Barcamps (or unconferences) work because of community engagement. We need volunteers in these areas -- if I've missed something, please add it!
Signing Up
- Contact @kegill (kegill@gmail.com) if you are interested in volunteering OR just edit the page to add yourself here!
- Divya Manian (@nimbupani) and http://nimbupani.com - would like to volunteer, but not sure how and what to do.
- Shawn Morrissey (@shawnmor) and http://blog.shawnlmorrissey.com - happy to help org sessions, etc - whatever it takes to be a success... lemmee know.
- Jeremiah Andrick (@jandrick) I am open to helping with any logistics setup, or voting etc. Let me know how I can help
- Kate Schwarz @kateschw or kateschw@gmail -- can help at the reg desk?
- Behnosh Najafi, behnoshn@gmail.com-- happy to help any way that I can
Day-Of Work
Registration
- Set up
- Work the registration table
- Help with session pitches, voting
- Place signs on exterior doors, elevator, etc, directing people to 3rd floor registration area
- Manage coffee, food
- What else?
Sessions
- Goal: use Flip cameras to record each session
- Goal: use uStream to stream keynote session
- Goal: have students or volunteers with flips, cellphones, etc. shooting short interviews with participants
- Goal: each session has an aide to help the speaker
- Goal: each session has someone putting session notes on the Pathable wiki
- Goal: each speaker adds to Pathable session notes with handouts, Slideshare link, etc
- Manage water, food
- What else?
Wrap-Up
- Put away registration material
- Clean up rooms
- Edit interviews into event story; upload to YouTube
- Edit session videos - develop/use standard wrapper - upload to GoogleVideo
- What else?
Advance Work
Promotion
- Distribute info to your mailing lists
- Promote on Twitter - #pcampsea
- Send notes to friends
- Facebook event page here - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59196988113 . Please join up!
- Upcoming event page - done
- Send notes to relevant local blogs, asking for promotion
- Get something in TheDaily?
- Get a notice to all professional communications organizations in the area: PRSA (Sam Cagle), AWC, IABC, AMA, etc.
- Need someone to produce intro/close wrapper for session videos
- What else?
Sponsors
- Firms/organizations to sponsor coffee, snacks, water etc
- Firms/organizations to sponsor lunch (a really out-there kinda hope)
- Event give-aways: software, books, t-shirts, ?
- What else?
Registrants
- Make sure committed (registered) folks have names listed as attendees
- Prepare registration list to check-off names day-of-event
- Send thank you's to people who have registered
Sessions
- Get short bios of proposed presenters, link to Schedule page
- Get short descriptions of proposed sessions, link to Schedule page