SocialDevCamp is a new "unconference" movement for "for Thought Leaders of the Future Social Web" which was held at the University of Baltimore 's Thumel Business Center Building on May10th 2008. I am really glad that Network Solutions joined the other great companies and individuals who sponsored SocialDevCamp.
To explain my headline , while the baby boomers and Gen Xers maybe content to meet the CEO, most Millenials want to be the CEO. This also led to me remember the words of Gray Hemel '' Out there in some garage is an entrepreneur who's forging a bullet with your company's name on it. You've got one option now--to shoot first. You've got to out-innovate the innovators. " quoted in the book "The Art of innovation" - Tom Kelley. This is how the atmosphere was. And judging by the number of C level cards I got , these entrepreuners are not waiting for someone to make them the CEO.
As SocialDevcamp started in the auditorium there was so much brilliance in the room that I wished I had worn my shades indoors too :)
In typical barcamp style the organizers -David Troy , Ann Bernard and Keith Casey of WhyGoSolo - chose to limit sponsorship to only $250 per sponsor for the event. When they were short of funds they reached out on Twitter and asked for help. The community responded and the conference was a great success.
The event started of with breakfast and networking where anyone could suggest a Session and that was voted by everyone.
Once the sessions were decided they quickly updated the Wiki with the agenda and the participants started the day. I attended these sessions:
- Persuasive Social Media
- Social and Semantic Web
- Selling the Value of Social Web to Management ( Moderated by me, will post a recap in a separate blog post)
- Washington area/East Coast startup scene and resources
The location was awesome, well planned with a central place to socialize and the auditorium and session rooms right across the center hall.
The sessions themselves were full of enthusiasm with the the experts contributing their knowledge.
The after party was a great success and was held at
The Brewer's Art
1106 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel: 410-547-6925
Follow-up posts for this conference will be :
Remarkable people I met
Should we create a Wiki : How to pitch Social media to your boss
Along with the organizers I would like to mention Dave Troy's son who filmed on QIK and Jennifer Troy for organizing the afterparty and echoing Dave Troy's thanks 'Jim Kucher at the University of Baltimore deserves huge kudos for securing the terrific space at the Thumel Business Center at a deeply discounted price."
Great Blog Posts about SocialDevCamp ( some referring to it)
Jimmy Gardner : http://eastcoastblogging.com/2008/04/23/event-socialdevcampeast/
Greg Cangialosi : http://www.thetrendjunkie.com/
Dave Troy : http://davetroy.com/?p=29
Ann Bernard: http://whygosolo.com/posts/socialdevcamp-was-a-success
Kenneth Yeung : http://blog.thelettertwo.com/2008/05/11/im-a-little-verklempt-socialdevcamp-was-neither-about-development-or-camping-discuss/
AkshayJava : http://socialmedia.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/socialdevcamp-t.html
Jason J Thomas : http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/05/11/socialdevcamp-east-some-thoughts/
Rob Carson : http://epistolary.org/rob/ ( he is thinking about writing a post)
Tom: http://blog.600block.com/2008/05/12/600block-attends-socialdevcampeast-geeks-out/
Keith Casey http://caseysoftware.com/blog/socialdevcamp-east-recap
Raj Budgetpulse.com http://www.blog.budgetpulse.com/?p=22
Harry Chen : http://harry.hchen1.com/2008/05/10/594 and http://www.geospatialsemanticweb.com/2008/05/12/myspace-plans-to-support-the-semantic-web
Mark Scrimshire : http://ekive.blogspot.com/2008/05/health-20-and-healthcamp-going-beyond.html
Alex Hillman http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2008/04/22/the-east-coast-revolution-socialdevcamp-east/
Kenneth Yeung http://www.cornerofwhatever.com/
Nick O' Neil http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/05/the-washington-post-rails-dc-yet-again/ and http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/05/10-reasons-you-should-read-the-social-times/
Travis J Todd : http://www.growvotes.org/blog/
Russel Heimlich http://www.russellheimlich.com/blog/socialdevcamp-east-was-all-about-the-future-of-the-web/
If I missed your post please comment and I will add it.
