A 5K+ person festival does not happen overnight and certainly doesn’t happen without the help of many, many people. We’ve highlighted a few of our volunteers in the past. Today I want to highlight a few of the core team members who may not have been in the limelight as much as Frank Gruber, Peter Corbett and myself (Jen Consalvo).
Audrey Matthias is a strategist at iSL, with a level head and cool demeaner. From day one, Audrey helped in every aspect of this endeavor. From helping us manage communications with hundreds of people, researching to find great speakers, to managing content schedules, website updates, printing needs, shopping lists and more. No matter how many days into the planning or festival we went, you could recognize Audrey by her fresh, sunny smile and attitude day in and out.
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DJ Saul is also a strategist at iSL, with a quick sense of humor and determination that helped in pretty much every situation. Wanting to help make this an amazing event, DJ quickly reached out to all of his industry contacts to help with speakers, sponsors and more. From developing original content plans to pulling together the Apps4Ben contest, DJ was completely focused on making sure we followed through on every count.
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Joe Corbett lead from an operations perspective. From behind the scenes, he made sure we had all the right equipment in place and that all of our technology including monitors, mics, projectors, computers, Internet connections, printers and more were working each and every day. Technology is never without glitches but Joe handled them all in stride and was never more than a walk-talkie second away.
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Zach Goodwin made sure that Digital Capital Week looked gooooood. From the online logos and site treatment to spray painting logos on trash cans for the opening party, Zach helped us create a brand that people could recognize and remember.
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Zvi Band is our geek in shining armor! Zvi is a developer who not only launched this digitalcapitalweek.org site, but also lead projects and was a finalist in the Apps4Ben contest. When online emergencies arose, it was Zvi and his easy-going demeanor to the rescue!
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Chris Lawson joined us a bit later in the planning, but his sheer desire to be part of this effort cannot go unrecognized. Chris had a big task – to organize a group of volunteers to help with everything from daily operations (set-up, registration, breakdown, etc) to daily blogging and documenting. He did so with vigor (and many late nights!) and helped us find Dot Johnson…
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Dot Johnson became our daily content editor, leading a core group of bloggers and documentarians to cover as many of the DCWEEK events as possible. This was a round-the-clock job and Dot has continued to help shape the site and challenge us to think beyond DCWEEK.
Both Chris and Dot helped far beyond what they originally signed up for!
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Many, many thanks to all of you for not only your contributions, but your belief in this event, positive attitudes and desire to create something amazing for everyone.
Photos courtesy of Chris Heuer and Jen Consalvo.
