Comments on: WordCamp Victoria 2009 – 25 reasons it was an outstanding event

By: Paul Holmes

Paul Holmes — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:08:17 +0000

There is another WordCamp coming up on May 15th in Victoria.

The details are on the website at http://wordcampvictoria.ca/

By: Ben Ziegler

Ben Ziegler — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:43:33 +0000

Cindy, thanks for the feedback. And, yes there was great energy (= point # 26!). I too will look for you at the next SMC event.

By: Cindy Stephenson

Cindy Stephenson — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:08:25 +0000

Hi Ben,

I really like your concept for this post. People so willing to share great info and useful tips. At times, I wished there was a pause button I could press to stop and reflect on what had just been said. But alas, no, just more good info. I also felt there was great energy.

Let’s try to connect at the next social media event, face to face.

By: Ben Ziegler

Ben Ziegler — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:40:24 +0000

Chris, nice to hear from you here, and connect with you at the VBN breakfast. I found your own recent travels and business mighty interesting. You seem to combine an entrepreneural spirit with a compassion for others. I’m sure there will be another local WordCamp soon – the event went off too well for there not to be!

By: Chris Mellett

Chris Mellett — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:39:59 +0000

Hi Ben,

We met at the Values-Based Business Network breakfast last Friday. It was great meeting you and reading your WordCamp post. Too bad I missed the event, sounds like a really great community. After reading your top 25 reasons it was an outstanding event, I will make sure I make it to the next one!!

By: Ben Ziegler

Ben Ziegler — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:18:31 +0000

Hi Janis,
Nice to meet you too! You are a great connector! Thanks for the follow-on ideas and sharing all this info – I hope others also find it useful – you’ve highlighted so many different ways to connect with others, interested and/or involved in social media, here in the Victoria area.

By: @lacouvee

@lacouvee — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:51:01 +0000

Ben – it was great to meet you at the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce Mixer tonight.

Even though we were at the same Word Camp, there were so many people to connect with.

My comments – it’s possible to continue to build local connections made at Word Camp Victoria through Social Media Club Victoria Meetings (normally on the 3rd Tuesday of the month)

Our next speaker is Ross Dunn from Stepforth (one of the Word Camp presenters).

In addition to SMC Victoria, we hold regular #victoriatweetup – either morning (a bit more business related) or evening (all about fun).

The Camp (or “unconference”) model has been applied to:

Government – Change Camp http://www.changecamp.ca has happened in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton and will happen soon in March 2010 in Victoria.

The Development community –
Demo Camp and Bar Camp

Demo Camp has taken place several times in Victoria.

Thank you for taking the time to post your experiences of Word Camp. I love “unconferences” – they are never boring!

Janis La Couvée

By: Ben Ziegler

Ben Ziegler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:55:26 +0000

Thanks Maya. It was fun thinking of all the good things about the day/event.

By: maya

maya — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:12:34 +0000

This is awesome, thank you for the write up!