Video Coverage of SocialDevcamp
Kenneth Yeung : http://www.viddler.com/explore/kyeung808
Qik: shashi, davetroy
Alan Chaess: http://www.seesmob.com/
Photos from SocialDevCamp
Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/tags/socialdevcamp/
Jimmy Gardner : http://tinyurl.com/5ed9vw
Mark Scrimshire : http://animoto.com/play/Ztz5V0MrZveVv61VDp30Gw
Many thanks to sponsors, volunteers and attendees who made this event be successful.
Sponsors of SocialDevCamp
:
- AetherQuest Solutions
- AwayFind.com
- Blue Sky Factory
- BudgetPulse
- ClearPoint Technology Group
- David Beaudouin & Co.
- Jimmy Gardner My Drop Bin
- JOBMATCHBOX.com - Jobs, Tips and Resources
- Mind Over Machines
- nClud.com - providing graphics and design support
- Network Solutions
- PostModern Dating
- Roundhouse Technologies
- Rosenberg, Martin, Greenberg, LLP
- SEMQO, Inc.
- SmartLogic Solutions
- SpotCrime.com
- University of Baltimore
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
- Web Connection
- Sleep.fm
Volunteers
Bob Neelbauer - http://www.jobmatchbox.com/ ; Social Matchbox
Akshay Java - http://socialmedia.typepad.com/ ; UMBC
Premraj Jeyaprakash - http://www.budgetpulse.com/ ; Isquare Inc
Teria Rogers - teriarogers@yahoo.com
Ben Kutil Baltimore Designer Ben Kutil, @benkutil
Registrants (aka Campers)
(Some people on the list may not have actually made it, I may have missed others who registered on-site)
- Aaron Batalion
- Akshay Java
- Alan Chaess seesmob @chaeseco
- Alex Hillman
- Amit Shafrir
- Amy Hoy - Slash 7
- Amy Senger
- Andrea Baker
- Andrew Wright
- Anjan Shah
- Ann Bernard - http://whygosolo.com/
- Anthony LaFauce
- Armen Arevian
- Barry George
- Becca Baker
- Ben Kutil benkutil.com
- Berin Szoka Progress & Freedom Foundation
- Bill Mill billmill.org
- Bob Neelbauer - Twitter: Jobmatchbox Jobmatchbox.com
- Brent Halliburton - ad.com
- Brian Cary
- Brian Devine
- Brian Drake
- Brian Hoffman [http://www.mypersianbuddies.com]
- Brian Sloane
- Bryan Hurley
- Bryan Liles
- Charles Harvey
- Cesar Diaz
- Cherie Beck
- Chris Ballance - http://www.chrisballance.com/
- Chris Conley ümlatte llc
- Chris Kinnan
- Clay Fink
- Colin Drane
- Colin Lowenberg
- Colin Steele
- Craig Green
- Cynthia Neil
- D. Keith Casey, Jr. - http://whygosolo.com/ ; http://caseysoftware.com/
- Dan Goodman
- Daniel Schiavone
- Dave Troy - http://twittervision.com/ ; Roundhouse Technologies, LLC;
- David Beaudouin - dbnc.com ; communication2-0.com; bohtimore.com
- David Cizek
- David Crandall
- David Kirkpatrick
- David Patton
- Derek Wright
- Eddie Welker edwardwelker.com
- Elizabeth A. Terrell
- Emad Ibrahim blog Yonkly - open source twitter
- Evan Steinberg - http://www.checkmycampus.com/ - get the REAL scoop on college
- Eyal Termechi
- Fname Lname
- Frank Hecker - hecker.org
- Gary Sharma
- Gene Deems
- Geoff Livingston
- George Brett
- Greg Bloom
- Greg Cangialosi The Trend Junkie
- Greg Ritter Blackboard
- Greg Yardley Pinch Media
- Harry Chen -- gnizr.com
- Holly Samee
- Isaac A Mosquera
- Ivan Peevski
- JP Toto - 30Points Design & Consulting
- James Lombardi
- James Watkins
- Jane Harvey
- Jane Quigley Jane Quigley
- Jared Goralnick - AwayFind.com
