Sara Hand Suggests

BarCamp Sarasota Event Detail Flyer 

BarCamp Sarasota Sponsor/Partner Details Flyer

BarCamp Sarasota, where the hottest conversations in technology and business happen, is a grass-roots business, technology and education movement that supports entrepreneurs and small business people in Southwest Florida – from Tampa Bay to Naples. BarCamp Sarasota is one of the largest and fastest growing entrepreneurial support groups in the state, and we provide access to over 2500 members of our social networks.

BarCamp Sarasota Lunch and Learn: More than one way to page one

Community interest is high for our events, and we would like to provide you with a special opportunity to support business growth within our community by sponsoring our events for the last half of 2011. Coming up this fall, BarCamp Sarasota is holding its fourth “un-conference” event on Saturday and Sunday, October 15 & 16, 2011 at the G.WIZ Science Museum in Sarasota. We have monthly Lunch & Learn events at the Mad Crow Brewpub in Sarasota on the 3rd Friday of the month, and social events at Shakespeare’s Pub every 1st Thursday. All our FREE community events provide an opportunity for sponsors to connect with our membership to share conversations on a variety of interesting topics.

How is it possible that membership and all BarCamp Sarasota events are free to attendees? Unlike other community groups that charge attendees, BarCamp Sarasota depends on our sponsors to provide money and resources to run events. Sponsors support services such as the venue costs, attendee lunches and snacks, t-shirts, marketing materials and banners, event signs, website management, and other operating costs.

Benefits of sponsorship, depending on the level chosen, include displaying your logo on our event

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 banners and conference t-shirts, your company logo and business listing on our website with multiple links back to your site to help increase your SEO results, business name included in press releases, and we name the rooms for our sponsors during our conference events. Details of sponsorship are included in the attached flyer, where you’ll find a variety of ways you can sponsor our events.

Visit the conference event website  and see a sampling of speaker bios and topics. At our conference events, you’re welcome to speak on any topic you’re passionate about (these are topical, and not sales presentations), and we provide a variety of ways in which you can sponsor the event.

Now is the time to act to ensure your logo is included in our marketing material, and website links are up well before the conference event so you get maximum link traction. Check out and/or print this flyer for event details, and please contact BarCamp Sarasota (sponsor@bcsrq.com) if you’re interested in speaking or sponsoring.

Thank you,

Stan Schultes  and Sara Hand

Co-founders BarCamp Sarasota

941-228-2006 Stan

941-228-4033 Sara

October 15^th and 16^th BarCamp Sarasota Fall 2011 Conference at G.Wiz

Register here-  http://bcsrqfall2011.eventbrite.com/  More details -  http://bcsrq.com/

Have you thought about speaking at a BarCamp Sarasota Conference?

Submit your topic title, a brief bio (NO more than 250 words) and a photo.

BarCamp Sarasota is excited to partner with GWiz Science Museum for our 2 day Spring 2011 Event.

Several weeks before our arrival GWiz will be unveiling their “Fab Lab”…a fabrication and design studio typically located around major universities or incubator centers, the first in the southeastern United States right here in Sarasota.

Come see the Fab Lab and enjoy the creative energy released in the open space format of a BarCamp event.

Join regional professionals, students and hobbyists with expertise in technology and innovation from new media, green technology, software/mobile applications and more as they share cutting edge advancements with an emphasis on economic development and impact.

Registration opens Saturday, April 30th at 9am

Event opening and speaker/presenter registration between then and 9:55. First sessins open at 10.

Saturday concludes at 5pm with an After hours following.

Sunday starts againa at 9am with day concluding at 3pm.

Pick a topic to share or learn…There will be panel discussions , demonstrations and engaging conversations. Last year’s event attrated over 300 people. BarCamp Sarasota’s mission is to build community with an emphasis on technology, education and economic development.

Interested in the latest technology? What’s going on in our investment community? Want to know how this can make a difference to you and how you can be a part?

 BarCamp Sarasota emphasizes the intersection of technology, education, and economic development. The open forum format focuses on business solutions. The people who choose to be involved specialize in areas where business and technology come together.

Why the name BarCamp? BarCamp Sarasota is part of an international network of user-generated conferences and participatory workshop events. BarCamps are ad-hoc gatherings born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment, and the belief that the best learning at any conference takes place while networking with other professionals between scheduled sessions.

In the Sarasota area, our BarCamp community has monthly gatherings for learning, sharing and networking as well as several day long events during the year.