A huge thank you to all our volunteers

You may have noticed that there was extensive online activity on the FullCodePress website and associated outlets.

In the 24 hours of the event, a series of dedicated volunteers took hundreds of photos - over 330 of which were quickly edited and pumped onto Flickr.

These volunteers also wrote and posted 122 blog posts, allowing us to give minute by minute descriptions of the unfolding events.

There were 175 official twitter posts (not counting the mass of twitter posts that were done by people from their own twitter accounts). Twitter turned out to be the hook that drew many people in to the event. The speed and frequency of posts as well as the immediacy and quickness of the comments allowed those away from the event to get a feeling for what was going on - in real time.

The volunteers also videoed, edited, top and tailed (adding intros and sponsor logos) and then uploaded 17 amazing videos to YouTube - while the event unfolded - with more to come in the next week or so.

So, a huge thank you to all volunteers on behalf of the two groups, WIPA and Webstock!

Date:
August 21st, 2007
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6 Responses to “A huge thank you to all our volunteers”

  1. mattymcg Says:
    August 21st, 2007 at 12:12 am

    Agreed, the volunteer bloggers, videographers, photographers etc all did an amazing job. Congrats to everyone involved!

  2. Steve Says:
    August 21st, 2007 at 5:59 am

    Seconded (thirded?) Everyone did an amazing job, thanks to everyone for making the whole event possible.

  3. Ruth Ellison Says:
    August 21st, 2007 at 8:46 am

    Agreed! Thanks to all the volunteers (and the amazing organisers) for a totally fantastic event. Everything ran really smoothly.

  4. Code Blacks Says:
    August 21st, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    Yeah many thanks folks!

    - Thomas

  5. zef Says:
    August 22nd, 2007 at 8:43 am

    Thanks to WIPA + Webstock for taking care of us - it was a great experience. And to the judges, volunteers and everyone else who made the event hum. To the Australian team - great to meet you all and we look forward to seeing you in Wellington sometime soon!

  6. David McDonald Says:
    August 23rd, 2007 at 8:25 pm

    Yep, thanks to everyone involved in organising and volunteering. The production was first class and the event worked amazingly well.