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Meetings Podcast Now Available On Stitcher App (Mobile: OnDemand)

January 12, 2012 By Mike McAllen 1 Comment

The Meetings Podcast is now available on the Stitcher App available in all the App stores!

The Stitcher Application is great because you never need to download the podcasts from your computer to your device. It is On Demand! As we launch a new show it will automatically appear on your mobile device! Cool huh?

Stitcher pulls in $10 million in new funding (ipodnn.com)
Thanks to Our Weekly Sponsor: Stitcher Smart Radio (iphone.appstorm.net)
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Meetings Podcast Now Available On Stitcher App (Mobile: OnDemand)

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PCMA 2012 Show

January 12, 2012 By Mike McAllen Leave a Comment

Jon Trask and Greg Ruby discuss the 2012 PCMA and Virtual Edge Summit in San Diego. (Greg also did a facinating talk on Foursquare) Overall the show hit it out of the park!

General Session made some changes and using Skype to bring in speaker Sally Hogstead making the general session a actual Hybrid event.

Hybrid Events 101 Primer Series (4) Show 203

December 27, 2011 By Mike McAllen 2 Comments

Todays show continues with the Meetings Podcasts Primer series:

“Hybrid Events 101”

Todays show is a continuation of the Primer Series of educational podcasts for meeting planners and event organisers. Mike McAllen founder of Event Camp and the producer of three EventCamp Hybrid events, plus technically producing many other corporate and association meetings and events using the Hybrid model. He discusses Hybrid Events 101.

If you are attending Virtual Edge Summit or PCMA Mike or Jon would love to connect! The MeetingsPodcast is the official Podcast of the Virtual Edge Summit Show!

Check out these other Blog posts to work on content for your hybrid meeting or hybrid event along with production.

Tips for making your Hybrid event “Quick, Light and Easy”

Top Blogs on Virtual Events

Hybrid Events with John Pollard

Hybrid Meetings Offer Scalable Content Delivery

Hybrid Meetings Offer the Best of both Worlds

Hybrid Events 101 Primer Series (4) Show 203

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Interview with Mitchell Beer from Conference Publishers Show 202

December 20, 2011 By Mike McAllen Leave a Comment

Interview with Mitchell Beer (mitchell<@>theconferencepublishers.com) from Conference Publishers. I have been a big fan of Mitchell and how his company captures content for meetings and events.

They capture targeted session summaries and sharp, compelling news capsules.

They gather and report the content as it is happening.

They also can help you develop onsite content and maximize its impact—before, during, and after the event.

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Interview with Mitchell Beer from Conference Publishers Show 202

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Interview with Michael Douglas of GenieMobile Show 201

December 12, 2011 By Mike McAllen 4 Comments

We met Genie Mobiles Michael Douglas last year at Virtual Edge Summit and PCMA. After trading emails and getting a virtual demo both Jon and I were very impressed with the products GenieMobile builds. They are a leading provider of mobile applications for events and meetings. So to continue on highlighting our international friends, Michael comes from London where he and Genie Mobile are delivering great user experience with easy-to-use technology. GenieMobile offers highly sophisticated apps, usually associated with expensive development, that either we can deliver to clients, or by using their toolkit you can build them yourself. We hope you enjoy the podcast.

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MeetingsPodcast is Official Podcast of The Virtual Edge Summit

November 30, 2011 By Mike McAllen Leave a Comment

It was just announced that MeetingsPodcast has been chosen for the official podcast of the Virtual Edge Summit happening in San Diego January 9-11 2012.

Look for our booth at the conference where we will be interviewing, networking and enjoying the warm weather in San Diego. Please stop by and say hello.

MeetingsPodcast is Official Podcast of The Virtual Edge Summit

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How to look at a meetings venue on a site survey Primer Series (2)- Show 199

November 29, 2011 By Mike McAllen Leave a Comment

Jon Trask continues on the Grass Shack Events Media/ Meetings Podcast

Primer series:

“How to look at a meetings venue on a site survey.”

Jon gives some easy tips and tricks anyone who is putting on a meeting or event can use. If you would like a copy of the check list please email us at meetingspodcast@gmail.com and we will send you one.

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Preparing For Occupy Igloo Davos

November 21, 2011 By Mike McAllen 2 Comments

Watching the Oakland Occupiers here in Oakland, California protesting the current state of our country was amazing to see. But Oakland making noise about our countries problems is one thing, but Occuying the Davos conference might actually get something done. Interesting to me the huge difference of venues. Not in a Urban setting like Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza it is a fashionable snow covered Ski resort town in Switzerland.

The World Economic Forum is due to meet in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos in January. They might be joined by occupy protesters if they take up the invitation to join the Swiss youth planning the event. The Swiss youth activists are inspired by Occupy Wall Street are planning to build an igloo camp in the ski resort town. They want to create an Occupy Igloo event where the World Economic Forum is scheduled to meet next January 2012 at Davos. They are organizing the Occupy Igloo event to highlight the “undemocratic nature” of the Jan. 25-29 forum which will attract leaders of business and industry.

Reuters:

A Swiss youth party called on activists on Sunday to stage an “Occupy” World Economic Forum protest from igloos when the global elite descend on the ski resort of Davos for their annual meeting in January.

Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests, the youth wing of the Socialist Party (JUSO) invited occupy activists from around the world to set up a “Camp Igloo” in the Swiss mountain town from January 21 next year.

Preperations for this are quite different than occupying in the more hospitable weather in California. I tried to look at Ooccupy Davos from a event production standpoint.

Obviously a clear message is needed for the Davs occupiers and I think they have one with the obvious difference in economic levels between the attendees of Davos and the 99% occupiers who will be stationed in the Igloos.

I made a quick list of other things occupiers will need for a good protest from an event management perspective.

1) Insurance (Not sure this will be possible for organizers but should be looked at)

2) Gathering event details – estimate number of people

3) Venue- Becides igloos will there be a gathering place, bathrooms, food, water, waste management, power, (lights& heat)

4) Traffic Management- point out dangers in terrain, windy areas etc..

5) Incident Management- first aid, lost and found, lost children, security- evacuation plan

6) Contact numbers

If they can catch the eye of some of these powerful people at the Davos World Economic Forum they might actually get someone to make a change.

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State Department Creative Director/Event Planner David Adler- Show 198

November 15, 2011 By Mike McAllen Leave a Comment

Greg Ruby interviews State Department Creative Director/Event Planner David Adler who is also from BizBash Media. The interview took place at EventCamp East Coast.