- Jasmine Sante
- Javier Rios - [http://www.javierios.com]
- Jeff Kubina claimid.com/kubina
- Jen Gunner http://www.gbtechcouncil.org/
- Jen King
- Jennifer Gunner
- Jennifer Troy
- Jesse Rohland Pinch Media
- Jessie X Jessie X
- Jia Ji = http://edeify.com/ ; http://dancetown.us/ - could use a place to stay Friday night
- Jim Wang
- Jimmy Gardner - http://2plus11.com/ ; 2Plus11 Technology (http://mydropbin.com)/
- Joe Cascio (tentative) Read at Joe's, Joe's Video, Etc., On Twitter: joec0914, SociaLogic.org
- Joel Eisenlipz (aka Stephen Nason)
- Joel Fisher Advertising.com
- Joel Mark Witt = FolkMedia.org
- John Ferrell
- John Trupiano SmartLogic Solutions
- Jonathan Fields
- Joy Gatewood Fulton
- Juliana Neelbauer staffmagnet, LLC
- Julio Barros E-String
- Justin Michaliga
- Justin Thorp - Clearspring Technologies http://clearspring.com/
- Justine Lam
- K.C. Hopson
- Kenneth Yeung TheLetterTwo.com - Blog and Twitter
- Kristina Everett
- L.A. Davis
- Lauren Galanter LaurenGalanter.com (tentative)
- Lili Balfour
- Lisa Moore Toonamation
- Liz Pruszko - the315.com/blog
- Lokesh Dhakar lokeshdhakar.com
- Lorne Epstein http://www.yourehiredbook.com/
- Lynn Wallenstein http://www.poweredbygeek.com/ and http://twitter.com/lwallenstein
- Mahvash Taqi
- Mark Drapeau
- Mark Scrimshire - http://ekive.blogspot.com/ and ekivemark on Twitter
- Matt Topper - http://www.matttopper.com/ and topperge on Twitter
- Melanie Kelleher
- Michael Neville
- Mike "bear" Taylor Seesmic bearlog
- Mike Brenner Sunrise Design
- Mirco Mannucci
- Mit Majithia
- Nahum Gershon - http://www.sociosphere.net/ ; http://www.schmooz.org/
- Newt Fowler
- Nick Hall
- Nick O'Neill Social Times AllFacebook.com
- Nikolas Coukouma - twitter
- Nisha Thompson
- Patrick Ewing - http://project.ioni.st/
- Patti Chan - http://600block.com/
- Paul Worsham - Chief Social Officer 1 Piazza
- Pramit Mohapatra - FightTicker.com
- Premraj Jeyaprakash - http://www.budgetpulse.com/ ; Isquare Inc
- Raj Malik
- Ralph Sklarew workingWidgets
- Rana Sobhany
- Randy Boland - BrockLi.com
- Regan Buker
- Renee Edelman
- Riaz Virani
- Rich Goldman
- Richard Ellsberry - BaltimoreCollective.org / MediaWiki
- Rob Carlson vees.net
- Robert Neel
- Russell Heimlich @kingkool68 - U.S.News & World Report
- Ryan Spahn Sleep.FM - The Social Alarm Clock
- Sara Spivey
- Scott Scheyer
- Scott Tranter
- Scott Tuddenham Searchles
- Sean Shadmand
- Shashi Bellamkonda SolutionsArePower.com, Shashi
- Sri Nagubandi Sri Nagubandi
- Stan Schwartz Toonamation
- Stephen Hopkins
- Stephen Muirhead
- Steven Mandzik - swordplay, robotchampion
- Suzanne Hurley
- Tac Tacelosky
- Taylor Davidson - http://www.taylordavidson.com/
- Teria Rogers
- Thibeaux Lincecum
- Thomas Keeley FreedomWorks.org
- Tim Shey
- Travis J. Todd - http://growvotes.org/
- Vicki Contie
- Victoria Pickering
- Yair Flicker - SmartLogic Solutions
- Zvi Band
- George Brett TW: @ghbrett
- Mike Subelsky subelsky.com
- Wilson Mar
- Brian Drake Facebook
- Mike Rosenfeld
- Vlad Korolev
- Tom Poe 600block.com
- Ross - http://stratacomm.net/ http://dctechevents.com/
- Clarence Wooten http://www.collectivex.com/
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