If you are not able to join us, we hope to be able to share the experience with you in a number of ways, from recordings of speakers which we will post on the site after the event, to live boradcasting through Seesmic.com and through OnlineMeetingRooms.com.

Thanks to the Pix.ie team we also have a PodCamp Ireland group where we will be able to upload our photos too.

Pix.ie is free to join - and once you have registered your profile you can upload your PodCamp Ireland photo’s to our group page at http://pix.ie/go/podcamp

So if you are coming to PodCamp Ireland, don’t forget to pack your digital camera!

See you tomorrow.

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• Digital Circle - The Northern Ireland Digital Content Industry Group - has a podcast - you can listen to their interviews with Creative Camp Belfast attendees here (MP3 for mat to download) or subscribe to them in iTunes here.
• Alan in Belfast has a review on his blog
• Phil O’Kane has written his review on his blog
• Leeanne Lowe has made phtographs available on Flickr
• And Granny Mar talks about how camping was fun here.

Thank you everyone for sharing your experience of Creative Camp Belfast for those of us who could not attend.

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One of the things I know I have been forgeting in the last couple of weeks is using our hash tag for PodCamp Ireland that Bernie set up.

Hashtags are like tags on Flickr, only added to your post and can help track conversations online about Hashtags were developed as a means to create “groupings” on Twitter.

The hash tag for Podcamp Ireland is #pci and you can see the summary here.

If you plan to use hashtags in your Tweets, make sure that you follow @hashtags on Twitter so that it will index your updates.

That will make it easy for people if they Twitter during the event with their thoughts and feedback about the speakers presentations to access a summary. I’ve found this really helpful when there have been events I have not been able to attend but others have live Tweeted their insights from a conference.

And why not set up a hash tag for an event you are organising or taking part in?

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This year there are 3 new categories reflecting the changing use of the Internet in Ireland. These new categories are Best Online Exporter, Best Online Business Use of Irish and Best Use of Social Media.

Entry into the awards is free and nominations are open until 12 September 2008 - yes you can nominate yourself.

This year’s categories are:

• Best Business Blogger
• Best Business Podcaster
• Best Online Business Use of Irish
• Best Online Exporter
• Best Online Financial Service
• Best Online Trader Ireland
• Best Use of Social Media
• e-Government Award
• Educational Contribution
• Innovation Award
• Internet Entrepreneur
• Internet Marketer
• Journalist Award
• Mobile Internet Innovation
• Overall Net Visionary
• Social Contribution
• Web Designer Excellence
• Web Developer Excellence

Submit your nominations HERE

Disclosure: I am honoured to have been asked to be one of the judges for this year’s IIA and Enterprise Ireland Net Visionary Awards - you can meet the judges here.

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Are you looking for additional opportunities to connect with colleagues at the intersection of technology and the creative industry?

Then don’t miss attending CreativeCamp Belfast, a free unconference

CreativeCamp Belfast brings together technology and creative enthusiasts who want to make things happen with web, mobile, open source, new media, music and design and is taking place on 6 September 2008

Register to attend CreativeCamp Belfast here.

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One community that I was delighted to see get established is the Girl Geek Dinners where some VERY COOL women get together - all of whom share a common interest in technology.

Their next dinner is set for Tuesday, August 26th in Dublin.  The location is still to be confirmed by Martha Rotter the highly connected and self proclaimed geek girl who is the facilitator of the dinners here in Ireland.

You will have to pay for your own dinner and drinks, but the bubbling conversation is free!

You can register to be on the mailing list for notifications of future dinners - and they are heading around the country - rumour has it that super duper web designer Sabrina Dent is scouting out a venue for the September event in Cork.

I also understand that at previous dinners men are welcome and you don’t need to wear a skirt - short shorts will do!

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In this first show from the Podcamp Ireland team our guest is Johnny Beirne of Downloadmusic.ie.

Johnny shares how Downloadmusic.ie are using social media as a no cost marketing strategy.

We also give you the low down on where we are up to with planning this year’s PodCamp Ireland.

We had some challenges with Bernie’s phone lines - but we hope you can forgive us that especially as it was the first show. I do think you will get some great insights about how to use social media in your business to market especially if you are on a small budget from the information Johnny shares in his interview.

Oh and we were joined by our youngest listener yet - you’ll hear Bernie’s 9 month old daughter on the show gurgling away (no it’s not my baby - 3 daughters are enough for me).

SHOW NOTES

00.00    Introduction to the show

00:06    Interview with Johnny Beirne of Downloadmusic.ie covering how Downloadmusic.ie have used MySpace.com, Bebo.com, Facebook.com and mobile marketing to build awareness and market their new business

00:26    The importance of storytelling and how tat connects to PodCamp Ireland 2008

00:30    About PodCamp Ireland 2008

HOW TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW

• Access the streaming audio of this weeks PodCamp Ireland Podcast here
• Subscribe to the show through our PodCamp Ireland Podcast feed
• Subscribe to the show on iTunes - see the link on our PodCamp Ireland BlogTalk Radio page

If you like the show and appreciate our guests sharing their experiences in the world of social media - do add us as a favourite on the PodCamp Ireland BlogTalk Radio page

We’ll let you know when the show is in the iTunes podcast directory.

