A discussion about corporate and business podcasting with tips and guidelines

For Podcamp Toronto, we've got a venue, so if we don't show up, there's gonna be some hell to pay :)

Plus, I'm working alongside a very energetic group of men - Mitch Joel, Jay Moonah, Brent Morris & Julien Smith - so there's no way we can falter at this point.

My only concern is trying to support the many requests from the various organizers in the different cities to attend their Podcamps. From a financial and time standpoint, this isn't possible.

I made it down to Podcamp Boston, I'll be going to Podcamp San Fran and I'm going to make a stop at Podcamp NY. I want to be supportive of all the Podcamps, but my piggy bank may say otherwise.

Jon:

It's an interesting question you raise here. There's no doubt that Leesa and the PodCamp Toronto organizing crew will make that event work. Toronto continues to strike me as a place filled with passionate podcasters and new-media enthusiasts, and that helps as well. I look forward to being part of PodCamp Toronto next February.

For PodCamp to be a success wherever it springs up, we'll need to see this: A strong group of committed and connected organizers to both handle all of the logistics and planning before the event and to help build the momentum by getting the word out to as many people as possible.

Leesa and Jay are those kinds of people in Toronto, and we had some great leaders in Christopher Penn and Chris Penn to get the ball rolling in Boston.

BarCamp has been a success all around the world, and PodCamp can too!

--Bryan Person
A PodCamp Boston organizer
Blog: Bryper.com
Podcast: NewCommRoad.com

I should have been a little clearer in my post. I wasn't suggesting that any specific Podcamp (or any Podcamp, for that matter) would run out of steam. Rather, I was merely musing over the fate of many volunteer-lead efforts in the past. Of course, there are a heck of a lot of successful volunteer-lead efforts as well.