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I asked Parissa Behnia, Idea Chef from 678 Partners to recap her experience at ProductCamp Chicago. Chicago has always been a bit of weird product management market and I was really excited to see this get off the ground. (Denver???) I hope you enjoy her guest post…

And live to tell about it! On June 19, members of Chicago’s Product Manager community came together at Illinois Technology Association’s TechNexus for a great day of sharing, discussing and networking! It was a great way to support and celebrate our vibrant PM talent as well as elevate our profile nationwide. We want to let our PM friends on both coasts know that we’re here and want to participate in the broader discussion!

Our day started off with an excellent keynote by Dr. Jim Anderson who graciously donated his time and wisdom to all of us. His positivity and energy, as well as his vision, set the tone for the rest of the day. He made us realize that it’s all well and good that we’re focused on the now, but if we truly want to do right by our customers, we have to think of how we get our products to future state to manage and exceed expectations.

His great keynote was matched by great roundtable discussions led by Coley Perry, Thierry Roullier, Pek Pongpaet, Robert Moll, Peter Morano, Tim Courtney, Michael Walkden and Tim Goodall. And discussions they truly were! The leaders were peppered with some really thoughtful questions by the attendees all the way through: a true sign of quality topics and engaged audiences.

Truly, seeing so many likeminded people in the room was a shot in the arm that our Chicago PMs needed. As someone said, if you’re having trouble breaking up the conversations so you can start your next session, it means that you’re doing a bang up job and fulfilling the mission. Not bad, eh?

Another sign of fulfilling the mission: there was a groundswell of positive feedback early on in the day and it’s only continued since then. Attendees also gave us some really good suggestions for improving on our successful model and we can’t wait to implement them. What’s more, many attendees have volunteered to be a part of the organizing team which is very exciting.

Plans are in the works for the next ProductCamp Chicago, which will be in October. We’re currently on the hunt for Chicago based Pharma and CPG PMs to join us in the lively art of PM conversation! If you know any, please spread the word!

Hats off to Dave Radzialowski for leading the charge and to Joshua Steffan, Roshan Shankar and Shawn Emery. It was a pleasure working with them on this successful launch and we look forward to more ProductCamp Chicago successes!

Thank you to our sponsors as well: 280 Group, Illinois Technology Association, Macon Raine, Pathfinder Development, Sears, Orbitz, Pragmatic Marketing, Product Development and Management Association, Zig Zag Marketing and Chicago Product Management Association.

For more information, please visit our site pcampchicago.org.

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productcamp.org is your definitive source for all product camps.

There are seven ProductCamps in the near future (with many more in planning). While you are here, why not check out my events (or subscribe to the RSS feed) page for the most comprehensive list of product management events available.

In the spirit of BarCamp, ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Management and Marketing. At ProductCamp there are no “attendees”, since everyone is an active participant in some way: presenting, leading a roundtable discussion, sharing their experiences, helping with logistics, securing sponsorship, setting up wifi, or volunteering. ProductCamp is a great opportunity for you to learn, share, and network with professionals involved in the Product Management, Marketing, and Development.

Having attended six (!) ProductCamps, I can attest to the content and value you will receive from attending. I also encourage you to participate and volunteer.

ProductCamp Pune
Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010
Location: SICSR, Pune
URL: http://productcamppune.eventbrite.com/ ; http://sites.google.com/site/productcamppune/
Twitter: @PCPune

ProductCamp Austin Summer 2010 (Austin, TX)
Date: Saturday August 7, 2010
Location: AT&T Conference Center on the University of Texas campus
URL: http://barcamp.org/ProductCampAustinSummer2010
Twitter Hashtag: #pca10

ProductCamp Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
Date: August 21, 2010
Location: TBD
URL: http://pcampatl.com/
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampatl

ProductCamp DC (Washington, DC)
Date: Satuday, August 28, 2010
Location: Network Solutions, Herndon, VA
URL: http://www.productcampdc.org/
Twitter: @pcampdc

ProductCamp NYC 2010 (New York, NY)
Date: September 25, 2010 (Saturday)
Location: TBD
URL: http://barcamp.org/ProductCampNYC
Twitter: @ProductCampNYC

ProductCamp RTP Fall 2010
Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010
Location: TBD
http://barcamp.org/ProductCampRTP
Twitter: @productcamprtp

ProductCamp Seattle 2010
Date: October 23, 2010
Location: TBD
http://twitter.com/prodcampsea
Twitter Hashtag: #pcs10

ProductCamp Montreal (Montreal, QC)
Date: TBD
Location: TBD
URL: http://www.productcampmontreal.com/
Twitter Hashtag: TBD

ProductCamp Dallas (Dallas, TX)
Date: TBD
Location: TBD
URL: TBD
Twitter Hashtag: TBD

ProductCamp London (London, England)
Date: Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Location: eBay/PayPal, Whittaker House, 2 Whittaker Avenue, Richmond, TW9 1EH
URL: http://www.productcamplondon.com/
Twitter: @PCampLDN

ProductCamp Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Date: June 19, 2010
Location: Illinois Technology Association
URL: http://productcampchicago.eventbrite.com/; http://www.pcampchicago.org
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampchi

ProductCamp Melbourne (Melbourne , Victoria, Australia)
Date: Saturday, July 03, 2010
Location: TBD
URL: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/633963201 ; http://pcampmelbourne.com/
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampmelb

See Winter / Spring 2010 ProductCamp Annoucements and Spring / Summer 2010 ProductCamp Annoucements for previous ProductCamp announcements.

