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New Text for 2012
Save the Date Announcement
(We're competing against some pretty big gatherings, including PaxEast and AnimeBoston, so we want people to have BarCamp on their radar screen early. And, no, that bit of text should not be in the save the date announcement. ;) )
It is almost time once again for BarCamp Boston!
BarCamp Boston 7
Saturday, April 7, and Sunday, April 8, 2012
Microsoft NERD
http://barcampboston.org/
Regular Announcement
It is time once again for BarCamp Boston!
BarCamp Boston 7
Saturday, April 7, and Sunday, April 8, 2012
Microsoft NERD
http://barcampboston.org/
Organized on the fly by attendees for attendees, BarCamp offers excellent opportunities for networking, learning something new, and discovering some Boston area technological excitement! You don't just attend a BarCamp—-you participate in discussions, demo your projects, or join another cooperative event.
BarCamp Boston topics include: technology, marketing, cooking, startups, sci-fi, social media, gadgets, communities, design, hardware hacking, UI design, entrepreneurship, AJAX, open source software, robotics, mobile computing, bioinformatics, RSS, social software, programming languages, and much, much more!
More information and registration are at: http://barcampboston.org/.
Shimon's email to past BarCamp attendees from 2008
"On behalf of the organizing team, I'm pleased to announce the (rapidly) upcoming:
BarCamp Boston 5
April 17-18, 2010
MIT's Stata Center
http://barcampboston.org/
BarCamp is an unconference, organized on the fly by attendees for attendees. You don't just attend a BarCamp—-you participate in discussions, demo your projects, or join another cooperative event.
Topics may include, but are not limited to: open source software, startups, UI design, entrepreneurship, AJAX, hardware hacking, robotics, mobile computing, bioinformatics, RSS, social software, programming languages, and the future of technology.
More information and registration are at: http://barcampboston.org/. Voluntary donations are accepted in place of a required registration fee.
Please forward/blog/announce to all your friends, coworkers, and other interested parties!
Sponsorships, starting at $250, are a great way to advertise to a few hundred of Boston's brightest software developers. Please visit http://www.barcampboston.org/sponsorbarcamp/ or contact me if you're interested.
Thank you,
Shimon Rura
BarCamp Boston organizer"
Jay's Suggested Changes
| Subject: | BarCamp Boston 5 - April 17th & 18th - Are you coming? |
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Hello Boston BarCamper! On behalf of the organizing team, I'm pleased to announce the (rapidly) upcoming: BarCamp Boston 5
As you hopefully recall from signing up to attend last year, BarCamp is an unconference, organized on the fly by attendees for attendees. You don't just attend a BarCamp—-you participate in session discussions, demo your projects, or host a presentation / session discussion of your own. BarCamp Boston topics include: technology, marketing, cooking, startups, sci-fi, social media, gadgets, communities, design, hardware hacking, UI design, entrepreneurship, AJAX, open source software, robotics, art, mobile computing, bioinformatics, RSS, social software, programming languages, the future of technology, and much, much more! BarCamp Boston brings together over 300 interesting people who are interested in others. Sponsorships, starting at $250, are a great way to advertise our audience. Please visit http://wiki.barcampboston.org/index.php?title=Sponsors or contact me if you're interested in supporting the conference. Thank you, Shimon Rura BarCamp Boston organizer | |
Do you approve, disapprove, or have further changes to suggest?
- Shimon - ??
- j - approves & recommends that if we're mentioning cooking, we could also mention knitting ;)
- Sooz - ??
More generic text
"It is time once again for BarCamp Boston!
BarCamp Boston 5
Saturday, April 17, and Sunday, April 18, 2010
MIT Stata Center
http://barcampboston.org/
Organized on the fly by attendees for attendees, BarCamp offers excellent opportunities for networking, learning something new, and discovering some Boston area technological excitement! You don't just attend a BarCamp—-you participate in discussions, demo your projects, or join another cooperative event.
BarCamp Boston topics include: technology, marketing, cooking, startups, sci-fi, social media, gadgets, communities, design, hardware hacking, UI design, entrepreneurship, AJAX, open source software, robotics, mobile computing, bioinformatics, RSS, social software, programming languages, the future of technology, and much, much more!
More information and registration are at: http://barcampboston.org/. Voluntary donations are accepted in place of a required registration fee.
Please forward/blog/announce to all your friends, coworkers, and other interested parties!
Sponsorships, starting at $250, are a great way to advertise to a few hundred of Boston's brightest software developers. Please visit http://www.barcampboston.org/sponsorbarcamp/ or contact me if you're interested.
Don't miss the hottest gathering of Boston area geeks this spring!"
Facebook announcement sent to the BarCamp Boston group
Nota bene: One of the dates is wrong in the following text. If you are reusing this text, please make the correction. April 25 & 26 are the correct dates for BarCamp Boston 4 at the Stata Center.
From: notification+o9a9t_29@facebookmail.com
Subject: "BarCampBoston" sent you a message on Facebook...
Date: March 24, 2009 3:28:28 PM EDT
To:
Reply-To: noreply@facebookmail.com
Scott Fitchet sent a message to the members of BarCampBoston.
