Archive for the ‘conference’ Category

Beyond Pink 2009 – Young Women in Business

November 10th, 2009 by Miss604   5 Comments

Update November 13 & 14 2009: I will be updating this post throughout the day featuring info and photos from Beyond Pink
The Young Women in Business are presenting their 2nd Beyond Pink conference this coming weekend.
Beyond Pink is a 2-day conference with speakers, panels, a tradeshow on Friday night and a gala party on Saturday [...]

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Vancouver Innovation Camp 2009

October 12th, 2009 by Miss604   1 Comment

Tomorrow is the launch of Vancouver’s “Innovation Camp” which will be a week of workshops and idea-sparking discussions.
Photo credit: MartinPhotoSport on Flickr
At Vancouver Innovation Camp, you’ll discover how answers to these questions are related to learning entrepreneurship and innovation skills… …Participants learn by doing – practicing techniques to generate new ideas and expanding upon those [...]

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Day Blog from BarCamp Vancouver 2009

October 3rd, 2009 by Miss604   No Comments

BarCamp is an unconference that focuses on social media, technology, and community-building in the online or mobile realm. I know that’s kind of a mouth full but it’s the first style of social media conference I ever attended and I credit BarCamp 2006 for being the launching point of my blogging “career”.
Today’s BarCamp is over [...]

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TV Talk at the Vancouver Film and Television Forum

October 1st, 2009 by Miss604   No Comments

I’m a big fan of television and every fall there’s a new show out there that captivates my attention, makes me laugh, and inspires my writing. We may not watch shows when their air live but being at home on the couch with my husband is downtime that I truly value. If Olivia Dunham, Sheldon [...]

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Vancouver Film and Television Forum 2009

September 25th, 2009 by Miss604   1 Comment

The Vancouver Film and Television Forum is happening September 29th until October 2nd at the Vancity International Film Centre.
This is the 24th edition of the Forum and this year’s sessions include discussions about the changing face of media and storytelling. Each day there will be a theme, from Film Talk on Tuesday, TV Talk on [...]

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BarCamp Vancouver 2009

August 13th, 2009 by Miss604   12 Comments

It’s that time of year again… it’s time for BarCamp.
BarCamp actually has nothing to do with an actual “Bar” per se. It’s a social media, social networking, and open-format technology unconference. If you’ve become familiar with the Northern Voice Conference, it’s similar but on a smaller scale. For a full description of BarCamp and [...]

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VinoCamp and CheeseCamp Vancouver

July 20th, 2009 by Miss604   5 Comments

Last year’s inaugural VinoCamp Vancouver was such a success that it’s back again this August. As a special treat, the world’s first-ever CheeseCamp will compliment VinoCamp as well.
“A different type of conference, VinoCamp CheeseCamp 2009 is designed for people interested in technology, wine and cheese as participants are encouraged to take photos of what’s happening, [...]

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140conf in New York Next Week

June 9th, 2009 by Miss604   3 Comments

I was listed as one of the 140 characters for 140conf, a Twitter conference happening next week in New York city. However, due to some tight deadlines that have me running in circles, I had to back out. It pains me to miss this conference as it’s organized by Jeff Pulver and will see [...]

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Enterprising Moms and Chicks Who Click

June 5th, 2009 by Miss604   1 Comment

I have the fortunate opportunity to participate in two upcoming conferences, both of which are geared for entrepreneurial women.
The first is the Enterprising Moms Network Conference on June 13th at the River Rock. It will run 11:00am until 5:00pm and sixty4media will have a swag table setup as well. My talk will be at 3:15pm [...]

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WordCamp San Francisco: Scott Porad on User-Generated Content

May 30th, 2009 by Miss604   1 Comment

One of the afternoon presenters at WordCamp San Francisco is Scott Porad of Pet Holdings, otherwise known as the LOLcat franchise whose sites get millions of visitors each day.

The focus of his talk is the network of sites that they run which all have the following in common: They’re all humor/entertainment-centric, they’re all hosted [...]

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