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ProductCamp Is Tomorrow! Directions to GTRI Conference Center (and more)

jason — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:24:32 +0000

Well, here we are. I’ll be seeing you at ProductCamp tomorrow morning.

I truly hope you are as excited as I am! We’ve got 35 pre-submitted sessions (5 more than last year) and I suspect a few of you will have a last minute flash of brilliance for a roundtable discussion, or book discussion or something else. And that’s great!

Here are a few reminders and details you’ll need to know:

Check-in begins at 8:30 AM
Events start at 9:00 AM
ProductCamp is being held at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center at:

250 West 14th Street
Atlanta, GA 30318
Directions via Google Maps

The Conference Center shares a driveway with Georgia Public Broadcasting, and there is ample free, covered parking.

And two more things:

I’ll be hosting a brief Christian prayer breakfast at Bobby & June’s Country Kitchen at 7 AM prior to ProductCamp. I’d love it if you join me. If you plan to come to the breakfast, would you please drop me a line at jason@pcampatl.com so I can tell them how many to expect? The address is:

375 14th Street Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30318
Directions via Google Maps

There will be an after party at Ri Ra Irish Pub, starting at about 5:30 PM. I hope to see you there!

1080 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309
Directions via Google Maps

So, that’s it. I’ll see you in the morning. It’s time to learn something from each other!

ProductCamp Atlanta 2.0: What To Do

jason — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:42:53 +0000

ProductCamp is only 2 days away, and we’ve got 300 product managers, marketers and other champions and stakeholders registered to attend. 34 sessions are currently being proposed and discussed and I expect more based on a few exciting late registrations that have come in!

In this post, I’ll give you some information, including:

How to preview and influence the sessions that will be offered on Saturday
The schedule for the day
What to bring with you
Ways to participate and help make ProductCamp an even greater success
Dress Code

1. Sessions

Session leaders have already started posting their sessions over at http://pcampatl.uservoice.com. You can go over there right now and take a look at the proposed topics, comment on them and vote for your favorites. It’s also not too late to offer your own session! Just post your idea and see what the crowd thinks! You can also see some interviews with some of the session leaders right here on the ProductCamp blog.

The voting here does not impact the sessions on Saturday, but it does give the session leaders an idea of how their session is going to be received. Your comments help them prepare for your best questions and further hone their topics to give you the greatest value.

2. Schedule

8:30 AM Registration opens. Continental breakfast, coffee and networking
9:00 AM Welcome and Introductions, Session voting and scheduling
10:00 AM Morning Sessions start
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Afternoon Sessions
4:00 PM Wrap-up and closing remarks. Cleanup, load up and go to the…
5:30 PM After Party at Ri Ra Irish Pub!

3. What to Bring

Bring note-taking supplies for yourself. Whatever that is for you. Notepad, pens, recording devices, laptop, pda. WiFi will be available.

And bring business cards. Lots of business cards.

4. Ways to Help

Do you have a video camera or a digital camera?
Take video of sessions and post it online!
Take pictures and post them on Flickr!
Take notes and write a blog post or send notes out to your friends and colleagues.
Volunteer to help a session leader by taking notes for him or her, or by keeping an eye on the time.
Live-blog or live-tweet the day.
The possibilities are endless!

5. Dress Code

Casual. Just dress comfortably.

I hope this information is helpful to you. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me.

So go take a look at those sessions and we’ll see you on Saturday!

ProductCamp Atlanta 2010: Q&A with Jackie Hutter by David Eckoff

jason — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:07:05 +0000

David Eckoff interviews Jackie Hutter talks about her proposed ProductCamp session: How to Generate a Successful Exit Value & Confessions of a Recovering Patent Attorney What do entrepreneurs most often misunderstand about intellectual property? What are the biggest mistakes people often make?

ProductCamp Atlanta 2010: Q&A with Keith Duncan by David Eckoff

jason — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:41:13 +0000

David Eckoff interviews Keith Duncan talks about his proposed ProductCamp session: Communicate Effectively with Visual Tool ElectronicNapkin.com for your Laptop. Show and Tell

jason — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:36:55 +0000

Abi talks about his proposed ProductCamp session: “Testing Capability Model© (TCM©) – How it can help improve quality of a software product”. TCM© is a quantitative-based agile framework designed to guide improvements in testing organizations, and further improvements in project management and upstream activities of coding, design and requirements in a systematic way. Dr. Iraj Hirmanpour, Dr. Abi Salimi and Mr. Mansour Kenareh will discuss how TCM© can improve software testing and the quality of the delivered product.

Be sure and check out all the proposed sessions at http://pcampatl.uservoice.com!

ProductCamp Session Proposal: Idea to Market: Conquer the Most Common Obstacles

jason — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:51:39 +0000

David Eckoff is interviewed by Abi Salimi about his proposed session for ProductCamp Atlanta 2010. “Idea to Market: Conquer the Most Common Obstacles” You have lots of ideas! But have you ever faced challenges – or run up against obstacles – going from idea to market? If so, this session at ProductCamp Atlanta will be for you. In this highly interactive session, you’ll Identify and crash through the obstacles that have been holding you back. You’ll learn a practical set of actions you can follow right now to unlock what’s stopping you and launch your idea. Presented by David Eckoff and Selah Abrams.

Don’t forget to check out all of the proposed topics at http://pcampatl.uservoice.com!

ProductCamp Session Proposal: Social Media Beyond The Product Review

jason — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:59:14 +0000

Join David Eckoff as he talks with Christie Crowder about her proposed session “Using social media to market your product, using bloggers to spread your message, going beyond the product review.”

ProductCamp Atlanta is “Sold Out”

jason — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:38:26 +0000

“Sold Out” may be a little misleading, since the event is free, but we don’t have any more tickets available! While this is very exciting, it also creates some disappointment. We’ve got many people who would like to come, but didn’t grab a ticket soon enough.

So, if you are registered for ProductCamp right now and know that you won’t be able to make it, please email jason at pcampatl dot com right away. We’ll cancel your order and release your ticket to someone else.

In the meantime, if you didn’t get a ticket, go on to the registration site and add yourself to the wait list. We’ll make sure you get a heads up as soon as a ticket is available.