Charlotte WordCamp 2008 Wrapup

Charlotte’s first blogging conference had ended. On the day of the conference, we had 120 attendees.

Keep an eye out for these upcoming post on the blog:

• Event feedback form summary
• Full video from the event
• Plans for the coming year

Here is a wrap-up so far:

• Check these tag roundups for “CLTwordcamp”  Flickr - Youtube – Twitter
• Ben Ullman’s take on his interaction with other Twitter users at the event
• Slide shows from the event, keynote and panels
• Corey Creed’s interview with be about Charlotte WordCamp 2008
• Don’t forget the elevator guy (he was trapped for an hour)

Other accounts of the event:

• Fifty Something Man
• Barnett Websites
• Innovate This Roundup
• Church Crunch
• Trench Reynolds
• Mr. R’s Blogspot 2.0
• Jody Farrad

Originally posted at JasonKeath.com

Feedback Please?

Tell us what you loved, hated, and secretly mocked. Or just build our egos a bit, your call. The official Charlotte WordCamp 2008 Feedback Survey.

Thanks for everyone’s support.

Twitter Love at WordCamp

At the beginning of CLTwordcamp, the 120 person audience was asked “Who doesn’t know what Twitter is?” It had already come up in conversation a few times. 1 person raised her hand. I am sure there were a couple other shy folks, but to say the least, Twitter was represented well at the conference.

Here is the CLTwordcamp tag on Twitter. Ben Ullman also wrote a good post on his interaction with other Twitter users at the event.

CLTWordCamp, blogging, participation & introductions

We’re almost halfway through CLTWordCamp , the morning started off with short 20 seconds introductions from the entire room, that went surprislly fast & well. Then we broke up into two sessions, 1. a WordPress for Beginners and the others had an open discussion (camp style) on wordpress.

We just finished our session on Technical & Design of WordPress and now it’s lunch time. Of course to follow the conversations do a search on #CLTWordcamp using search.twitter.com.

New Logo & Tshirt

Check the new logo design in the header as well as on the t-shirt below.

We also hooked up a new badge for those of you out there that have been helping us spread the word on your blogs.

And for anyone wondering about the crown, Charlotte known as ‘the Queen City’.

How do you like to Install WordPress?

New WordPress Podcast

First WP podcast in a while. 30 minute interview with Matt of WP. WordCamp is a big topic toward the end.

Thanks to our Sponsors

As of today Charlotte Wordcamp is lucky enough to have 4 sponsors for the conference. Please join us in thanking the.

Host Sponsor:The Charlotte Observer, serving Charlotte, North Carolina and its metro area, is the largest newspaper, in terms of circulation, in North and South Carolina. The Observer primarily serves Charlotte and Mecklenburg County and the surrounding counties of Iredell, Cabarrus, Union, Lancaster, York, Gaston, and Lincoln. The newspaper’s circulation covers over 40 counties in North and South Carolina. Twitter = @theobserver

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Event Sponsor: Realty.com is your source for all kinds of helpful information about buying, selling, or owning your home. Check to see if your home value has changed. Their sales data is constantly updated to provide accurate market conditions. See your home mapped with neighboring property sales among other tools. Twitter = @realty

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Event Sponsor: HostGator is one of the world’s top 10 largest web hosting companies with more than 1,300,000 hosted domains. They have over 160 employees to provide you around-the-clock superior support. They are the perfect choice whether you are looking for business, personal, or even Fortune 500 hosting. Twitter = @hostgatordotcom

Welcome our Panel Speakers

Thanks to the following people for helping us as our first round of Panel Speakers:

• Brian Cary – BrianCary.com @briancary
  
• Peter St. Onge – The Ballot, Charlotte Observer
  
• Sarah Aarthun – Paid to Party, Charlotte Observer
  
• Justin Ruckman – CLT Blog @jruckman
  
• Corey Creed – Hippo Internet Marketing @charlotte_seo
  
• Lisa Hoffmann – New Media Lisa @lisahoffmann
  
• Donna Maria Coles Johnson – Indie Business Blog @indiebusiness
• Jason Keath – The Stratius Group @jakrose
  

We have a few more on the way, and all will add a lot of value to the day’s programming. Be sure to check out their websites and look them up on twitter

Tentative Schedule

• 10:00 – 11:00: WordPress for Beginners
• 10:00 – 11:00: WordPress.org Roundtable
• 11:30 – 12:15: Tech/Design Panel
• 12:15 – 01:00: Lunch
• 01:00 – 01:45: Content Panel
• 02:00 – 02:45: Promotion/Marketing Panel
• 03:00 – 04:00: Keynote Speaker (w/ Q&A) – Mark Jaquith

15 minute breaks (Lunch: 45 minutes)