ProductCamp Toronto

What I Learned at ProductCamp (and why I went)

leegarrison — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:02:46 +0000

Shawn is a learning junkie…and what’s not to love about a free conference that emphasizes information sharing and collaboration? See what Shawn says about her ProductCamp Toronto experience!

4th ProductCamp Toronto Another Successful Event!

leegarrison — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:12:06 +0000

The 4th ProductCamp Toronto was held on Saturday with a full house on hand to network, learn and have some fun! A REALLY BIG thanks to all our sponsors and to all the fantastic volunteers who helped plan, setup, photograph, speak, facilitate and cleanup as well as all the attendees for helping make the day a success.

Watch this site for links to the presentation slides, photos and other content related to the event.

John Stetic started off with a lively keynote on Building Products for Product Managers and then we had a day filled with interesting sessions over 3 tracks.

Start Me Up!	Getting Social!	Sharpen Your Skills!
Lessons Learned From A Failed Venture:David Stott	Social Insights:Rich Nutinsky	Feature Gaps With Your Competition:

Flip Your Strategy For Success:Nicholas Van Weerdenburg	Crowdsourcing for Product Managers:	Evolution of a Product Manager:Michael Armata

Leadership can’t be taught, but it can be learned:Aldwin Neekon	How to Succeed With Mobile Apps:Sebastian Dwornik	Best Practices in Forecasting:Charles Dimov

How to Deliver Product On-Time With Less Resources:Sogol Fathian	Product Marketing and Your Company Brand:	Smart Approaches to Pricing:

Market Research with Innovation Games:Michael Sahota

ProductCamp Toronto 2011 has started!

leegarrison — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:38:57 +0000

ProductCamp Toronto 2011 is underway with a great crowd up early on a beautiful day. We have setup Ideavibes – the Crowdsourcing platform for you to comment and vote on sessions today. Follow, comment and vote on sessions with

Proposed Session Topics Are Now Posted

leegarrison — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:14:50 +0000

Tracks have now been set up based on the session topics proposed and voted on by pre-registrants. You can still propose a topic and/or vote here. The final agenda will be posted at the beginning of the event on Saturday morning with an Open Grid for scheduling and last minute changes. We still need a few volunteer presenters/facilitators for some of the session topics.

Share your idea in 5 minutes at ProductCamp Toronto

leegarrison — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:03:02 +0000

At the last ProductCamp Toronto we introduced the “5 minute” talk to give more people the opportunity to speak and share their knowledge with others. They were a great success so we’re going to do it again! If you want to share your knowledge, but want a shorter format than the full sessions, then here’s your chance to present.

Enlighten Us, but Make it Quick!

Based on the very popular Ignite series of talks, — where the motto is “Enlighten Us, but Make it Quick! — these are 5 minute time slots for people who want to talk about something they are passionate about and can share with attendees.

The format is simple:

You have 5 minutes to present your topic
You don’t have to have slides, but if you do, you get 20 slides maximum that will forward automatically to cover the 5 minute time slot. e.g. 20 slides means 15 seconds per slide, 10 slides means 30 seconds per slide etc.
The topic should be related to the ProductCamp themes. i.e. related to product development, startups, product management, marketing, etc.

Don’t be shy. 5 minutes flies by quickly!

It’s only 5 minutes of your time, but you can impact a large audience. If you want to present a short talk, or want more information, please contact Amrita Mathur. You can reach her via the ProductCamp email — productcamptoronto@gmail.com.

And if you want to see what people did at the last event, go to “2010 5-minute talks“.

We’re looking forward to your talks!

Ideavibes Crowdsourcing Platform Sponsors ProductCamp Toronto 2011

leegarrison — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:42:46 +0000

Ideavibes™ has joined the sponsor team for this year’s ProductCamp Toronto and will be providing their popular Crowd Engagement Platform™ for participants during the event.

Ideavibes founded the crowdfunding initiative Fundchange with TELUS in February 2011 and has been helping organizations create crowdsourcing and crowdfunding campaigns that use the power of social media to strengthen relationships through engagement and participation.

Ideavibes will be publishing a new whitepaper, “Crowdsourcing for Product Managers: Bringing the Social into the Product Development Process” following ProductCamp Toronto. Sign up here to receive your copy.

Blueprint Software’s John Stetic to Kickoff ProductCamp Toronto 2011

leegarrison — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:19:17 +0000

Blueprint Software Systems has joined the team of sponsors for ProductCamp Toronto 2011 and will have its SVP Product Management, John Stetic, kick off the day with a keynote on Building Products for Product Managers. John will talk about the interesting challenges in building products for product managers and just how many different kinds of product managers there are.

Blueprint is a Toronto-based ISV that sells to IT and business teams in the Fortune 2000. Its comprehensive requirements management tool helps companies define and manage software requirements to drastically improve software quality and accelerate project delivery.

Find out more about John’s background.

Pragmatic Marketing Joins as Platinum Sponsor – again!

saeed — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:19:58 +0000

A big thank you (again) to Pragmatic Marketing for their ongoing support for ProductCamp Toronto. We’ve had 4 ProductCamps here in Toronto and Pragmatic has sponsored all of them…and this year again as a Platinum sponsor. We really appreciate this level of ongoing support.

We welcome other sponsors who support our goal of helping educate and connect product management, marketing and development professionals in the Greater Toronto Area.

If you would like to be a sponsor, you can find more details on our sponsor’s page, or you can contact us directly. (productcamptoronto@gmail.com)

Announcing Product Camp Toronto 2011

saeed — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:19:57 +0000

The date has been set for Product Camp Toronto 2011! Join us on Saturday July 23^th at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University for some great discussions on Product Development, Product Management, Product Marketing, Innovation, Startups and other related topics.

ProductCamp Toronto is a collaborative, user-organized, unconference focused on education, networking and open discussion around product management and related topics.

There is no cost to attend ProductCamp Toronto, but your participation is required to make this a great event. We will be looking to you to lead a session or actively participate in the session discussions. We’ve set up a Google Moderator site so you can suggest and vote on sessions.

Please register for ProductCamp Spring 2011 here.

A big thank you to the IT Management Student Association (ITMSA) at Ryerson for hosting us again this year!

ProductCamp Toronto 2010 Keynote – Stephen Pollack

productcamptoronto — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:17:04 +0000

Here’s the slide deck for the keynote talk that Stephen Pollack gave at ProductCamp Toronto.

View more presentations from ProductCamp Toronto.