Photo by Hyfen
It’s time for a DemoCamp Jefferson’s-style. That’s right, we’re moving on up! Mike Lee from Rogers Communications has volunteer the awesome theatre at One Mount Pleasant.
Thanks to everyone who attended, sponsored and survived DemoCamp Toronto #20. It was a great event, we collected your feedback. And we are going to try to make a few changes to help improve the event, the hosting and the networking opportunities. First, there will be more food. Y’all are a hungry bunch, and appropriately we’ll double the food order. Second, we’re working to improve the timing and flow of the presentations. It felt a little long and disjointed. Third, we’re going to change the questions and reduce the random banter. And we’ll make it easier to submit events, job postings and requests for help from the community. Thank you. This is a work in progress.
Important Details
- What: DemoCamp Toronto # 21
- When: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 – 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- Where: Velma Rogers Theatre, 333 Bloor St. East, Toronto, ON
- Submit: Apply to present
- Attend: Register to attend
Who should attend?
DemoCamp Toronto is a show-and-tell for Toronto’s entrepreneurial developers, designers, and marketers. The goal is to see new technology, meet other interesting in emerging technology, early-stage companies, and making Toronto a better place.
How do I present?
Everyone who wants to present must submit an application. We are looking for submissions that :
- inspires us;
- challenges our notions of software, user experience, business models, funding sources;
- something that is not derivative or a copy (if you’re thinking “we’re the next YouTube/Facebook/MySpace/TagCloud/TechCrunch” – DemoCamp might not be a good fit).
The goal is to find projects, people, applications and companies that will inspire, challenge or educate people who have seen the latest and greatest on the web and around the world.
Presentation Formats
At DemoCamp, presentations are limited to 5 minutes. You get 5 minutes on stage to convey your revolutionary ideas in either a demo or an Ignite presentation.
Demos are limited to 2 slides and showing functional code or a lightning talk that is a presentation with auto-advancing slides. Ignite presentations are 20 slides by 15 seconds per slide (total 5 minutes).
Sponsors, Tickets & Free Tickets
Why do we need sponsors? Where are the free tickets?
All very important questions. Sponsor tickets are available through EventBrite. I don’t know about you, but an event between 6pm-9pm is right during the dining hours for me. We like to provide pizza/food to help offset the beverages (aka social lubricant). Sponsorship dollars will be put towards the event costs.
There are free tickets. However, in an effort to continue to keep these tickets available, they will be announced a few days before the event. What we don’t want is a land grab, we’re trying to encourage a strong sense of community through participation. Read Joe Thornley’s thoughtful piece on why he is charging a registration fee for Third Tuesday.
Don’t forget that you may want to separately apply to present, it’s a great way to gain exposure, find employees, gather feedback, show your stuff.
Corporate sponsor tickets
- Logo on event materials including DemoCamp.com web and presentation
- 2 tickets to attend
Community donation
- Help pay for pizza/food (yes, not enough at DCT20, order being changed)
