DemoCamp Toronto 21 - July 28, 2009

[davidcrow]

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
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What: DemoCamp Toronto # 21
When: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 – 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Where:Rogers Theatre, 1 Mount Pleasant Blvd, Toronto, ON
Submit: Apply to present http://democamp.com/submit/
Attend: Register to attend http://democamptoronto.eventbrite.com/

Who should attend?
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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?
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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
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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
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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.

The best way to guarantee you spot is to apply to present.

Corporate sponsor tickets
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Logo on event materials including DemoCamp.com web and presentation
2 tickets to attend

Community donation/registration
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Help pay for pizza/food (yes, not enough at DCT20, order being
changed)