The Ottawa Podcast and New Media group will be gathering to reconnect at Irene’s Pub, May 5 at 8pm. It’s the first organized gathering since October 30… wait for it… 2008! This is meant to be an informal gathering to re-energize the group, find out what everyone is up to and what challenges they face [...]
The first meetup of podcasters in Ottawa took place at the Chateau Laurier Hotel on May 26, 2005. It was organized by Tod Maffin. He was traveling across the country on a speaking tour and organized informal gatherings of Canadian podcasters along the way. I’d largely forgotten about this meeting until a recent series of [...]
The Ottawa Podcast and New Media Meetup Group will kick off its 2008-2009 season at 7:00pm this Thursday, October 30, at the Clock Tower Brew Pub (575 Bank Street at Isabella). The reservation is under Mark/Podcasters. During this meeting, I’d like to create a list of podcast/new media challenges people are struggling with and things [...]
There’s a wave of social media events and conferences coming up that I’ll be attending and I encourage you to attend, as well. Niagara on the Lake Podcasting and Social Media Meetup (tag: notl2008) is a hybrid meetup and conference taking place August 16 (yes, next week!) at the Prince of Whales Hotel in Niagara [...]
You may have noticed that episode 88 of the Canadian Podcast Buffet is two days late. We’re having database problems on the CPB website and have been unable to publish the show. So, I’ve decided to post it here to limit the show’s delay. By the way… We’ve also discovered that the CPB on the [...]
When: Thursday, January 24, 7:00 PM Where: The Arrow and Loon (indoor patio) 99 Fifth Avenue Ottawa, ON K1S 5K4 613.237.0448 Guest speaker: Alan Neal, host of CBC’s Bandwidth Presentation: Hosting your show After years of hosting CBC’s Ontario lunchtime magazine show, Ontario Today, Alan moved to the pop culture section of the CBC dial, [...]
There will be a podcast meetup tonight in Toronto. Here are the details… Toronto Geek Dinner/Podcast Meetup (RSVP in Facebook) Thursday, November 15th at 6:30pm Imperial Public Library (54 Dundas Street E) See you there.
I’ll be in Toronto and Vancouver later this month. During both stops, I will be attending geek dinners/podcast meetups. Toronto Geek Dinner/Podcast Meetup (RSVP in Facebook) Thursday, November 15th at 6:30pm Imperial Public Library (54 Dundas Street E) Vancouver Geek Dinner/Podcast Meetup (RSVP in Upcoming) Monday, November 19th at 6:00pm Steamworks Brewing Co., Gastown location [...]
The Ottawa Podcast and New Media Meetup Group held it’s second meeting of this season at the Clock Tower Brew Pub on Thursday, October 18. There were a lot of newcomers at this gathering and one of them, Natasha, won a $25 gift certificate from Steve’s Music Store in Ottawa. The guest speaker was Jeff [...]
When: Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 7:00 PM Where: Clock Tower Brew Pub 575 Bank Street Ottawa, ON K1S5L7 Guest speaker: Jeff Parks Presentation: Pay It Forward – Mentoring and Podcasting Jeff will discuss his philosophy on mentoring and podcasting, and how this approach can be a model of behaviour for business and government around [...]
Tod Maffin‘s email came out earlier today: a last minute social media meet-and-greet with Jeremiah Owyang (formerly of PodTech, soon to be with Forrester) would be held this evening in a Vancouver lounge. As it turned out, the lounge was booked for a private event. Thankfully, us social media types are very adaptable. We ended [...]
The Ottawa Podcast and New Media Meetup Group kicked off it’s second season last Thursday (September 20). The gathering of podcasting veterans (Charles Hodgson and Steve Reside), potential podcasters (Mitchell Beer, Dan, Chamika Ailapperuma and Chakula Chaluka), out-of-towners (Julien Smith and Isabelle Michaud). After the community had shared ideas and war stories for a while, [...]
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