Press Kit
Press Kit
There are lots of pages with great information here on Barcampmilwaukee.com. You want basic information you can print out and show to your editor in a pitch meeting? Start with a few of these:
[What is BarCamp]
BarCamp is an un-conference; An open format event where programmers, designers and business owners can network and learn.
[Sponsorship FAQ]
Your firm can help support BarCampMilwaukee. We'll take any size contribution, but to be listed among our sponsors (and land a space on the coveted BarCampMilwaukee t-shirt) you need to donate at least $200.
Call, email and browse for more information, here's the Contact List.
List of contacts
So you want to talk to some one? Start here:
Media Contact: Gabe Wollenburg
gwollenburg@gmail.com
(262)244-7537
Sponsorship: Pete Prodoehl
pete@2xlnetworks.com
(262)490-4531
Bucketworks: James Carlson
Executive Director
(414)405-2701
j@bucketworks.org
'Internet resources:'
BarCamp Milwaukee on the Web: www.barcampmilwaukee.com
Archive from 2006 Event: 2006.barcampmilwaukee.com
'Want to learn about BarCamps in General?'
Here's what Wikipedia has to say on the subject:
BarCamp is an international network of unconferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies and social protocols.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp
You also might want to check out BarCamp.org:
What is BarCamp?
BarCamp is an un-conference; An open format event where programmers, designers and business owners can network and learn.
A BarCamp conference is unlike any other technology conference. Rather than being planned by a committee in advance, each community works together to create its own event. A BarCamp generally has an underlying theme, but the individual topics and sessions are organized shortly before or even at the event. This enables BarCamp to be much more than targeted to the needs of the Milwaukee community.
Hundreds of BarCamp events have been held in cities around the world. Milwaukee and Madison's BarCamp events attracted over 130 people each and the attention of Wisconsin media.
An overview of the BarCamp format
Sponsorship FAQ
Sponsorship FAQ
The spirit of collaboration gets under your skin
Your firm can help support BarCampMilwaukee. We'll take any size contribution, but to be listed among our sponsors (and land a space on the coveted BarCampMilwaukee t-shirt) you need to donate at least $200.
Q: What is your sponsorship goal?
$6000, which covers:
- Tee Shirts: $1300
- Three Meals and Drinks for 300 People: $2500
- Bandwidth Chip-In: $600
- Beer Smores (more info at beersmores.com, now available in blueberry): $700
- A Gift to Bucketworks: $?
- Postcards: $43
Q: What does my organization get out of sponsoring Barcamp Milwaukee
Unlike most conferences, there are no tracks to sponsor or own, and you can't make everyone at Barcamp pay attention to you. So what do you get out of it?
