What time does the event start?
We will begin checkin at 8:30AM and the kickoff will be at 9:30AM in the auditorium directly behind the checkin.

Where is the event being held?
This years event is being held at The Ohio State University Mendenhall Laboratory

Driving Directions, Parking and Accommodations

Please refer to the driving directions (link: http://bit.ly/pco09directions) posted on the PodCamp Ohio blog. Parking at the OSU Union Garage (link: http://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?building=288) is $3 per exit. Accommodations and additional travel information is available here: http://www.podcampohio.com/travel-info/

Approaching from Ohio Route 315
Take the Lane Avenue exit and go East (right turn if coming from the South, left turn if coming from the North). Continue on Lane Avenue about 1.2 miles. Turn right onto High Street. Approximately 0.5 mile on High Street you should come to the Ohio Union parking garage on your right.

Approaching from Interstate 71
Take the 11th Avenue exit and go West (left turn if coming from the South, right turn if coming from the North). 11th Avenue will become a one way street about 0.6 mile, you will briefly turn right onto Grant Avenue then promptly turn left onto Chittenden Avenue. Continue on Chittenden Avenue approximtely 0.6 mile until you come to High Street. Turn right onto High Street. The Ohio Union Parking Garage will be about 0.3 mile on your left.

Where is the session schedule?
We have over 30 sessions lined up for this year! Because of the number of sessions, we are still ironing out the times and rooms. But if you’d like to see the sessions that have been submitted you can check these 2 links.
WordCamp List
PodCamp List

All of the session rooms will have a projector as well as wired Internet access. Speakers who wish to use the wired Internet must bring their own network cables to plug-in.

Schedule at a glance
8:30am – Registration Opens (great time to network with other attendees)
9:30-9:50 – Opening Session
10-10:50 – Session 1
11-11:50 – Session 2
12-1:30 – Lunch
1:40-2:10 – Session 3
2:20-2:50 – Session 4
3-3:50 – Session 3
4-4:50 – Session 6
5-5:20 – Closing Session

Do we need to bring lunch?
You can if you want but we will be providing lunch and is being catered by Skyline Chili.

Do you still need help with anything?
We could certainly use some help with registration and maybe a little help with day of items. If you’d like to help send us an email using the contact form and plan to arrive about an hour early.

Record Sessions
Everyone is welcome to record sessions either in video and/or audio. Following PodCamp Ohio, please email media@podcampohio.com with your recordings linked (or attached if under 10MB) along with the title of the session and any notes if appropriate. We will post the session recordings on the PodCamp Ohio blog as we get them.

All content created must be released under a Creative Commons license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). In a nutshell, anyone can record sessions, speakers must be attributed and the media must be non-commercial.

Event Hash Tag
The official event hash tag is #pwcbus. Please add to your tweets, facebook comments, flickr posts, etc…

Thank You Sponsors!
We want to thank all of the sponsors for making PodCamp Ohio WordCamp Columbus possible.

Platinum Sponsors: The Ohio State University Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing
Gold Sponsors: Blubrry.com, Blip.TV, Spaceblue
Silver Sponsors: Circle of Seven Productions, Wiley Publishing

Thanks everyone and please travel safe,

Talkshoe Information
URL: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/80720
Call-in Line: (724) 444-7444
Call-in ID: 80720

The meeting will be recorded, so if you miss the meeting you’ll be able to listen to it later.

Talkshoe Information
URL: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/80720
Call-in Line: (724) 444-7444
Call-in ID: 80720

The meeting will be recorded, so if you miss the meeting you’ll be able to listen to it later.

Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!

Talkshoe Information
URL: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/80720
Call-in Line: (724) 444-7444
Call-in ID: 80720

The meeting will be recorded, so if you miss the meeting you’ll be able to listen to it later.

Talkshoe Information
URL: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/80720
Call-in Line: (724) 444-7444
Call-in ID: 80720

The meeting will be recorded, so if you miss the meeting you’ll be able to listen to it later.

