Comments on: Is PodCamp Too Corporate? or, Welcome New Folks!

By: Michael Domingo

Michael Domingo — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:39:56 +0000

Has PodCamp lost it’s friendliness? Are Corporations pushing creativity aside and ignoring the newbie?

I doubt it. Like Chris said, we always have the power to walk away. And our presence or lack of presence sends a strong signal to vendors. Sessions work the same way: not getting anything out of a session? Leave quietly and enter another session just as discretely. Silence and lack of presence is strong feedback. The power is in YOUR hands.

Cheers,
Kit Mikazuki, Host
Nante Koto Online Dating Misadventures Podcast
Washington, DC

By: Christopher S. Penn

Christopher S. Penn — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:33:59 +0000

@Jeff: One thing I’ve found in my dealings with VCs (your experiences may vary) is that they can FIND a monetization angle as well. A show like AiB might have a revenue model that none of us are thinking of, simply because we don’t make monetization a priority in our new media dealings.

We’ll find out in October – and we’ll keep an eye on your Twitterstream for who’s behaving well and who’s behaving badly.

By: eric skiff

eric skiff — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:28:19 +0000

This is a great post,Chris. One of the reasons I’m most excited bout podcamp boston 2 is the fact that yu’ve been tireless in your efforts to break us out of the echo chamber.

I’m extremely interested to see what the vibe of the event will be and hope to meet some great new people there.

Thanks for once again giving us new food for thought when planning our own podcamps.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:20:55 +0000

AiB has been in search of funding now for over a year if not more. To make the claim that putting them in a room full of VC’s is going to get them funding is a prediction that will fail. The first thing that needs to be understood is that VC’s are in it to make money and not provide charity for good news. We can see that with MSM. THey are now into pandering for the sponsors. I believe it has gone to big…..If they want to be there to learn how to enter new media for the purpose of creating it fine. But, I believe they are there for the Meat Market..

By: Christopher S. Penn

Christopher S. Penn — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:52:08 +0000

The idea of “us vs. them” is exactly the wrong way to go – I’ve heard more than a few prominent folks in new media yell “!@#%$# them, !@#!@# the RIAA, ^%&$%#$ the mainstream media” and so forth, and all that does is marginalize new media, and what WE – the new media community – have to offer the world. Alive in Baghdad should be on CNN. Accident Hash should be on WBUR.

Working together, old and new media, eventually achieves this: media. The “old media” need tour guides into the new media space, and if the folks who are evangelists for new media want to preserve the ethos and spirit of new media, YOU need to be the tour guides – otherwise, someone else will be.

By: Jason Alba

Jason Alba — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:44:46 +0000

Chris, excellent reflection and thoughts. At first I thought you were going to take the angle of “us against them,” with the idea that “them” (corporations) would taint the whole web2.0 world because they just don’t get it.

Like it’s a place they aren’t worthy to tread.

Instead, I think bringing them into this space, holding their hand and helping them get acustomed to it, it huge (a huge accomplishment, and will produce great results).

Just because they have money and resources doesn’t mean they don’t have a place in web2.0 (or whatever number we’re on).

So, good perspective!