PodCamp Pittsburgh 4 Schedule of Events
This year’s PodCamp Pittsburgh is bringing an exciting crew of distinguished bloggers to our city, as well as over 40 local volunteer social media speakers and panelists, experts and business owners. Topics range from beginner-level to advanced, and cover a wide variety of learning sessions for writers, bloggers, vloggers, web developers, web designers, podcasters, business owners, job seekers and anyone interested in learning more about Social Media.
See the session details for more in-depth descriptions.
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Check out the schedule for Day 1 and Day 2 below.
8:30 AM: DOORS OPEN
The Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) Will be open all day.
The Loungy Lounge (431) If you need to get away from the action.
9:00 – 9:50 AM: Opening Keynote. Location: The Hub
Pittsburgh City Councilman Bill Peduto will give the keynote address, welcoming attendees and presenters to the home of the first iPhone app for city government.
10:00 – 10:45
The HUB (440) — Tom Guarriello, “The Medium, The Message and The Messenger: Lifecasting In The New Media World”
ROOM B (435) — Hutch Bailie of Burghseyeview + Wrestling Mayhem Show, “Podcasting 101: How To Start”
ROOM C (434) — Missy Sorg, “Finding People, and/or NOT Being Found Online”
ROOM D (431) — Lauren Zito, “Write, Shoot, Create Quality Video”
ROOM E (421) — John Carman, “Wordpress Knowledge Exchange”
Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) — Drupal Blogging with David Wheeler
11:00 – 11:45
The HUB (440) — Wrestling Mayhem Show and SIDT, “Grassroots Podcasting”
ROOM B (435) — Jami Broom, “SEO Plug-ins for Your WordPress Website”
ROOM C (434) — Organic Discussion: Social Media 101
ROOM D (431) — Cynthia Closkey, “Selling Social Media to Your Boss”
ROOM E (421) — Rob de la Cretaz, “The Remix, The Mashup, and Understanding Creative Commons”
Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) — Mike Pound, “Blogging 101: What is it, why do I want one, and how do I start?”
Noon – 12:45 PM: LUNCH
1:00 – 1:45
The HUB (440) — Priya Narasimhan, YinzCam
ROOM B (435) — Michelle of BurghBaby.com, “Blogging 201: Finding Fodder – So, you’ve started a blog. Now what?”
ROOM C (434) — Panel: “Intellectual Property: What Are Your Ideas Worth?” Justin Kownacki, Nick Pinkston, Steve Klabnik, Dawn Papuga. Moderated by John Carman.
ROOM D (431) — Jessica Knott, “Take a Screencast, It’ll Last Longer”
ROOM E (421) — Maureen McBride, “Adding Humor to your Podcast/Vcast”
Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) — Deanna Ferrari, Live #journchat
2:00 – 2:45
The HUB (440) — Mikey and Big Bob of 96.1’s Freakshow, “We Do a Radio Show … But Not Really”
ROOM B (435) — Henry Bingaman,
ROOM C (434) — ModCloth, “Engaging Customers on Twitter and Beyond”
ROOM D (431) — Panel: Sports Bloggers
ROOM E (421) — Panel Discussion: Social Marketing and Online Fundraising for Nonprofit Organizations
Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) — Angelo Mandato, Plugins for WordPress to assist with Blogging and Podcasting
3:00 – 3:45
The HUB (440) — Shutting Down Your Blog: A Case Study of ‘The Burgh Blog’” with the blogger formerly known as PittGirl, Virginia Montanez, and her “butler,” Mike Woycheck
ROOM B (435) — Mia Aquino, “Old vs. New Media”
ROOM C (434) — Teresa Foley of Locally Toned, “Original Ringtone Creation and Distribution”
ROOM D (431) — Jeffrey Inscho, “myG20: Bringing Anarchists and Business Professionals Together Since 2009″
ROOM E (421) — Ward Miller, 101: Starting video podcast
Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) — Chris of Bocktown: Q and A on using Social Media to connect with restaurant patrons
4:00
The HUB (440) — Closing Remarks for Day 1
4:45: CLEAN-UP (Let’s be good guests and pick up after ourselves!)
