We’re really excited to announce Fused Network has come on board as a sponsor for WordCamp Toronto 2010. Fused Network sponsored the conference in 2008 and without their support there’s no way this conference would happen.

We’re also hoping to announce a title sponsor for this year’s WordCamp Toronto early next week.

Without sponsors there’s no way WCT would be able to offer tickets for $35. We truly thank them for their support.

Sponsoring WordCamp Toronto is a great way to reach the influential social media community in Toronto. Attendees realize they are getting much more value than they paid for thanks to the conferences sponsors. In turn, the sponsors receive quite a bit of “love” by way of heightened credibility in the community, increased traffic and continued word of mouth marketing.

There are several ways to sponsor WCT 2010. Contact Mathieu if you’d like to find out more. We’re particularly interested in sponsors who can provide prizes and those who would be interested in subsidizing the cost of tickets for students.

This year’s WCT will be held in the Student Centre at Progress, the site of the 2008 WordCamp Toronto.
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How to get here:

941 Progress Avenue (e. of Markham Rd. and s. of Hwy. 401)
Toronto, ON, M1G 3T8, Canada

The Student Centre is located at the far end of the campus closest to the 401. It is a newer building will glass and is situated next to the construction site.

We want to pick you up! Exact pick up locations to be announced. Check back for more information on where the free shuttle to WCT will pick you up from.

Locations:
Union Station
Yonge St & Bloor St.
Yonge St. & Eglinton Ave.
Scarborough Town Centre

If you are driving From the 401, exit at Markham Rd. Turn left onto Progress Ave. and the campus is on your right hand side. Enter the campus and take an immediate left to the parking lots. Drive along side the perimeter of the parking lots. Free parking is available in lots 5 and 6 which are closest to the Student Centre.

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By Rapid Transit on weekends, from the Scarborough Town Centre take the 134 Progress bus to the corner of Progress Ave. and Progress Crt.; the campus is a short walk.

From Warden station on weekends, take the 102B Markham Rd. bus to the corner of Markham and Progress; the campus is a short, uphill walk.

WordCamps would not run so smoothly without the help of volunteers. That’s why we thank you for your interest in volunteering.

Your help may be needed in any of the following areas:

• Registration
• Swag station and other booths
• “Ask Me” Information people
• Floaters/Miscellaneous
• ..and other opportunities

We are asking everyone to register first as an attendee and if you volunteer for 4 hours we will reimburse your $35 registration fee.

If you are interested in volunteering please contact Melissa

Thank you for your interest in speaking. We had a phenomenal response and have booked up all the spots. Even better news is all our speakers are great and we have a broad range of speakers for everyone’s palette.

Sessions are 30 minutes in length. We are interested in presenters who can speak about WordPress but also social media as a larger issue but with blogging at its core. A successful session is one where attendees can take away specific advice on how to make their blog better, whether it be increased security, best practices, building readership, etc. Attendees also like to hear from speakers who can pull blogging into the bigger picture of corporate strategy, brand building, etc.

Here are some of the topics we’d like to see at this year’s WordCamp. If you think you fit the bill, send in an application.

• WordPress MU
• E-Commerce integration
• Branding
• Idea generation for your blog
• Working in a multi-user environment
• Using WP for a company Web site
• WordPress P2

WordCamp Toronto 2010 is set to take place March 27 and 28 at the Centennial College Student Centre. If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Melissa. If you’re interested in speaking, please fill out the application and if you’d like to register, please do so here!

Hotel Information

If you are from out of town, we suggest you book a room in a downtown Toronto hotel. We are offering a free shuttle service from different points in the downtown area and a downtown hotel will be convenient for the after parties.

If you are using the free shuttle service, make sure when you register to buy the “pick me up” ticket to reserve your spot on the WordCamp bus! 

Here are some hotel options:

Hotels near the Yonge and Bloor pick up station

Holiday Inn - TORONTO BLOOR-YORKVILLE

280 Bloor St. West

The Sutton Place Hotel Toronto

955 Bay St. 

Hotels near the Union Station pick up location

Hotel Novotel Toronto Centre

45 The Esplanade

The Royal York Hotel

100 Front St. West

Hotels near the event location

Holiday Inn Express – TORONTO EAST – SCARBOROUGH

50 Estate Drive

Travelodge Toronto East

20 Milner Business Court

The schedule is coming together really nicely. We have all but a couple of speakers confirmed. Thank you to all who applied – we had nearly 100 speaker applications! WOW! We did our best to select speakers who have unique experiences and insight that will reach the attendees the best.

Are you interested in more than just volunteering? If so, we’d like to invite you to join the organizing committee. It’s not a real formal thing so don’t worry about dedicating several evenings every week to it, but we all have strengths and why not (and excuse the 1990s buzz word here) synergize. The sum really will be greater than the whole!