DISQUS

John F Croston III · 1 year ago

The reason I that networking was difficult was that talks were spread out over three floors and a lot of the rooms only held seats for like 30 people. So a lot of people myself included just left one presentation and went to the next to make sure I did not have to stand or sit on the floor for the entire presentation.

Even when I got my lunch I went down to the room that Justin Thorp was going to talk about "Making Video Sharable" just to make sure I had a seat. I was not the only one that did that. About a dozen or so of us had a great quiet conversation on a lot of subjects.

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Ken Yeung · 1 year ago

John, you're absolutely right. I found that being spread out in different rooms on different floors proved a little complex in having people meet up to mash technology ideas. I had wanted to attend the session on social media in business marketing, but I decided to attend Shashib's in order to stake a spot for Jim's presentation. I liked Shashib's presentation, but I think a little bit more organization for the "unconference" may have been nice to have.

How was Justin's talk on "Making Video Shareable"?

John F Croston III · 1 year ago

Justin's big point I guess was that you need to get your content to the people, instead of them having to come to you. That is where the sharable part came in. If you make your content in a way that people can take or look at your information it is great. You could use RSS, Widgets, YouTube, Viddler, etc. and let people find it.

The guy that did the talk on "Podcasting 101" said that he got more followers when he changed the way he listed his podcast. Instead of listing at as "Nante Koto" (means "Oh My God" roughly in Japanese), he listed as "Nante Koto - Misadventures in Dating" more people foud it by just adding the dating part in the title.

Ken Yeung · 1 year ago

Too bad I missed it. There were some good sessions but unfortunately I didn't want to miss the one I was in and reluctantly had to resign myself to not going to any of the other ones. I'd like to hear Justin's presentation though, but I agree with your point - which Justin stated that the people won't find your content. It needs to find the people.

So with podcasts, SEO plays a prominent part in having them be found online?

John F Croston III · 1 year ago

If you think trying to decide at PodCampDC was tough, just wait until you go to SXSW and they have 12 - 15 panels at the same time and you want to go to at least three and there are two more that sound interesting.

Ken Yeung · 1 year ago

Yes, I agree with you. I have not been to SXSW and would like to go. I think I would really hate myself for missing out on those panels and "trust" that someone would stream these sessions for everyone to see.

Ken Yeung · 1 year ago

Another thing that would have been good to have at Podcamp DC was that they had wi-fi available for everyone. It really sucked for people trying to share videos. I wanted to try and live stream the Jim Long/Andy Carvin talk on UStream but the Internet was spotty at best. I thought they said they would have available wi-fi for us?