We’re having our last weekly PodCamp Ohio planning podcast tonight, June 17 at 9pm. Everyone is welcome.

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!

Allen Mireles sponsors PodCamp Ohio 2009! Thank you very much for your Bronze sponsorship.

Allen Mireles is the principal of Allen Mireles Marketing PR, full service social media marketing/ public relations consultancy specializing in helping companies and organizations use social media and public relations to connect, share and grow.

Are you like me and can’t wait for Podcamp Ohio to begin? Why not start networking even before you get on site? What am I talking about? Like last year, the “unofficial” online kickoff party for Podcamp Ohio will be on The Doctor Anonymous Show – two days before Podcamp.

I invite you to join me for my live podcast which will be Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 9pm Eastern Time on BlogTalkRadio. Not only is there a chat room and a live webcam to see me, you can also call into the show at 646-716-9514. Or, there’s even a VoIP feature to join the show so that you don’t have to use a 10 digit number.

Feel free to call in to promote the session you’re presenting, your links on twitter/facebook/etc, or just call in to say how excited you are to attend Podcamp. Is this your first Podcamp? I’d like to hear from you as well. Also check out my video post above. Hope to see you for the show Thursday night and also at Podcamp on Saturday!

The iPhone App Show sponsors PodCamp Ohio 2009! Thank you very much for your Bronze sponsorship.

The iPhone App Show is a podcast from Michigan covering iPhone Applications with product news and reviews. The iPhone App Show will be recording a live show during PodCamp Ohio! If you’re an iPhone user or want to know more about iPhone and its applications, please check out the iPhone App Show!

Due to summer construction, we’ve created the following driving directions for getting to both PodCamp Ohio and Ignite Columbus.

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.

Want to be a PodCamp hero? Volunteer! We are getting down to the final days before PodCamp Ohio 2 and it’s time to get a commitment from people who wish to help make this year’s PodCamp as good as, if not better than, last years event.

We are in need of volunteers who are willing to help with the following duties:

1. Meet the night before at the site to help set up and assemble swag bags. ( Stay for the Ignite event too)

2. Help in the morning with check-in and registration. I need one person willing to be the lead contact for registration volunteers.

3. Help set up and take down lunch. Lunch will be catered so this is mostly just putting up and taking down tables. I will need one lead person for this as well.

4. A few volunteers to give us some time by checking in at the begining of a session with the session leader to ensure they have what they need. This is easy enough to do by just volunteering to be the contact in a session that you would be attending anyway.

We will need to know if you are willing to be a volunteer for PodCamp Ohio by this Friday, if you would care to receive a staff t-shirt.

You can contact me at mary@podcampohio.com if you want to volunteer. Please include your desired t-shirt size and which task(s) you are willing to help with.   You can also DM me on twitter: @merrycricket. Thanks everyone!

I can’t wait to meet all of you at PodCamp!

I can’t believe that Podcamp Ohio 2 is less than a month away now! If you want to find out the latest news on the event, I encourage you to check out my live podcast tonight where Angelo will join me.

Remember how much fun we had last year? In case you forgot, I encourage you to check out the videos from last year – Good times! – Also check out our Facebook page.

So, join us tonight, Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 9pm ET for The Doctor Anonymous Show on BlogTalkRadio. If you can join us live, that’s ok. I’ll be posting the podcast here following the show. Hope to see you tonight!

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