Blog Blast Central

Hello party [soon to be PodCamp] people. Our third promotion blog blast for PodCamp AZ 2009 will happen on Thursday, October 29th everyday from now through when the doors open on November 14th. The information contained herein is intended to make help you help us spread the word about the event. Read on for basic what/where/when, sample content, and links to other resources to help you create your blog/podcast/video.

Blog Blast Theme – Just blog it already!

Beyond the event basics and website, we don’t care what you feature. Are you speaking? Drop a few teasers. Do you have a list of top 5 reasons someone should attend? Count them out. Do you what she did last PodCamp? Spill it. Pick your favorite thing about PodCamp AZ and just blog it already.

Event Basics – At a bare minimum, please include the following information.

  1. what: Podcamp AZ 2009
  2. where: University of Advancing Technology
  3. when: November 14-15, 2009
  4. who: New media innovators, enthusiasts, participants, and newbies who are interested the role of the internet in interactive communication.
  5. why: It’s two crazy cool days of learning, sharing, and people meeting. And Phoenix metro is gorgeous in November.
    how much: FREE

Sample text/script – Feel free to plagiarize, paraphrase, remix, or complete disregard as you follow your own unrestrainable creative genius.

It’s that time of year again – PodCamp AZ is coming to the University of Advancing Technology November 14th and 15th! PodCampAZ is a FREE networking media unconference, dedicated to blogging, video blogging, podcasting, social networking, and all other relevant media. At the heart of the unconference is the opportunity to have a conversation at large with those innovators which have created a successful blend of relevant media and put it to work for them. Speakers will address emerging trends and best practices on everything from print and radio to mobile, interactive web, and in real life information exchange. During PodCamp sessions, attendees are free to drop in, listen and learn about what is relevant to their needs, and if they choose to, move on to other sessions. You can also become an interactive part of the experience by sharing your knowledge as a speaker or stimulating ideas and asking questions as an active attendee.

If you are an established or aspiring blogger, podcaster, video blogger, or social media advocote and want to meet hundreds of people with the same interests, head over to podcampaz.org to get more information about this exciting event. And above all else, register to attend PodCamp AZ!

Other Links and Topics
If you want to go beyond the basic information, there are several areas that we currently focused on developing. We’d love you forever if you picked one or two to highlight in your article/cast to help us spread the word.

  • Sponsorship – We are actively seeking sponsors for everything from rooms to metals to after-parties. Find information about sponsor levels and contact Paul Valach sponsors@podcampaz.org.
  • Speakers – We have an awesome speaker lineup already, and are still taking submissions, but only through Saturday. The schedule gets published Monday! If you have questions, contact Sheila Dee and Lawrence Riddick at greenroom@podcampaz.org.
  • PodCast AZ – Every year we have live podcasting throughout the entire session. Contact Dani Cutler and Dan and CJ Feierabend at onair@podcampaz.org to get on the airwaves.
  • Volunteers – We’ll need a small army of people to help on event days. We might even have some cool swag for you, like a t-shirt and other unidentified stuff. If you want to march in our army, contact Crystal O’Hara at volunteer@podcampaz.org.
  • Tees – We have 600 t-shirts to give to registered attendees, and over 500 people are already registered. If you want in on the goodness, get registered.
  • This year, there will also be a monitored Help Desk area to handle your issues as they arise.

Registration
Registration is open. Please make sure you link to the registration page. The event is free to attend, but not free to put together, so we have a pre-registration and donation option.

Graphics
For all your official PCAZ 2009 graphics desires, see our digital swag.

And one two last things…

  1. We’ve created an awesome overlay for your Twitter avatar. Add it, or we’ll sic Chuck’s Chihuahua on you!
  2. We’ve got Facebook flair to flair your profile and send to friends. (Include images on blog post.)

    http://apps.facebook.com/getflair/viewflair.php?id=11386354&ts=profmain

    http://apps.facebook.com/getflair/viewflair.php?id=11385790&ts=profmain

    http://apps.facebook.com/getflair/viewflair.php?id=11386354&ts=profmain