HOW TO LEAVE A COMMENT

We really welcome your comments and feedback about the show. What would you like us to cover in future shows? What questions do you have about implementing social media strategies to support your business strategy?

You can get in touch by email: podcampireland(at)gmail.com

Leave your comments and feedback about the show at our comment line (we have lots of choices so there are no excuses!)

• Calling from Ireland dial 01 443 4423
• Calling from the UK dial 0131 208 4423
• Calling from the US dial 818 528 4423
• Calling from elsewhere dial +1 8185284423
• Calling or sending us an IM via Skype then reach us at:’mycommentnow’
• Join the conversation at our PodCamp Ireland FriendFeed.com Room
• Join our PodCamp Ireland Jaiku Channel

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Download Music

The Download Music Facebook App

The Download Music Blog

NEXT WEEKS SHOW - 9am Ireland/UK on Wednesday 23 July 2008

Remember to join us next week for the live show when we will be joined by Campbell Scott of Igopeople.com.

Join us by either listening to the live streaming of the show, or you can dial in to our PodCamp Ireland Blog Talk Radio show (it’s a US number).

Call-in Number:  +1 347 826 7790

And if you miss the show, don’t worry, its available as a podcast.

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Those of you who know me well will know of my connection to the US.

Social media has been critical in the programme so far and will continue to be - all is revealed on the video.

Please remember if you have the right to vote consider using it voting for me!

And please make sure that if you have suggestions for my manifesto, I would love to hear about them here.

Source: @adamurbanski

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Well thanks to Sinead Cochrane I’ve just come across a really cool tool called Wordle that helps you create ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide. It’s a free resource and you can use the image that Wordle creates however you like.

You can create your own Wordle word cloud from words you type in or from entering your blog domain name.

Here’s one I created entering in some words that relate to PodCamp Ireland.

So how might you use your Wordle word cloud. Here are a few ideas:

• Add your Wordle tag cloud to your website or blog side bar to depict what subjects you cover
• Create your own T-shirts for a live event or event your work team
• Develop a Wordle tag cloud with all the names of the people who come to your next family get together (I might just do that for PodCamp Ireland 2008 so make sure that you get registered soon!)
• Use your word cloud on business cards and correspondence cards
• Feature your word cloud on the front of your workshop materials for the next training course you deliver
• Use your Wordle on your book cover for that next best selling book you are writing
• Depict your expertise with Wordle and create a Wordle CV as Robin Blandford has done
• You may take a Wordle, put it on your book cover, your t-shirt, your campaign poster, what have you. You may get rich off it. Just tell people how you made the image, or, if you’re using one from the gallery, where you got it.

The only request of the developers of Wordle is that they ask tat you make sure that you tell people how you made your Wordle tag cloud image.

Take a look at what the Wordle word clouds of Irish bloggers Elly and Sinead have created.

What ideas do you have for your Wordle word cloud?

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Earlier this year my 7 year old daughter had a project for school - to record someone from her family and interview them about school life in the ‘olden days’.

Well unfortunately for her, other than her parents (who at times feel ancient), she only has one surviving grandparent and that’s her Granny who lives in England.

So how was she going to complete her project?

Granny is well into her eighties and does get confused at times, so we put a little plan into action.

Elisha drafted her questions and then asked her dad to phone Granny with the questions and to ‘book a time’ for her interview the next day. This gave Granny time to write her self a few notes to remind herself what to cover in the ‘interview’.

The next day, Elisha interviewed her Granny and recorded the call, which we then made into a CD and she used the information she had gleened to write up her report.

Now this wasn’t quite a podcast, but it was a great exercise for her and she was very proud to have recorded her own CD since she often listened to me being played back through the car stereo when I used to broadcast a live radio show.

I read recently that in the UK that this September, the first qualification in podcasting is to be established where students will learn how to make audio and video podcasts.

The course is to be awarded by the NCFE (the National Council for Further Education).

David Grailey, chief executive of the NCFE, stated:

Podcasting is fast becoming a part of everyday life - vicars are delivering sermons via podcasts, police departments are launching ‘crimewatch’ video podcasts and schools and colleges are recording lessons via podcasts. It’s therefore vital that we offer people both an understanding and the skills to utilise this technology.

The article also reported that podcasting in the UK has grown to a population size of 18% and awareness of podcasting at 70%, which seems much higher than my experience in Ireland. Usually at the seminars and events I speak at with regular business leaders well under 20% would have come across the term podcasting.

And remember we are looking forward to meeting podcasters young and old at the forthcoming PodCamp Ireland. In my books you are never too young to start podcasting! And it’s a simple and wonderful way for us to record family events and conversations.

I only wish I’d had the same opportunity as Elisha some 30 years ago when my Granny was alive.

Source: Times Online

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