Have a Marketing, Product Development, Product Management, Innovation or other related event you want to promote? Contact me and I’ll add it to the growing list for others to see. Also, why not subscribe to the events feed. Tell other people about these events.

productcamp.org is your definitive source for all product camps.

There are six eight ProductCamps in the near future. While you are here, why not check out my events (or subscribe to the RSS feed) page for the most comprehensive list of product management events available.

In the spirit of BarCamp, ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Management and Marketing. At ProductCamp there are no “attendees”, since everyone is an active participant in some way: presenting, leading a roundtable discussion, sharing their experiences, helping with logistics, securing sponsorship, setting up wifi, or volunteering. ProductCamp is a great opportunity for you to learn, share, and network with professionals involved in the Product Management, Marketing, and Development.

Having attended six (!) ProductCamps, I can attest to the content and value you will receive from attending. I also encourage you to participate and volunteer.

ProductCamp RTP (Raleigh, NC)
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Location: Cambria Suites at RDU Airport
URL: http://barcamp.org/ProductCampRTP

ProductCamp Boston (Boston, MA)
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Location: The Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
URL: http://barcamp.org/ProductCampBoston

ProductCamp Toronto (Toronto, ON)
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2010
Location: TBD
URL: http://www.productcamp.org/toronto/
Twitter Hashtag: #pct2010

ProductCamp Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Date: June 5th, 2010
Location: ZANOX.de AG, Stralauer Allee 2, 10245 Berlin
URL: http://www.productcampberlin.org/
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampb

ProductCamp London (London, England)
Date: Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Location: eBay/PayPal, Whittaker House, 2 Whittaker Avenue, Richmond, TW9 1EH
URL: http://www.productcamplondon.com/
Twitter Hashtag: #PCampLDN

ProductCamp Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Date: June 19, 2010
Location: Illinois Technology Association
URL: http://productcampchicago.eventbrite.com/; http://www.pcampchicago.org
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampchi

ProductCamp Melbourne (Melbourne , Victoria, Australia)
Date: Saturday, July 03, 2010
Location: TBD
URL: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/633963201
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampmelb

ProductCamp Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
Date: August 21, 2010
Location: TBD
URL: http://pcampatl.com/
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampatl

ProductCamp DC (Washington, DC)
Date: TBD
Location: TBD
URL: http://productcampdc.eventbrite.com/
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampdc

ProductCamp Montreal (Montreal, QC)
Date: TBD
Location: TBD
URL: http://barcamp.org/ProductCampMontreal
Twitter Hashtag: TBD

ProductCamp Dallas (Dallas, TX)
Date: TBD
Location: TBD
URL: TBD
Twitter Hashtag: TBD

ProductCamp Austin Spring 2010 (Austin, TX)
Date: Saturday, March 27th, 2010
Location: AT&T Conference Center on the University of Texas campus
URL: http://www.barcamp.org/ProductCampAustinSpring2010
Twitter Hashtag: #pca10

See Winter / Spring 2010 ProductCamp Annoucements and Summer / Fall 2010 ProductCamp Annoucements for previous ProductCamp announcements.

Have a Marketing, Product Development, Product Management, Innovation or other related event you want to promote? Contact me and I’ll add it to the growing list for others to see. Also, why not subscribe to the events feed. Tell other people about these events.

We are searching Agile Product Management submissions for the Agile 2010 conference in Nashville. The Agile 2010 submission process will be somewhat different than in past years. In the past submissions would be submitted to individual stages for consideration. This year you will be submitting to one of the broad conference themes, Business, Technical, and Leadership & Organization. Once submitted the program committee will identify and forward to the most appropriate stage. The length of the sessions will either be 60 or 90 minutes and will be presented Tuesday – Thursday ONLY.

Please contact me if you have any questions, I am on the review committee.

The submission system will be open on January 11, 2010 and will remain open until February 26, 2010. Please see this link for more information – Agile 2010 Be a Speaker (http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/speaker.html).

** New link: http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/product

Business Theme Stages

Agile Product Management: As with many disciplines, agile techniques leverage our best practices, adapting them with short, empirical feedback loops. This track presents and explores: What best practices in product management are leveraged by agile teams? How have product management practices been adapted for agile? What new product management techniques have emerged from agile teams?

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I’m pleased to announce I am on the Agile Conference Review Committee for 2010 for the Agile Product Management track. The Product Manager review committee is lead by Rich Mironov of Enthiosys.

