MeshU 2009 tickets now on sale
We are pleased to announce that meshU tickets go on sale today.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with this event, meshU is a one day conference for professionals who build online projects that we debuted and sold out last year. The event features top designers and developers who share their wisdom and perspective on: design, development and management for web related projects.
Whether you are a freelancer, work at an agency, or are part of a start up, meshU brings extraordinary talent to Toronto for you to learn from. Last year’s speakers included the likes of Daniel Burka (the creative director of Digg), Kevin Hale (Wufoo) and Avi Bryant (Dabble DB) - here is a complete list of speakers from last year’s event.
If you are looking for inspiration or guidance with a web related project you are working on, or you are looking to take your skills to the next level, you really ought to attend meshU, enjoy the great speakers and network like-minded people. We will be posting this year speakers over the coming weeks and months, but don’t wait to buy your ticket - meshU sold out last year and mesh tickets (which went on sale about two weeks ago) are already one third sold! Go here and buy your meshU ticket now.
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New Listings on meshJobs
Here’s a summary of recent listings on meshJobs:
| Project Manager - Senior | Social Media Group | Hamilton/Dundas, ON, Canada | Nov 19 |
| Project Manager - Intermediate | Social Media Group | Hamilton/Dundas, ON, Canada | Nov 19 |
| Social Media Analyst - Measurement & Monitoring | Social Media Group | Hamilton/Dundas, ON, Canada | Nov 19 |
| Social Media Analyst - Outreach & Influencer Relations | Social Media Group | Hamilton/Dundas, ON, Canada | Nov 19 |
| Social Media Strategist - Intermediate | Social Media Group | Hamilton/Dundas, ON, Canada | Nov 19 |
| Ext JS Developer | Carbonetworks | Victoria, BC, Canada | Nov 03 |
| Entry Level C++ Developer | Pulse Microsystems | Mississauga, ON, Canada | Nov 03 |
| Senior Sales Representative - Job #SD47 | Refresh Partners | Toronto, ON, Canada | Nov 02 |
| Sponsorship Salesperson | The mesh Group | Toronto, ON, Canada (Greater Toronto Area) | Oct 31 |
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meshJobs has Launched
A few weeks ago we sent word ’round that we were going to be launching a jobs board dedicated to web and other tech-related jobs in Canada. We often get asked to list jobs, and the jobs board at the conference is always really popular, so we thought a board would be a good idea.
After all, while there are lots of job boards out there, most of them are about 10 to 20-1 US to Cdn jobs, or they charge rather a lot for their listings, or they have loads of features that seem to make it hard to just get quick info on job opportunities. We wanted to do something different - we wanted a simple, inexpensive Canadian jobs site for web and tech-related jobs.
And so we did it. Today we’re launching meshJobs.com. While we originally thought we would charge a small fee for it, we’ve decided that for the foreseeable future it will be free, except for a small charge if we need to control spam on the site. We hope you’ll consider using it. We’re working on a widget for listings, and we’ll do our best to promote meshJobs on our site, our personal sites, and at mesh events.
We hope you like it. And if you have suggestions about how we could do this better, don’t hesitate to drop us a note at jobs@meshconference.com.
mesh ‘09 on Sale
Since mesh was started three years ago, we’ve been focused on being more organized - not always an easy thing when you have five people involved who have other things on their plates such as day jobs and families. 
So, we’re excited to take a major organizational step forward by putting tickets for the mesh ‘09 conference on sale today. mesh is happening April 7 to 8, 2009 at the MaRS Collaboration Centre. Tickets are $469 (plus the evil GST). There are also 30 tickets available for students for $50 a piece. (Note: If you’re GST-exempt, let us know by sending an e-mail to info@meshconference.com)
We’ve really been encouraged by how excited people are about mesh ‘09, as well as the great support from our sponsors, whose support for mesh is invaluable.
We’re in the midst of putting together programming for mesh. If you’ve got people you’d like to see or ideas for panels and workshops, let us know.
