Coming up this weekend – October 15 and 16, 2011, is our fourth BarCamp Sarasota Conference event! We run this series of FREE conferences twice per year, and they’re currently being held at the excellent G.WIZ Science Museum in Sarasota, FL.
I encourage you to attend – and speak on any topic that you’re passionate about! You can also join a panel discussion, run a birds-of-a-feather, or just come to network with your peers. In the spring we had over 300 attendees over the two days – so there’s always a conversation going on at BarCamp Sarasota – I hope to see you there!
BarCamp Sarasota is a group I co-founded in early 2009, and with over 2500 people registered in our social networks, is one of the largest and fastest-growing business and tech communities in Florida. At BarCamp Sarasota, we encourage people to Connect, Interact and Learn – What’s New in Business and Technology. Ours is a grass-roots group focused on supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in the Southwest coast of Florida – from Tampa Bay down to Naples.
There are many ways to connect with BarCamp Sarasota – we try to make it easy to do it on your own terms. Here are our links to the big social networks:
- http://meetup.com/barcampsarasota – register here to receive reminders of our events
- http://barcampsarasota.ning.com – register here to interact and keep up with others in the community
- http://bcsrq.com – this is our conference site – refreshed twice yearly for each new event
- http://www.linkedin.com/groups/BarCamp-Sarasota-2726179 – our home on the professional network
- http://facebook.com/barcampsarasota – the most popular social media site today
- http://twitter.com/#!/barcampsarasota – microblogging master – our Twitter hashtag is #bcsrq
- http://youtube.com/barcampsarasota – see our video collection
At BarCamp Sarasota – we also hold monthly evening social events on the first Thursday of the month at Shakespeare’s Pub. The evening social events have no agenda – just great friends and great conversations. Our monthly lunch and learn events are held on the third Friday of each month, and feature a speaker on a relevant business/technology topic. Watch our Meetup.com for details on these great lunch events. All events are free to attend – you are responsible for your own meals and drinks.
Come on out to one of our events, and you’ll be coming back for more. Please, join the conversation at BarCamp Sarasota! You’ll wonder how you ever got along without us…