Last weekend I went to Podcamp Ohio, a new media unconference. I like the idea of an unconference and enjoyed the Ragan Unconference I attended last May. This unconference was structured quite differently than the Ragan one.

This unconference was not targeted towards professional communicators. There were podcasters, bloggers, marketers, event planners and a variety of other people.

Despite this, I still learned quite a bit about marketing and SEO. I also picked up a little about Twitter tools, event planning and LinkedIn. At one session, Chris Brogan was even brought up on Skype.

It would be great to see a PodCamp in Central Michigan sometime. Better yet, I would love to see a public relations unconference. Maybe we could call it PRoCamp?

Rachel M. Esterline works as an account executive for Central Michigan Life, the nationally award-winning school newspaper at Central Michigan University. She is as an account executive for PR Central, CMU’s student-run public relations firm and as a public relations executive with the Student Government Association. Additionally, Rachel serves on the executive board of the Public Relations Student Society of America at CMU and has completed a seven-month internship with her university’s public relations and marketing department. Rachel will graduate in May 2010 with a degree in public relations with minors in journalism and communication.