As well, tickets for meshU, which is taking place on April 6, 2009, will go on sale soon.
Finally, we’re excited about the launch of meshJobs - a place to find and post listings of Web-related and other technology jobs in Canada.
mesh09 ticket sales are *GO* next Tuesday
Prepare to get your mesh on!
Starting next Tuesday, tickets to mesh09 will be available for purchase. The three previous events were sell-outs and so, as the saying goes “book early to avoid disappointment”
We are very pleased to be bringing back our very popular student program, with a limited number of tickets being made available to students with i.d. for only $50.00 + GST. These always go quickly - as in immediately - so if you or someone you know is a student who would like to attend, be sure to let them know so they are able to get in on the goodness.
We take great pleasure in being able to bring mesh to life each year as an affordable, accessible event and this year is no exception. Admission will be only $469.00 + GST for two days of the best content and interaction you’re going to find anywhere.
So next Tuesday, November 18th, get yours at www.meshconference.com.
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A new site for tech small business
mesh friend Ben Lucier has launched techsmb.ca - it’s just early days, but if you’re interested in small business in Canada, drop by and subscribe.
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meshJobs is coming soon!
For the last couple of years, we’ve posted a bulletin board at mesh for job listings and jobs wanted in our community. And by the end of those conferences, the boards were full of interesting opportunities. Those boards started us thinking - what if there were an easy and inexpensive way to post listings of Canadian-only web and tech jobs?
So on November 17 we’ll be launching meshJobs.com - a job board we created with our partner, JobThread. And we’d like to say thanks to friends of mesh by offering free listings on meshJobs until November 16 - post your ad before then and it’s free! Each listing will run for 60 days after it’s posted, and you can post as many as you’d like until that date. Simply post a job in the usual way, and use the discount code “friendofmesh”.
After that, listings will be US$75 for 30 days (each listing is classified under one category), plus US$25 per additional category. Featured job listings get prominent positioning and cost US$150 for 30 days.
Have questions?
If you have a Canadian web or tech job to post, join us at meshJobs! And if you have a friend you want to invite, please feel free to pass the code along - friends of friends of mesh are welcome too.
(And by the way, tickets for mesh09 will go on sale soon - stay tuned!)
mesh is hiring!
In the past three years, mesh has grown from humble roots - five guys who just wanted to do something to talk about all the exciting things happening online - to become Canada’s Web conference. Now is your chance to be a part of mesh by joining us in part-time sponsorship sales.
So what’s involved? Mostly, it means working with the mesh gang to manage our existing sponsors and find new ones. So, what’s in it for you? You will earn a commission on each new sponsor you secure, and most importantly, an opportunity to help make mesh thrive.
Are you interested? We’d like to hear from you.
Email me your C.V. at stuart (at) meshconference (dot) com.
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mesh and meshU ‘09 news coming soon
If you’ve been following our mesh adventures you probably know that we’ve sold out for three years running. And every year, like clockwork, we feel like schmucks because some folks find out about mesh too late to fit us in to their schedule or their budget, or to buy tickets before they sell out. The same is true for meshU, the new addition to our family.
So this year, we’ve decided to announce dates and put tickets on sale as early as possible - sometime next week you’ll be able to buy tickets and we’ll post the dates so you can (hopefully) fit us in to your schedule. We’ll make the announcement here, on Twitter and probably on our own blogs, too. If you know people who you think might like to come to mesh or meshU this year, please pass along the news!
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Who do you want to see at mesh 2009?
The mesh team — Rob Hyndman, Mark Evans of PlanetEye, Stuart Macdonald of Tripharbor, Mike McDerment of Freshbooks and I — have been brainstorming about mesh 2009 next spring, and we were hoping some of you might want to contribute some of your brains to the storm, as it were. Let us know who you would most like to see speak at mesh and maybe a little about what you want them to talk about — and whether you think they would fit best in the business, marketing, media or society streams — and we will do our best to make it happen. If you want to re-live the wonders of mesh ‘08, check out the links here.
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