Behind the scenes at Podcamp Ireland 2007

Well I am just about coming up for air after two major conferences last week and alot of travel and now feeling like I am sinking with a horrible cold. So apologies for not posting sooner about last weekend’s event.

As you will have seen from so many people around the blogosphere who have posted about their experience of PodCamp Ireland 2007, it was a tremendous success.

Though I have to let you into a little secret - Bernie did nothing for my blood pressure when at after the opening address on Saturday morning (we were due to start at 10 am) he whisked away Conn, Neville and John McGuinness TD for photoshoots and and interview for Intruders TV!

Fortunately my ever supportive husband was at hand to help re-write the agenda for the day and Brian and Dean from Talking Voices did a sterling job stepping in at short notice to get the day kicked off with a session about creativity and innovation.

Neville Hobson was really generous with his expertise - I think he took part in no less than one full session and two panels and he sold out of his book.

I also managed to persuade (twist the arm) of two of our tremedous sponsors to take part in panels - without our sponsors we just would not have been able to host the event.

So thank you to everyone who took part - particularly Ken who did a fantastic job lining up the venue (which we thought at one stage would be closed for refurbishment) and who stood steadfastly at the sound desk all day.

Thank you to everyone who joined us from teenagers who blog to granny’s who podcast, from poets who want to podcast to musicians who were not sure where to get started with new media. it truly was a diverse event.

My only problem was that I had little time to record any podcasts, but I managed to sneak in a few quick interviews which I will have edited and make available this week.

Thank you to all of you who provided feedback on the event - I’ll be posting your thoughts an feedback here over the next week.

In the meantime I hope you found the event inspiring and do share your successes with us won’t you in terms of your journey into the world of social media.