PodCamp Philly, a new media “unconference” being held at Temple University on September 6th & 7th. The event will cover blogging, podcasting, videocasting and the use of social media, all of which are changing the face of business, marketing and public relations as we know it.

PodCamp is unique in that the participants are the experts and the result is an event that offers open access to ideas, thoughts and best practices all in a friendly, “everyone is welcome” environment. Among the subjects to be covered include: The Ten Hottest Strategies in New Media Marketing, SEO for Non-profits: Effective Online Outreach and PR and The Web.

If you’d like more information, please go to the website http://www.podcampphilly.com

While there is a $21 registration fee, all proceeds are being donated to Philadelphia’s Science Leadership Academy (http://www.scienceleadership.org/).

Looking for an elective?  Looking to fulfill your upper level Econ Requirement?  This might be a solution:

The Undergraduate Programs/Advising has decided that students can take the BA 3103 course in FALL 2008 (ONLY) to fill their 3500+ Economics course requirement.

This course can also be a Marketing major elective again this semester. It can also fill a business elective or free elective.

Mary Conran will be teaching the Wednesday evening 4:40-7:10 section on Main Campus.

Although students may not have had MIS 2101, they will be allowed to take the class if they have completed their Statistics courses, at least one of the Finance courses, and have either taken or are currently taking MSOM 3101.

Students should have a CGPA of 3.0 or higher.