On the show we had Daniel Lewis tell us about their sessions as well as discuss PodCamp. This is a great show to listen to if you want to get bumped for PodCamp Ohio!

Friday night we’ve lined up Baja Sol Restaurant and Bar (Google map) in the Lennox Town Center for PodCamp Ohio attendees. Baja Sol will have a special happy hour at their bar from 9-11pm for folks just coming into town today.

New Gold Sponsor: Avitae Energy Water

Avitae is a proud sponsor of this year’s PodCamp Ohio. Avitae Energy Water will be available to everyone attending PodCamp Ohio tomorrow. Thanks Avitaefor sponsoring our event!

We are well over 250 people registered for PodCamp Ohio! This is awesome! A few things we need.

I am still accepting volunteers to assist for a few hours either the night before beginning at 5pm at the site to help set up and stuff swag bags. Feel free to show up early for Ignite Columbus to help out. We still need volunteers the day of PodCamp as well. If you have recording equipment, feel free to bring it and record or Ustream the sessions you are planning to attend for those who can’t be with us. We can also use volunteers to help set up and clean up for lunch and clean up after the event as well. People who come to PodCamp are pretty considerate and for the most part, clean up after themselves so it will just be a matter of putting things back where they belong. If you can help out with any of these tasks, feel free to email me (mary [at] podcampohio [dot] com) to let me know. I will also need to know your shirt size.

If you need directions, there is a previous post with the details for how to get to the site.These are the same directions for Ignite. If you are coming to Ignite, please register to attend on their site so they can plan for you. Iginite will be providing free food and drinks so registering will help them plan for you.

The official Twitter hashtag for PodCamp Ohio is #pco09 (PCO + zero nine). If you are twittering at PodCamp, please use this tag. If you don’t know what a twitter hashtag is, I will be explaining that and more in my Twitter for Beginners session. That’s all for now. See you at PodCamp!

Note: Time of meeting is 9pm.

We’re less than 3 days away from PodCamp Ohio 2009!The session schedule is now available, plans for Friday night lined up and we have a few more sponsors to announce including Avitae energy water. Also, PodCamp Ohio starts tomorrow on the Doctor Anonymous Podcast PodCamp Ohio on-line Kickoff Party at 9 pm.

Volunteers and session speakers are welcome to call into the meeting tonight. We’re going to post this episode on the site afterward, so feel free to call in and tell us about your session!

Approaching from Ohio Route 315 (recommended)

Take the Lane Avenue exit and go East (right turn if coming from the South, left turn if coming from the North). Continue on Lane Avenue about 1.2 miles. Turn right onto High Street. Approximately 0.5 mile on High Street you should come to the Ohio Union parking garage on your right.

Approaching from Interstate 71

Take the 11th Avenue exit and go West (left turn if coming from the South, right turn if coming from the North). 11th Avenue will become a one way street about 0.6 mile, you will briefly turn right onto Grant Avenue then promptly turn left onto Chittenden Avenue. Continue on Chittenden Avenue approximtely 0.6 mile until you come to High Street. Turn right onto High Street. The Ohio Union Parking Garage will be about 0.3 mile on your left.

The Ohio State University Union Garage is the closest parking garage to Mendenhall Laboratory, where PodCamp Ohio and Ignite Columbus will be taking place. Parking is $3 per exit.

If you are looking for accommodations or other travel information, please visit the Travel Info page.

Screen shot of campus with both the parking garage and Mendenhall Labratory marked. Note sidewalk path to building marked with dashed line.

We’re having our weekly PodCamp Ohio planning podcast tonight, June 10 at 9pm. Everyone is welcome.

Note: Time of meeting is 9pm.

We’re less than 2 weeks away from PodCamp Ohio 2009! T-shirts, even guide and catered lunch have been scheduled. We now need to focus on volunteers and plans for Friday and Saturday nights. Volunteers are welcome to call into the meeting tonight.

If you’re planning on attending or speaking at PodCamp Ohio, please feel free to join the call and tell us what you would like to see at PodCamp as well as discuss your session.