Podcamp unpacked
An incredible organizing team made Podcamp Boston 3 a huge success, and they deserve a lot of credit. Thank you all!
Chris Penn and Chris Brogan are of course personal heroes of mine, and as the “faces” of Podcamp they have done so much to make this type of event friendly, accessible and productive.
The questions they asked at the end were: What did you learn? What will you do? Now?
Their questions resonate extraordinarily well with Joseph Campbell’s advice to “follow your bliss.” And I intend to.
I learned:
- The importance of humor and a compelling story from Stever Robbins (who is a great storyteller himself).
- That I could strike up conversations with people sitting next to me over and over again and enjoy the experience.
- That social media has to “earn” the viewers’ attention, a challenge for marketers and messengers of all types.
- David Meerman Scott is a very nice guy.
- That community can’t be just online, but must extend to physical spaces.
- Companies think they are losing control, but they are really losing the perception the had control. In fact, collaborating and listening to customers can create better control than they ever had.
- That the bigger the camera you have, the more likely you’ll be thought of as “press”
- Educating your advocates on your message is important; they will make it their own.
- We want a “world wide rave”
- SWOT
- Ask for what you want.
- Be yourself, be human, be honest, work hard, give back. Do what you love.
- Youth have incredible expectations put on them, but the tools they use aren’t valued.
- List blog posts are very popular.
What I will do?
- Participate more
- Listen more
- Explore and play with more multi-media
- Keep up the connections and friendships I’ve made
- Have fun doing it!
- Hone my skills.
Now:
Check out my version of a social media resume and let me know what you think.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Thanks so much for the kind words - glad you had fun and learned at PodCamp!