Live from the San Antonio Freelance camp, the Struggling Entrepreneur podcast describes the event as well as its value to the Free Agent or Freelancer — or the Solo-preneur.
“During that session, we interviewed Craig McCasland of www.obeo.com. Craig came with interest to this unconference, as he had never been to one before. His business is in need of rebranding, and his open mind came with questions about social media and how to use it for his business and his customers. And as you will discover from this audio episode, Craig left with a pleasant surprise.”
Consider another camp in the books! San Antonio’s first FreelanceCamp was an astounding success, but not without all the participation of our attendees and our sponsors. Without these two groups the event would have been nothing, but with enthusiastic and supportive sponsors, the organizers were able to put together an event where attendees could share, learn, network, and collaborate on future projects.
The atmosphere was electric with the buzzing of sessions, ad-hoc discussions, and the sounds of laughter and overall contentment with the entire thing. Of course the venue helped to create all this excitement. Big mention for Radius Cafe, a very creative, progressive spot perfect for functions of all kinds.
Discussion included Co-Working spaces in San Antonio, how a freelancer can leverage social media to their benefit, blogging and podcasting as a marketing tool, law protecting freelancers and employers, freelancing in the non-profit sector, and the hour long presentation, Freelancing in a Flat World done by Austin’s own Trish Lambert, a California transplant now enjoying life in Central Texas.
Most of the recorded sessions can be found at the following two links below:
You can listen to the Tech in Twenty recap discussion from FreelanceCampSA HERE.
If you took photos of the event and they are Flickr, please make sure you use the the tags #fcsatx to mark your photos so that others can find them.
I want to send a big thanks to Shane Pearlman, of Shane & Peter, Inc., for the donation of the FreelanceCamp.org website. Leaders in the community like him opened the site to assist other FreelanceCamps in the nation and is also an excellent model for those us all looking to work with one another to make these even
ts happen. San Antonio and the camp’s organizers thank you for sharing this site with us!
And finally, as mentioned above, thank you to our entire group of sponsors who made the event possible. Your help put FreelanceCamp San Antonio on the map, and I look forward to working with all of you next year in 2010 for FreelanceCamp San Antonio 2.
FreelanceCamp San Antonio 2009 Sponsors
Thanks to the organizers who helped me make this a reality. Alysan Delaney-Childs (@alysan), Jennifer Navarrete (@epodcaster), and Gylon Jackson (@gylonj)
Always look forward to the badge designs of Camps in San Antonio. Luis showed creativity when adding the Texas flag to the Camp logo. So here’s the badge and another great design for my San Antonio Camps collection.
Come over to Radius Cafe on Saturday January 31st and join us at Freelance Camp San Antonio.
Alysan
Drum roll please. The Freelance Camp San Antonio Tshirt is officially off to the printer. Quantities are limited. Be there early on Saturday at Freelance Camp San Antonio to get yours. Freelance Camp San Antonio starts at 9 am at the Radius Cafe Thanks to John Navarette for the design assist.
The idea for Sweet Leaf Tea was conceived while Clayton was living on a sailboat in the Florida Keys. He and his friends couldn’t understand why bottle tea never tasted as good as homemade. Inspired by the homemade tea Clayton’s grandmother used to make, he began tasting teas from all over the world and brewing countless batches in his kitchen. with all $10,000of Clayton’s and an old delivery van, Sweet Leaf tea was born. Soon after David Smith, Clayton’s childhood friend, joined him in the quest to create the best tasting highest quality bottled tea on the planet (and have as much fun as possible along the way).
A lot of what makes Sweet Leaf Tea comes from the well-traveled taste buds of David and Clayton. They came up with the idea of Mint and Honey Green Tea after a trip they made on their bicycles through North Africa and the Middle East. There, they were served a lot of mint tea. Clayton is constantly tasting and testing new, great flavors from all over the world.
Today Sweet Leaf Tea is one of the fastest growing bottled tea companies on the market. With new flavors and new fans added every year, Sweet Leaf Tea promises to keep doing the one thing they do best, making great tasting tea.
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say Sweet Leaf Tea is one of our most generous sponsors. With the hours freelancers work Sweet Leaf Tea is there for them providing delicious refreshment round the clock in San Antonio and beyond. Thanks Sweet Leaf Tea!
Reawaken and engage your senses on San Antonio’s Auditorium Circle. The old Studebaker dealership now houses Radius, a community of arts- and education-oriented nonprofits in a partnership to inspire the community through furtherance of their missions.
