This year BarCamp Tampa Bay will be at KForce Tampa, dates are September 25th and 26th. Last years event was a tremendous success and we’re looking to improve on it again this year. The 25th will be Media Day which explains blogging, Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms to local businesses. We may even have someone explain how to measure ROI when using social media to market your company or yourself. On a personal note, I met Sean Carey from HD Interactive on Media Day in 2009. After watching a one hour presentation on what his company was working on, I saw an opportunity for both HD Interactive and Cox Target Media. This resulted in a national promotion in March of this year. So yes, you can make contacts and close business – you just can’t pitch a product or service. But if you’re passionate about what your company is working on then by all means, please show the rest of us what you’re doing. Who knows, you may even get some business out of it.
The 26th will be Developer Day with presentations on PHP, Java, mobile and who knows what else. This year we’re also strongly pushing for the Microsoft developers to come out and participate. So if you have MS technologies that you’re using or experimenting with then please come down and sign up. Everyone’s welcome!
Sponsors! Although you can’t actually ‘pitch’ a product at BarCamp, you can help sponsor the event. If you want to get in front of several hundred local developers, business owners or social media pros, BarCamp Tampa Bay is a great way to do it. Room sponsorships are available as are smaller packages. You can reach me on Twitter @Sean_Davis or contact Gavin through email. His contact information is on the BarCamp Tampa Bay site.