Saturday, October 10: Dinner
Location: TBD
5:30 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, October 10: After-Party, TBD
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8:30 AM: DOORS OPEN
The Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) Will be open all day.
The Loungy Lounge (431) If you need to get away from the action.
9:00 – 9:50 AM: Open Discussion. Location: The Hub
What are you thinking? What are you confused/excited/curious about?
10:00 – 10:45
The HUB (440) — Bethany Ruhe, “PR Feeling Down? Whip It Into Shape With SM!”
ROOM B (435) — Jaci Malecki of UPMC, “Social Networking for Job Seekers”
ROOM C (434) — David DeAngelo, “Political Blogging and Constructing a Solid Blog Post”
ROOM D (431) — iTwixie, “Building an online community for kids!!”
ROOM E (421) — Panel Discussion: Content Management Systems
Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) — Kathleen Danelson, “LiveScribe: Sudent demonstrates audio/graphic technology.”
11:00 – 11:45
The HUB (440) — Jeffrey Inscho of the Mattress Factory, “Friendship 2.0: Community Building for Non-Profits”
ROOM B (435) — Kevin Gennuso, “Security Awareness: Concerns past, present, and future.”
ROOM C (434) — Cynthia Closkey, “Blogging 301: Re-Finding the Voice of Your Blog”
ROOM D (431) — Panel Discussion: Promoting Music Through Social Media
ROOM E (421) — Jeff Bearer and Alex Landefeld, “Podcasting 201: The Next Steps”
Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) — Ryan Hopkins, “Legal Tips for Your Social Media Business”.
Noon – 12:45 PM: LUNCH
1:00 – 1:45
The HUB (440) — Justin Kownacki, “10 Things No One Else Will Tell You About Social Media (Today)”
ROOM B (435) — Vasco Pedro, “Smarter Media: Semantics in user-generated content.”
ROOM C (434) — Josh Smith, “How, When and Why to Sell Ads for Media Content: Understand Advertising in a Social Media Context”
ROOM D (431) — Rafael Marquez, “How To: Set Up a Wordpress Blog in 10 Minutes or Less”
ROOM E (421) — Walt Ribiero, “Building an Online Learning Community”
Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) — Goon Squad Sarah, “Professional Blogging”
2:00 – 2:45
The HUB (440) — Geoff Barnes, Jason Logue, & Catherine Specter, “You Never Get a 2nd Chance To Make 141,202 Good 1st Impressions”
ROOM B (435) — PCPGH4 streaming video providers, Vivo, demonstrate their technology
ROOM C (434) — April Wetzel, “Twitter/Facebook for business”
ROOM D (431) — Trish Bower, “Your Brand: Join the Conversation”
ROOM E (421) — Suzanne Mauro, “Vlogging 101: How to Look Good on Video – Tips for Dress & Speaking”
Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) — Wendy Suto, “Keyword Research/Tools in Social Media”
3:00 – 3:45
The HUB (440) — Ryan Hopkins, “Citizen Journalism: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get Started”
ROOM B (435) — David White, “Creating Webcomics”
ROOM C (434) — Michael Loban, “Advanced Recruiting Techniques Using Social Media”
ROOM D (431) — Norm Huelsman, “Learning to Look Under the Hood: Web design for the common man.”
ROOM E (421) — Super secret open session.
Direct Energy Business Mentor Lounge (430) — Cynthia Closkey, “Social Media for Executives”
4:00
The HUB (440) — Justin Kownacki will lead the closing discussion on “Social Media: Good and Evil”
4:45: CLEAN-UP (Let’s be good guests and pick up after ourselves!)
See the session details for more in-depth descriptions.
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