentations and everyone was friendly.

So thank you very much Podcamp Toronto 2010 Organizers and Sponsors for a great event!

Angela Wills
Angela Wills

p.s. Check out the event sponsors here: http://2010.podcamptoronto.com/sponsors/

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