Friday April 3 was the culmination of a big project for fusedlogic: MacEwan BlogCamp. It was Edmonton’s and, as far as we know, Alberta’s first blog contest. It was a unique opportunity to combine business, social media and education in one cool package.

We’d like to congratulate the top three MacEwan bloggers:

1.  Carla Putnam
2. Patrick Finegan
3. Peter Jaffray

The prize for first place was an Apple MacBook. In addition to the contest winners, we’d like to congratulate everyone who participated. Blogging for nine hours is not easy under the best of circumstances and blogging for nine hours in a busy cafeteria would be even tougher.

But, our bloggers persevered and we had a lot of interesting posts. We gave them a variety of topics to blog about and we were impressed with the results.

Judging

The winners of the blogging contest were chosen based on a number of factors. We had a voting system in place that ranked posts based on the cumulative net difference between a thumbs up and a thumbs down rating given by blog post viewers. In addition, we also judged the blog posts based on originality and quality of content.

Sponsors

Our sponsors came through for MacEwan BlogCamp in a big way. We can’t say enough about how happy we are that they sponsored our contest and made a huge contribution to the success of BlogCamp.

The team

We would also like to thank Jana Clarke, Sarah Parker, Laura England, Joseph DiFabio and the rest of the Grant MacEwan College team for giving us the opportunity to help put on this event. It was a lot of work but it was a blast! Grant MacEwan College really put on a good show for everyone involved.

And to the fusedlogic team, thank you as well: Walter did a great job hosting BlogCamp and all the other tasks he had; without Evan and Paul we wouldn’t have had the website or the video running virtually glitch-free; Genoa did a great job keeping everyone organized; Doug kept everyone on track with his project management skills; Krysta did a great job with her video as well.

Ultimately I think we succeeded in our goal of helping to raise the profile of the MacEwan School of Business and we’re confident that will result in more inquiries about the School of Business. MacEwan School of Business really is a good choice for a business degree in Edmonton, Alberta and beyond. We’re looking forward to the next BlogCamp!

MacEwan BlogCamp photos

If you’re interested in having a look at some great photos of MacEwan BlogCamp, have a look at Bruce Clarke’s Flickr photos. He has 166 photos there to look at. Bruce made my job tough to decide on the best photos to post here because they were all good.

Alain Saffel

We’re in the Grant MacEwan City Centre campus cafeteria right now and the place is busy! We’ve got our bloggers up and running now.

We’ve also got a blogging contest for everyone else on the net too. We’re promoting it on Twitter, and here. So, if you are interested, you can win cash for a blog post. You just need to do one post! Easy as pie, isn’t it? Think you’re good. Give it a shot. You blog, post the link on the page and we draw the winner randomly. Later on in the day we’ll decide if we really like one post and throw some prizes at that person too.

Mike & Lenny videos

We’ve got parts one and two of the Mike & Lenny series up and running. Check them out and let us know what you think.

Mike & Lenny video, part 1

Mike & Lenny video, part 2

Just in case you haven’t heard of Blogcamp, it’s happening April 3, starting at noon at the City Centre Campus of Grant MacEwan in downtown Edmonton. It will run for nine hours, and MacEwan students will be blogging about a variety of business and personally chosen topics during that time.

Blogcamp bloggers will have the chance to win great prizes, with the top prize being a MacBook.

How does this affect you? Well, you’ll have the chance to determine who the winner is. At the bottom of each blog post we’ll have a thumbs up and thumbs down. You get one vote on each post and you can comment as well.

Let those bloggers know whether you agree or disagree with what they’ve got to say. You’re also more than welcome to go to the campus cafeteria. There will be lots happening!

We’ve also got the trailer for the Mike & Lenny video up on the MacEwan Blogcamp site. Check it out and let us know what you think. The full video will be rolled out April 3.