Northern Voice 2008

For the past 2 semesters I've been teaching at VFS in the Entertainment Business Management faculty. I teach 'Internet Technologies 101' and 'Internet Technologies 202'.

As a part of our final project for 'Internet Technologies 202' each of the students has been creating and maintaining their own Wordpress.com blog. With Matt coming into town, and so many awesome social media types on hand for Nothern Voice I decided what better way to toss them all into the deep end, than requiring that they all come to Northern Voice to pass my class. *evil grin*

They're a great bunch of film critics, film producers, film and tv agents, network executives, video game producers, tour managers, talent agents, event managers and they've got a bunch of awesome blogs. Check them out, say hi and take their picture at Northern Voice, and /pwease/ send them some linky love. :)

For the third year in a row Northern Voice sponsor Mt Lehman Credit Union has hired awesome Vancouver street artist Basco5 to do posters for the event. Basco5 just posted this draft of the Northern Voice 2008 poster over at Flickr.

What do you think of this years design? Basco5 is taking feedback and we're not quite done with the final artwork yet so if you have some suggestions now would be a good time. I think we're gonna add some pocast-listening critters to the mix somewhere and add 2008 to the Northern Voice type on the top.

Last year the Northern Voice organizing committee also has a lil bit of extra money in our budget and got Basco5 to design and print some awesome streetart stylee stickers for the event. This year our sponsorships are undersold and we don't have the funds but I thought there might be someone out there who would be interested in seeing this happen again this year and coming to the table with some money. If you're interested pls drop me a line... we still have time to pull it together.

 

Just a quick post to send out good wishes and support to Northern Voice Alumni D'arcy Norman who filled out his official "Travel Approval Request Form" today. *nudge nudge* We hope you get approved bud and can come back again this year! :)

Here's what he's got to say about coming to Northern Voice...

"Northern Voice has been like a nonstop, open social learning party for me, where I’ve been lucky enough to get the chance to hang out with several of my personal heroes, and jam with a considerable chunk of my blogroll. It’s pushed me to work well outside of my normal comfort zone, trying new stuff and experimenting with things. If that’s not the goal of a conference, I don’t know what is. I am so absolutely looking forward to hanging out with the folks again this year, and seeing what we come up with for a session at the conference."

Speaker submissions for Northern Voice are now open! :) This conference is a great on-ramp for non-geek people who are interested in technology. Don't be afraid to submit a talk on a topic you are passionate about.

Remember, the deadline is December 10th!

Some great presentations from the past to inspire your own submission...

• "How To Make Change Happen With Your Blog"
• "Blogs and the Bedroom: Blogging and Relationships"
• "Making Masks: Blogging as Social Tool and Family Lifestyle"
• "Music 2.0: Where It Came From and Where It's Going"

All the details are here. Submissions have started to roll in but we have lots of room so definitely pull something together if you're interested. We'll be making our decisions in the next month or so. Pls don't make me invite you personally... :P

If you have any questions about what might be a good topic for Northern Voice feel free to drop me or one of the other organizers an email. :)