PodCamp Toronto 2008 hit Toronto with a vengeance this weekend. Roughly 300 bloggers, podcasters, public relations pros, ‘social media’ experts and more descended on Ryerson University in downtown Toronto for two days of all things interactive, and many more watched the event live online from around the world.

A few highlights for me: I had a great time in the two workshops I presented (Social Media in a Disaster and the Twitter 101 panel) and both were well attended. No-one left them mid-way through, either, which was reassuring.

It’s hard to put into words how much I got out of this year’s PodCamp Toronto. Whether it was making completely new contacts, meeting existing contacts face-to-face for the first time or reuniting with old acquaintances, the people alone made all the work completely worthwhile. Two days of excellent presentations on top of that made it a mind-blowing weekend. One last big highlight of the weekend – a successful and happy conclusion to Keith Burtis’ social media miracle. I had the pleasure of telling his story to the crowd during the opening remarks at the conference. Congratulations to Keith and his new fiancee Michelle!

My only regret is that I couldn’t be in three places at once for the entire weekend. Fortunately, as we’re posting videos and resources for every session on the PodCamp Toronto wiki over the next little while, I can go back and review the sessions I missed.
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