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WCT2010 March 27 and 28

Mathieu Yuill — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:05:04 +0000

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

Mathieu Yuill — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:04:50 +0000

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.

SATURDAY
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Networking Breakfast
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Welcome and housekeeping
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Session 1 - Blogging and Social Media with Jeremy Wright
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.	Success Story 1
11:05 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.	Session 2 - WordPress Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations with Richard Mitchell of Georgetown University
11:35 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Music/DJ
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Session 3 - Duncan from Digital Deceptions
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.	Success Story 2
1:35 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.	Session 4 - WordPress for Newbies with Kathryn Presner and Shannon Smith
2:05 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	Break
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Session 5 - CMS and MU discussion
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Music/DJ
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Session 6 - Writing for Multiple Blogs with Mark Evans
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Wine & Cheese
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Busses return to downtown Toronto, etc.
6:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.	After party @ Fionn MacCool's - 235 Bloor Street East
SUNDAY
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	Welcome & Announcements
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Demo with Paul Bearne
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Video Presentation
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Session 8 - SEO with Brad Gosse
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Session 9 - Blogging at the Core of Brand Building with Michael Banovsky
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.	Music/DJ
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Session 10 - Blogging for Business with George O'Neill
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Closing remarks
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Buses return

Welcome to WordCamp Toronto 2010

Mathieu Yuill — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:04:21 +0000

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!