Subject: BarCampBoston 4 is April 24 & 25 @ MIT Stata Center
Hello to everyone in the BarCampBoston Facebook group. Just wanted to remind everyone that BCB4 is now only a month away. If you're planning on attending this year you can pre-register in about 20 seconds by adding your name and contact info to the following wiki page:
Also, Joseph Flaherty has put together a BCB4 flyer that might be great to hang at your office, on campus, or at your favorite coffee shop/hacking spot:
Hope you can make it April 24 - 25 !
Monday's reminder email
We need to send a reminder email on Monday that includes: encouragement for people no longer able to attend to change their attendance status, a note that we're printing some name badges ahead of time, information about the programing contest, start and end times for each of the days, info about Igstinguish Talks, and any other pertinent information attendees need to know before the weekend.
[Note: text formatting gets screwed up by MediaWiki -- view in edit mode for "email" formatting. -This Jeff] "
BarCampBoston4 is only a few days away: Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26. We've been working on some exciting changes for this year's BarCamp, so please take a moment to read this email.
* Registration is 9 am to 10 am on Saturday. We plan to print nametags for pre-registrants ahead of time, so please make sure the name you would like on your badge is what you put on the wiki.
* Cancellations: if you're no longer able to attend, please remove your name from the registration list (http://wiki.barcampboston.org/index.php?title=2009_Registration) or reply to this email, so that we can order food accordingly.
* Saturday Dinner: New this year, we will be providing dinner on Saturday and holding evening sessions. Also, at 7:30 pm on Saturday, we'll be hosting BarCampBoston's first 20x20 "Igstinguish" talks. Presenters have 6 minutes, 40 seconds to present 20 slides, where each slide automatically advances at 20 second intervals. Check out http://ignite.oreilly.com/show/ for example videos. If you are interested, please email jpotter-barcamp@codepuppy.com your idea for a session.
* Getting to MIT Stata: Red Line to MIT Station, then walk two blocks up Main Street to the Stata center. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wfm_stata_center.jpg and http://www.barcampboston.org/
* Programming contest: Impress your fellow BarCamp attendees with your creativity and ingenuity. Given only a small set of themes, you will write program that meets a majority of them. Past themes have included: penguin, lisp, genetic, barbecue, and more. The goal is to hack, have fun, and win a few prizes. If you're interested, see: http://wiki.barcampboston.org/index.php?title=2009_Programming_Contest
* Schedule:
Saturday April 25th:
9 am: Registration + coffee/pastries 10 am: Opening plenary Noon: First session 1 pm: Lunch, session scheduling, programming contest sign-up 2 pm-6pm: Afternoon sessions 6 pm: Dinner 7:30 pm: 20x20 "Igstinguish" talks 9 pm-11pm: Evening sessions, Werewolf/Murder, Games 1 am: Doors close, please go home.
Sunday, April 26th:
9 am: Networking + coffee/pastries; registration for those who can't make Saturday 10:30 am-1 pm: Morning sessions 1 pm: Lunch 2:00-4:30: Afternoon sessions 4:30 pm: Closing session and programming content judging "
Jay's suggested changes:
| Subject: | BarCamp Boston 4 - Important Announcements |
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BarCamp Boston 4 is this weekend! When: Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, 2009 Please...
Make BCB4 better for you: tell your friends, coworkers, and other cool people you think should come (we have a button for your blog, even! BarCamp Boston 4 is free. We accept voluntary donations; there's no required registration fee. ##% of registrants have pledged a donation so far! Sponsorships, starting at $250, are a great way to advertise to a few hundred of Boston's brightest software developers, marketers, and designers. Let us know if you're interested. We're looking forward to seeing you Saturday morning, at Boston's best geek event of the spring! -Your fellow attendees | |
Included a map with the location instead of Red Line directions. (Thanks! j meant to say something about the directions & forgot. While handy, not everyone is Ting to Stata.) Left out info about the programming contest since there will be plenty of announcements during the conference, and not much prep ahead of time is needed from attendees. j added a line about the contest Jeff D. can rewrite. It's good to let folks know it's happening again and it might be a way to attract people to BCB4.
Jay says: Good point, j. I've moved it from the list section (which should be actionable items or clear instructions), and pimped it in the "What" section just above, along with a few other motivators for people.
Editing the text in the future
For upcoming BarCamp Bostons, be sure to verify and change, if appropriate:
- BarCamp Boston number (e.g. BarCamp Boston 5)
- the date
- the location
- registration fees
- lowest sponsorship level (in case it changes)
Mass emails
Both Jkbaumga and Mike Walsh established different Campaign Monitor accounts for BarCamp Boston: http://barcamp-boston.createsend.com/ and http://barcampboston.createsend.com/ in 2009. In 2010, we had login problems Campaign Monitor didn't resolve. We switched to MailChimp: barcampboston, and a password as easy as bcb and 123. Like Campaign Monitor, MailChimp offers email list management; the ability to draft, save, edit, and preview emails; and easy emailing of hundreds of people at reasonable prices. For any costs, either pay for the mailing out-of-pocket and get reimbursed or have someone with BarCamp account info knowledge do it. All together, it took 2-3 hours to establish the account and less than an hour to send an email that includes importing a long list of emails. The site seems fairly straightforward to use and offers a variety of assistance resources. Stats are available for the emails.