In addition to the cost efficiency and synergy resulting from the cooperative, Radius generates engaging programs and a wide range of activities – music, movies, art, dance exhibitions, book reviews, contests, classes, conversation and quiet corners for reading and relaxing.
Surrounded by San Antonio history and architecture, Radius shares the Circle with SBC, the Municipal Auditorium, the 19th century Carter House, and the Toltec Apartments. Building on the good taste of its neighbor, The Original Hemisfair Bunuelos, Radius serves distinctive desserts at the “Pi Counter” and on the terrace, “Tangent. ” In addition to these menus, Radius offers a changing menu of mental desserts, samplings of everything from astronomy to zoology.
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say Radius is one of our most generous sponsors. Radius is there supporting non-profits, the arts, and thought in San Antonio. Thanks Radus Center!
Blellow is a social network allowing freelancers and professionals to collaborate, find work, and solve problems through a friendly, familiar micro-blog interface by answering the question: “What are you working on?”
We’re all faced with daily challenges that consume our valuable time, and some of these challenges can take hours to overcome if it’s not your core competency. But with a little expert advice from a friend, the problem may be solved in minutes.
Blellow offers the ability to communicate with groups of people based on skills and interests. You can direct your posts, so you get better answers to your questions, relevant feedback when you need it, and can engage in conversations you are most interested in. All responses are posted in threaded discussions, so it’s easy to keep track of it all.
Credibility is earned with “kudos”. Each time you help someone, you can earn a kudo from that person. The more kudos you have, the higher you rank in searches, gaining you higher visibility with peers and potential clients. In the current economy, finding work can be difficult. But with Blellow, members can search the Job Board and can collaborate on projects, working together through these tough times.
And while collaborating virtually is great, nothing beats meeting in person. Find Blellow meetups and coworking opportunities at home or when traveling.
At Blellow, members can take advantage of the site’s tools to further their knowledge, extend their network, and discover and develop new ideas to get things done.
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say Blellow is one of our generous sponsors. Blellow is there in San Antonio supporting freelancers and those who need freelancers. Thanks Blellow!
Houston-based House of Talent Group, LLC, (H.O.T.) is a full-service company providing virtual staff across a broad range of administrative, marketing, financial, and computing tasks and projects for executives and companies. The concept enables small businesses to include a group of experienced professionals on their team immediately. H.O.T. enables large corporations to extend their current staff for a project without compromising expertise.
The House of Talent Group was formed to assist high-tech startups and emerging growth companies as well as established service firms and corporations interested in recession-proofing their businesses. H.O.T. delivers the service promised in their slogan: “We’ve got your back office.”
Emerging companies and those ready to expand don’t always have the expertise in house ready to take them to the next level. H.O.T. provides professionals so a company doesn’t have to hire staff or consultants. The staff a company needs to have is available for an affordable monthly price. H.O.T. offers professionals flexibility and the ability to use their talents in a supportive yet innovative environment.
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say H.O.T. is one of our most generous sponsors. H.O.T.’s recognition of the need for flexibility shows H.O.T. understands freelancing. Thanks H.O.T.!
Imagine being able to provision a server in minutes. To upgrade it automatically. To bring servers up and down as needed. This is the idea behind Cloud Servers. Totally customizable, each Cloud Server gives you full root access to the Linux distribution of your choice. You pay depending on how large a server you buy.
Based on Xen Virtualization technology, Cloud Servers brings the power of the cloud to the traditional server hosting based model. Just like a dedicated server, your Cloud Server provides total flexibility for you to run anything you want from a Java website to a Ruby on Rails application.
The simple explanation: one stop everything for your online needs-domain, hosting, backup, scaling together with the reliability and dependability of Rackspace. (Mosso is a division of Rackspace)
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say Mosso is one of our most generous sponsors. Mosso is there supporting tech infrastructure in San Antonio. Thanks Mosso!
Headquartered in San Antonio BlogCatalog is more than just a social community for bloggers. They are one of the largest blog directories on the internet. Whether you are looking to search blogs, connect with bloggers, learn more about blogging, or promote your own blog, BlogCatalog is for you.
You can join the community everyone’s buzzing about
Bloggers, BlogCatalog is the place for you to connect with other bloggers, become a better blogger, attract more blog readers, participate in groups and discussions, find the latest tools for your blog, and much more!
Freelance Camp San Antonio is pleased to say BlogCatalog is one of our most generous sponsors. BlogCatalog knows blogging freelancers want a place to connect and promote their blog. Thanks BlogCatalog!
Live from the San Antonio Freelance camp, the Struggling Entrepreneur podcast describes the event as well as its value to the Free Agent or Freelancer — or the Solo-preneur.
