SimpsonizeMe.com and podcamp: you don't come out the way you went in

Lynn, Lynn,
city of sin.
You never come out
the way you went in.

- Popular rhyme about Lynn, MA.

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It's common knowledge: Lynn (MA), Ivy League universities, boot camp, and my courses are places from which you don't come out the way you went in. Two others are SimpsonizeMe.com and podcamp.

• First case in point: SimpsonizeMe.com. D'oh! [Full the full Simpsons experience, check out the eSnips.com playlist above.]

The before and after images (above), which I collectively call "Lisa-Lisa Simpson(ized)," speak for themselves. Bruce C. (Podcamp City Online Co-Organizer) Simpsonsized me (and the other Podcamp City Online speakers) during last night's Let's Not All Podcast At Once!! session.

• Second case in point: Podcamp

Having attended Podcamp NYC and lectured at PodCamp City Online, I just want to testify: all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't undo the benefits associated with podcamp participation. And who'd want them to? It's a pod, pod, pod, pod world!

I "went to" PodCamp City Online and I all got was...

This badge is only one of several goodies guests got by participating in PodCamp City Online.

Ya know those souvenirs that read: "I went to... and all I got was this lousy..."? Well, I went, er telecommuted, to PodCamp City Online on Saturday and all the not-so-lousy benefits I got included:

• An opportunity to help make history: In all the BarCamps, in all the unconferences, in all the world, PodCamp City Online 2007 was the first-ever virtual podcamp.
• A day filled with "four-eyed" sessions: that informed, instructed, intrigued and inspired.
• Lots of "two-eyed" content: most sessions were interactive and delightfully infectious (read: viral).
• An outstanding networking experience: With some people whom I met at PodCamp NYC (hey, Ava B., Bruce C. and Tammy-the-original Army Wife and NewMediaDiva!), some of whom I know outside of the podosphere (hey, Steve Plaushin and Patricia Burgess!), and many others whose acquaintance I was glad to make (pleased to meetcha, online podcampers!)
• Lisa-Lisa Simpson(ized). Bruce C. Simpsonized me and all the other PodCamp City Online speakers after my session. Why not Simpsonize yo-self?

If you missed the summer (pod)camp online, don't have a cow, dude. PodCamp City Online's organizers say, "Recordings of presentations are currently being processed and we will have them ready for download within the week." Moreover, they "plan on having the next Podcamp City Online in 6 to 8 months."

Roundup of the March 28, 2007 LISA TOLLIVER SHOW

What's a podcast? Is Podcamp NYC some new-fangled sleepover? Why did a critically acclaimed mezzo-soprano, who specializes in trouser roles, and the founder of 15SecondPitch exchange elevator pitches on air? And what in the world do any of those concepts have to do with Women's History Month?

Those who heard today's show know the answers. Those who didn't: shame on you! Don't do it again.

You wouldn't want to miss guests like those who joined me today: the co-organizers of PodcampNYC 2007 - LAURA ALLEN of 15SecondPitch, and JOHN C. HAVENS, About.com Guide to Podcasting, professional actor and writer, - APRIL LYNN JAMES, Ph.D., mezzo soprano and Executive Director of Heroic Mezzo, and BOB MARRONE, host of Good Morning, Westchester! (on WVOX-AM and WVIP-FM) and Connecticut School of Broadcasting instructor.

Bob's facial expressions alone would make for an entertaining podcast. But adding April's singing would class up the joint. She treated listeners to a taste of her vocal magic by singing happy birthday to Bob on air.

You can meet today's guests and me at PodcampNYC on April 6 and 7. If that's not enough to bring you out, read here how you can learn all about podcasting and meet heavy-hitter pod people at the Podcamp NYC networking events and seminars.

In the meantime, set your alarm to join me on air when I host the following April broadcasts, which can be heard on New York Radio WVOX 1460 AM, www.wvox.com, and (01) 914.636.0110 (the listener call-in and voy-ear line):

• April 11 - noon - 12:30 PM, ET - Lisa Tolliver Show
• April 25 - 11:30 AM - noon, ET - SCORE Radio: Counselors to America's Small Business
  
• April 25 - noon - 12:30 PM, ET - Lisa Tolliver Show

Image credits:

• Podcamp NYC logo
• Headshot of John C. Havens, courtesy of About.com
• Headshot of April Lynn James, courtesy of HeroicMezzo.com###

Roundup of the March 28, 2007 LISA TOLLIVER SHOW

What's a podcast? Is Podcamp NYC some new-fangled sleepover? Why did a critically acclaimed mezzo-soprano, who specializes in trouser roles, and the founder of 15SecondPitch exchange elevator pitches on air? And what in the world do any of those concepts have to do with Women's History Month?

Those who heard today's show know the answers. Those who didn't: shame on you! Don't do it again.

You wouldn't want to miss guests like those who joined me today: the co-organizers of PodcampNYC 2007 - LAURA ALLEN of 15SecondPitch, and JOHN C. HAVENS, About.com Guide to Podcasting, professional actor and writer, - APRIL LYNN JAMES, Ph.D., mezzo soprano and Executive Director of Heroic Mezzo, and BOB MARRONE, host of Good Morning, Westchester! (on WVOX-AM and WVIP-FM) and Connecticut School of Broadcasting instructor.

Bob's facial expressions alone would make for an entertaining podcast. But adding April's singing would class up the joint. She treated listeners to a taste of her vocal magic by singing happy birthday to Bob on air.

You can meet today's guests and me at PodcampNYC on April 6 and 7. If that's not enough to bring you out, read here how you can learn all about podcasting and meet heavy-hitter pod people at the Podcamp NYC networking events and seminars.

In the meantime, set your alarm to join me on air when I host the following April broadcasts, which can be heard on New York Radio WVOX 1460 AM, www.wvox.com, and (01) 914.636.0110 (the listener call-in and voy-ear line):

• April 11 - noon - 12:30 PM, ET - Lisa Tolliver Show
• April 25 - 11:30 AM - noon, ET - SCORE Radio: Counselors to America's Small Business
  
• April 25 - noon - 12:30 PM, ET - Lisa Tolliver Show

Image credits:

• Podcamp NYC logo
• Headshot of John C. Havens, courtesy of About.com
• Headshot of April Lynn James, courtesy of HeroicMezzo.com###