BarCamp San Antonio

Donald Wilcox, Jennifer Navarrete, Dean McCall & Mandi Leman photo by Laura Lorek

A cool event like Barcamp San Antonio happens because organizers like Dean McCall, Mandi Leman, Donald Wilcox and myself can rely on the help of sponsors to keep camps a true, “Learn, Share, Grow” experience. Sponsors like Microsoft, InnoTech, Ryma, CampusWire, MediaRich, Blog Catalog and Firecat Studio were generous with not only their donations but with their time. Their good will makes these events happen and our goodwill can do the same. Let these folks know you appreciated their contribution to bringing barcamp to the Alamo City.

You can usually find Microsoft’s Philip Wheat at Tech and Community Events around Central and South Texas. Microsoft has been supportive of our efforts here in San Antonio. Sponsoring both Startup Weekend and Barcamp.

Ian Warshak of CampusWire has a nifty service which makes it easy to quickly notify lots of people and let them know what’s going on in an easy breezy manner. Mosey on over to CampusWire and give their service a go with their free trial.

The fine folks at Ryma have some great free online tools for production management. Let Chelsea Woodhead know you heard about their cool tools through Barcamp San Antonio.

Sean Lowery of InnoTech Conferences is looking forward to their annual Spring event here in the San Antonio. Last years conference’s keynote speaker was none other than Guy Kawasaki. Keep an eye out for this years lineup.

The hosts for Barcamp San Antonio was none other than Mandi Leman’s own MediaRich. The Interactive Design Company is in the process of launching a sister company called CampaignStream. We appreciate the generous use of their company headquarters. It was the perfect creative space for Barcamp San Antonio.

BlogCatalog, the premier bloggers social network recently launched a mobile version of their popular site. Tony, Angie, Oscar and Daniel are ongoing supporters of UnConference events as well as sponsors of several live streaming shows.

No Barcamp would be complete without a host of volunteers to make things run smoothly. Starting with Todd O’Neill who set up and manned both live streaming video feeds. The Registration Table was manned by Leslie Baldwin, The morning and evening brew were acquired by Veronica Jorden,. Pictures and video were captured by Rich Harrell. Of course, it’s a barcamp so at some point everyone lends a hand.

Last but certainly not least was the presenters and attendees of Barcamp San Antonio. Thank you for not only coming but for participating. A Barcamp’s success is measured by your interaction. Thanks!

Stay tuned for future camp events in San Antonio: Social Media Club San Antonio monthly gatherings, GreenCamp on April 18, 2009, Podcamp San Antonio on May 16, 2009 or Startup Weekend during the weekend of May 30, 2009.

CampusWire is the most recent company to join the fun.

We’re happy to welcome them to what will surely be a spectacular Innaugural Barcamp for San Antonio.