WordCamp Montréal 2010 Recap
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Months of planning, late nights, Costco runs, phone calls & emails, scheduling, meetings, designing, raising funds, etc. all paid off, BIG TIME!
I’m very grateful to all of our amazing speakers, volunteers, sponsors, and attendees for making this year’s WordCamp Montréal a success.
Why was WordCamp a success?
If you’ve been following #wcmtl on twitter … do I really need to say more …
Here are a few points I see as a measure of success:
- 30% increase in attendees, not bad for the second time around.
- All-Star lineup of speakers from all over Canada.
- An incredible venue, the UQAM Coeur-des-Sciences complex.
- An AV guy that totally went out of his way!
- CUPCAKES!
- Bigger Better Sponsors and Prizes.
- More kids than I have ever seen at WordCamp in my life.
- CUPCAKES!
- Incredible feedback on twitter, facebook, etc.
- An excellent bunch of volunteers.
- Bagels and coffee every morning and 2 lunches!
- After party at Le Saint Sulpice where paid for by our sponsors.
- oh yeah, CUPCAKES!
And now a word from our sponsors …
We were very fortunate this year to have some incredible sponsors and micro-sponsors.
Microsoft – Microsoft loves to support open source, and we love them for supporting us. For a second year in a row Microsoft graciously jumped on board as a GOLD sponsor! It was great to see them at another WordCamp. I have had the pleasure of working with there open source team on multiple events now (WordCamp Toronto 2009, WebNotWar 2009/2010, ConFoo 2010, and MonDev 2010) and it’s always great to see how far Microsoft has come in the open source. They also put together a great presentation on the WebMatrix. I look forward to seeing them more often at other events. Keep up the good work guys!
Netfirms – 1$ hosting and domains, 2 free iPad giveaways, and major sponsors! What more can be said. These really rocked. I had a great time hanging out with the Netfirms crew (above) they really showed their support for WordCamp and I hope to see them again in 2011!
Adobe – Who doesn’t use Adobe? Money isn’t everything! Adobe sent us thousands of dollars worth of software for prize draws throughout WordCamp. Thanks for the stuff Adobe, everyone already knows who you are and that your products are as pro as it gets, now they can see how generous you are on top of it all.
La Fabrique de Blogs. Depuis 2005, spécialiste WordPress, création de blogs sur mesure, design, formation, accompagnement, support, hébergement.
And last but not least our micro-sponosrs:
Final Words
I had a great time organizing/speaking/attending WordCamp Montréal this year. I want to thank everyone who made this happen and thank you for all your support. I can’t wait to do it again next year!
Hope to see you all soon and the next WordPress Montréal Meetup.
