Speakers

If you’re coming to PodCamp Ireland in Kilkenny this September, here’s a list of some of the people you can expect to find speaking or presenting on the day. In true unconference nature, we invite you to get involved and give a talk, a presentation, a demo, lead a breakout session on a particular subject.

PodCamp Ireland talks will be scheduled between 10 am and we will aim to finish at 5-5.30pm so make sure that you let us know if there is a preferred time for you if you plan to host a session.

If you would like to register to speak at PodCamp then please fill out the speakers registration form here (click).

PodCamp Ireland Speakers

• Cathy Fitzgerald on “Using Social Networking to build new audiences for the Arts”
  Cathy will describe her initial use of social networking technologies in her own creative practice; template portfolio websites, blogs, social art, knowledge of which she is actively sharing and developing with the ArtLinks community.
• Dean Whitbread on “Video Conversation: How and Why”
  Dean will lead a morning session on showing online video conversation networks, demonstrating the technology, how it aids personal communication, and its commercial / corporate applications.
• Mike Buckley on “Baby Boomers and Social Media: Are they Mutually Exclusive?”
  Mike Buckley leads a morning discussion of demographics and web 2.0 usage. Who is your audience and what does their social media usage look like? Are “boomers” a lost cause when it comes to social media?
• Deborah Hadley on “From Spare Room to Board Room: How to turn your hobby into a profitable online business”
  Deborah will run a morning session on turning an idea or hobby into an online business. From getting an idea down on paper to execution to utilising social media to actually launch it!
• Sabrina Dent on “Marketing Strategies for Blogs and Websites”
  Also dubbed How to Pimp Your Own Ride Without Making the Internet Hate You, Sabrina will lead an afternoon session on “free, low cost, and big spend strategies for bringing the right traffic to your site. We’ll also examine issues like the oft-tripped-over line between “conversational” and “marketing” in social spaces like blogs, Facebook and Twitter.”
• Mark Conguista on “Don’t Forget to Pack Your Social Network: Data Portability Myths and Realities”
  OpenSocial. FriendFeed. OpenID. Microformats. There seems to be a whole lot of chatter about online social network portability, but right now it is just that – all talk. If the distributed social graph were a reality why would you still be logging into dozens of isolated web sites and networks every day? In this talk we will discuss the current state of data portability, what the promises are and what the future may actually hold. Issues concerning data ownership, security across platforms and what all this means for individuals and their multitude of networks and contacts. We will also analyze the implications for brands in a distributed and decentralized social media environment.
• Brian Greene on “Social & Affordable Radio”
  Brian Greene will lead an afternoon talk on radio and its need to embrace audience via new channels along with a presentation of a mini manifesto for the democratization of radio by using group channelled social radio cells. Brian will also demo the PSP version of the ilikeradio.net player.
• Simon McGarr on “Teenagers and the PaperRound: Media Literacy as a tool for thought”
  The PaperRound was a review of the sources of all the newspapers for one weekend. But the methods we used can be taught and used more widely when seeking what’s true in a world of bought and paid for media.
• Darragh Doyle on “How Do You Do - Advice For Blog Beginners”
  Darragh invites you to an open conversation and collaborative session where bloggers of all levels are asked to share 3 pieces of advice/tips that they have learned from blogging. All advice will be compiled during the day and made available for distribution to beginners and experts alike.
• Rosemary Khelifa on “Sitting Pretty - Movement For Health”
  Rosemary, a holistic healer and therapist will advise how you can avoid painful posture and give yourself simple massage treatments at your desk through simple movements.
• Martha Rotter on “Podcasting Inside The Evil Empire“
  Microsoft recently created an internal, corporate initiative called “Podcast in a Box.” The idea was to get employees in the habit of using equipment to podcast internally (i.e., to other employees only), create content and educate each other. Martha is going to talk about this unique program, how it has been successful, and how other organisations can adopt a similar program to educate and inform (and sometimes even entertain) their employees.
• Ken McGuire on “How Social Media Helps Kilkenny Art Forms“
  This late morning session (possibly close to lunchtime) will be split in two - the first part a 30 minute screening of ‘The Scarlet Lady Vanishes’, the second episode of online sitcom ‘Vultures‘ which is produced in Kilkenny. Following the screening, representatives from KilkennyMusic.com, The Devious Theatre Company and Mycrofilms (produce Vultures) will share their own experience on how new and social media - podcasts, blogs, online video, mobile video etc. - have boosted their productivity and raised awareness of what they do on the Kilkenny arts scene.
• Nicola Brown on “Turning Your Hobby Into A Business“
  Rural felt maker Nicola Brown will lead a morning talk on how she has embraced blogging and transformed her hobby into a full time business.
• Roseanne Smith on “You did what to who?“
  “I just twittered her” is a phrase that is becoming part of the lexicon of certain groups of people. Twitter is a microblogging web application that allows users to update readers about their current activities in 140 characters. Roseanne will talk about how she uses it and how she has seen others use it for personal and professional purposes. It is hoped other Twitterers present and absent will add their own 140 character interpretations of this theme!
• Brendan Hughes on “The Business Of Social Media“
  Social media in broad terms is a new way for people to communicate. It is essentially social and therefore personal. Should businesses be active in this space? If so what is appropriate? What will happen if the social media space is overrun by commercial interests? As someone who is involved in social media both personally and commercially I am interested in what the conference participants feel about this. (Afternoon session)
• Dr. Liam Noonan on “Teaching students to build the best and destroy the rest“
  SchoolBots is a computer game programming competition aimed at transition year students and above at secondary schools in Ireland. Tipperary Institute are the organisers of this competition. In this talk Dr. Liam Noonan will provde an overview of the competition and the software used.