This year, the conference is in Nashville, TN, August 9-13. The deadline for submissions is February 26th.

Visit http://agile2010.agilealliance.org/ for more information.

productcamp.org is your definitive source for all product camps.

There are five ProductCamps in the near future. While you are here, why not check out my events (or subscribe to the RSS feed) page for the most comprehensive list of product management events available.

In the spirit of BarCamp, ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Management and Marketing. At ProductCamp there are no “attendees”, since everyone is an active participant in some way: presenting, leading a roundtable discussion, sharing their experiences, helping with logistics, securing sponsorship, setting up wifi, or volunteering. ProductCamp is a great opportunity for you to learn, share, and network with professionals involved in the Product Management, Marketing, and Development.

Having attended six (!) ProductCamps, I can attest to the content and value you will receive from attending. I also encourage you to participate and volunteer.

ProductCamp Minnesota (Minnesota, MN)
Date: Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Location: Mall of America
URL: http://www.pcampmn.org/
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampmn

ProductCamp Atlanta 2.0 (Atlanta, GA)
Date: Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Location: GTRI Conference Center
URL: http://www.barcamp.org/ProductCampAtlanta
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampatl

ProductCamp SoCal (Irvine, CA)
Date: Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Location: University of California, Irvine’s Student Center
URL: http://www.productcampsocal.org/
Twitter Hashtag: #pcsc

Silicon Valley P-Camp 2010 (Sunnyvale, CA)
Date: Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Location: Yahoo! Headquarters
URL: http://pcamp10.weebly.com/

ProductCamp Sydney 2010 (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Date: Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Location: Atlassian
URL: http://www.brainmates.com.au/?page_id=1812
Twitter Hashtag: #pcampsyd

ProductCamp Austin Spring 2010 (Austin, TX)
Date: Saturday, March 27th, 2010
Location: AT&T Conference Center on the University of Texas campus
URL: http://www.barcamp.org/ProductCampAustinSpring2010
Twitter Hashtag: #pca10

See Spring / Summer 2010 ProductCamp Annoucements and Summer / Fall 2010 ProductCamp Annoucements for future ProductCamps.

Have a Marketing, Product Development, Product Management, Innovation or other related event you want to promote? Contact me and I’ll add it to the growing list for others to see. Also, why not subscribe to the events feed. Tell other people about these events.

Update #1: productcamp.org is your definitive source for all product camps.

Update #2: Added known Twitter search hashtags to listings below.

Somewhat related… There are five ProductCamps in the near future. While you are here, why not check out my events (or subscribe to the RSS feed) page for the most comprehensive list of product management events available.

In the spirit of BarCamp, ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Management and Marketing. At ProductCamp there are no “attendees”, since everyone is an active participant in some way: presenting, leading a roundtable discussion, sharing their experiences, helping with logistics, securing sponsorship, setting up wifi, or volunteering. ProductCamp is a great opportunity for you to learn, share, and network with professionals involved in the Product Management, Marketing, and Development.

Having attended five (!) of these so far, I can attest to the content and value you will receive from attending. I also encourage you to participate and volunteer.

ProductCamp Austin Summer 2009 (Austin, TX)
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009
Location: University Teaching Center (UTC) @ The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
URL: http://www.barcamp.org/ProductCampAustinSummer2009
Twitter Hashtag: #PCA09

ProductCamp RTP2 (Raleigh, NC)
Date: Saturday September 26, 2009
Location: Cambria Suites Raleigh-Durham Airport
URL: http://barcamp.org/ProductCampRTP2

ProductCamp Toronto 2009 (Toronto, ON)
Date: Sunday, October 4th, 2009
Location: Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University
URL: http://www.productcamp.org/toronto/
Twitter Hashtag: #pct2 or #pct2009

ProductCamp Seattle 2009 (Seattle, WA)
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009
Location: Amdocs Seattle office at 2211 Elliott Ave
URL: http://www.barcamp.org/ProductCampSeattle2009
Twitter Hashtag: #PCS09

ProductCamp Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date: Sunday October 18, 2009
Location: WUA!, Herengracht 252, Amsterdam
URL: http://www.productcampamsterdam.org

ProductCamp Boston Fall 2009 (Boston, MA)
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009
Location: Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
URL: http://barcamp.org/ProductCampBoston

Have a Marketing, Product Development, Product Management, Innovation or other related event you want to promote? Contact me and I’ll add it to the growing list for others to see. Also, why not subscribe to the events feed. Tell other people about these events.

I have been tweaking the layout of the blog a bit lately and just wanted to note a few simple, but hopefully valuable changes. For those of you who read this through a blog reader will be unaffected.

1. Events Section – here (help me keep this updated and subscribe to the feed)
   
2. Suggest a Post – here (or volunteer to write one)
3. Updated Blogroll – scroll down the sidebar (am I missing any?)
4. Product Manager Jobs – scroll down the sidebar

Also, the About Me is one of the most viewed pages on my blog. Not sure why. If you visit my ‘about me’ page, send me an email and let me know what you think.

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