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I enjoyed watching a couple of Spring Training reports by Pete Williams, both involving the relatively inexpensive and easy-to-use FlipCam. Pete says he held the camera himself in one report, and persuaded a fan-from-the-stands to help with another. I’ve added a link to a slightly older and less expensive version (just over $100) of the FlipCam via Poynter’s Amazon Associates program over there in the right rail. That one enables users to store up to 60 minutes of video; newer, more expensive models (just under $200) provide two hours. Cheaper prices at eBay, of course.

Among the advantages of this handy little video camera is the ability to upload the video immediately via a USB connector that flips out the side of the camera and plugs right into the USB port on the side of your laptop. You can then edit and upload directly to YouTube, Vimeo or other sides, and embed your video into your site. Good audio has been a problem in some circumstances with this camera, but I believe some models now come with an audio input option for a remote mic.You’ll want to check reviews online if you’re interested in this sort of device, and I’m sure Pete would be glad to offer advice to anyone interested.

Elevator Pitch: Concert Rat from chris rish on Vimeo.

Hey all,

Concert Rat went live at 3:20 p.m. today, Feb. 26, 2010.

http://www.concertrat.com/

Great way to end this week!

It’s in beta, so send feedback via the buttons.

Thanks for a fun and very productive week together.

–
Joe Michaud
Local Interactive Strategies LLC
blog and info: www.joemichaud.com

joe@joemichaud.com
207-253-9716

Karen Burns has collected links discussed throughout the day Tuesday. Thanks, Karen!

http://www.newspapernext.org/

http://paidcontent.org/event/paidcontent-2010/

http://www.compete.com/

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/bn.com+borders.com+waldenbooks.com/

http://www.luggageonline.com/50-travel-sites.cfm

http://www.baylawsuits.com/index.php

http://wordpress.org/

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/

http://www.slicker.com/

http://www.slicker.com/#capabilities

http://www.oprah.com/index.html

http://www.vegnews.com/web/home.do

http://getyourbizsavvy.com/

http://www.politico.com/

http://www.uspto.gov/index.jsp

http://www.plentyoffish.com/

https://www.google.com/adsense/login/en_US/?gsessionid=3BCw_SS9GjoRM32MynOqvA

http://www.cj.com/

http://www.petewilliams.net/

http://www.propublica.org/

http://blog.villavegan.com/

http://www.joomla.org/

http://www.joomlart.com/

http://rubyonrails.org/

http://drupal.org/

http://www.php.net/

http://www.studiopress.com/

http://getfirebug.com/

http://www.doba.com/

http://www.chrishco.com/ChRishCo/welcome.html

http://www.google.com/local/add/analyticsSplashPage?gl=US&hl=en-US

9-10:30 a.m.          About Entrepreneurship, About You, About the Week Ahead (Bill Mitchell, Joe Michaud and Wendy Wallace)
10:30-11 a.m.        Break and Tour of Poynter (David Shedden, Poynter)
11-12:30 p.m.        Your Business: Concept, Audience, Market Analysis (Wayne Brass, SBDC)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.   Lunch as a group
1:30-2:45 p.m.       Group Work:  Research Your Business, Your Market (Bill and Joe)
2:45-3 p.m.            Break
3-5 p.m.                 Develop an Elevator Pitch for Customers, Investors, Partners (Joe)
5 p.m.                     Finished for the day.

Tuesday, Feb. 23
9-9:20 a.m.          Welcome Back — Any Overnight Inspirations? About today. (Wendy)
9:20-10 a.m.         Cool Sites: Learning From What Others Are Doing (Bill)
10 a.m.-noon Legal Issues: Why You Need an Attorney on Your Team (Alison Steele, attorney)
noon-1 p.m.          Lunch on your own.
1-3 p.m.                 Revenue Models:  Options for Funding Your Enterprise (Bill)
3-3:15 p.m.           Break
3:15-5 p.m.          The Role of Technology in Media Entrepreneurship (Joe)

Wednesday, Feb. 24
9-9:45 a.m.            Review of Last Night’s Technology Homework
9:45-10:45 a.m.     Accounting Basics: How Much Math Will You Need to Know? (Todd Rosenberg, Rosenberg CFO Consulting)
11-12:30                  Engaging Audiences Digitally: Social Networking, RSS and other Tools (Regina McCombs, Poynter)
1-1:30 p.m.             Lunch on your own.
1:30-3:30 p.m.       The Business Plan: What’s In It and Why (Wayne Brass, SBDC)
3:30-4:30 p.m.       Time to work on your business plans.
4:30-5 p.m.            Group discussion of business plans

Thursday, Feb. 25
9-10:30 a.m.           The Role of Technology in Your Scenario Planning (Joe)
10:30-10:45 a.m.    Break (and group photo)
10:45 a.m.-noon     Write Your Pitch: Use this time to work on your presentation for Friday.
noon-1 p.m.            Lunch on your own.
1-3 p.m. Journalism Fundamentals for the Evolving, Entrepreneurial World of Online Media (Kelly McBride, Poynter)
3-5 p.m.                  Betting the Farm on Your Idea: Economic Realities for Entrepreneurs (A discussion)

Friday, Feb. 26
9 a.m.- noon         Make Your Pitch: Our panel of investors reacts to your business idea
noon-1 p.m.           Lunch
1-2                           Make Your Pitch (continued)
2-3 p.m.                 What’s Next: Community resources, NewsU Tech, consulting with instructors (ShrimateeOjah-Maharaj,  St.
Petersburg Business Assistance Center, Mats Bengston, SCORE, and TBD from News University)
3-3:15 p.m.            Break
3:15-4 p.m. A Few Parting Words About Marketing: Getting the Word Out (Audrey Breuer, Hersh Marketing)
4-4:30 p.m.            A Discussion: So What Have We Learned about the Keys to Entrepreneural Success? (Bill)
4:30-5 p.m.             Graduation & Presentation of Certificates


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