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What is this PodCamp That You Speak Of? PodCamp Western MA 6

Podcamp sessions posting! #pcwm

I recently posted an event on Facebook for PodCamp Western MA 6 and had a friend ask me, “What exactly IS a PodCamp?”.

By definition it is:

PodCamp
A PodCamp is a usually free BarCamp-style community UnConference for new media enthusiasts and professionals including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, social networkers, and anyone curious about new media. The first PodCamp was held September 8-10, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts. PodCamps are now being held worldwide.
What I really think she was asking, though, was more like: What is it like?  What will I learn?  What can I expect at PodCamp?
PodCamp WesternMA - opening remarks

 

I have attended all of the PodCamps in Western MA and several in other parts of the country, as well.  I truly learn more at these events than I do at any other conference and I wouldn’t miss this for anything.  I think the best way for you to better understand what PodCamp Western MA is like is to take a look through my blog posts written after the previous five events.  Take a glance, let me know if you have questions and then go REGISTER for this awesome event!

By the way, it is the only PodCamp I know of existing in the entire Northeast! 

PodCamp Western MA is scheduled for April 19, 2014 and will be held at Holyoke Community College.   You can get more information on the event by visiting their website.

Here are my posts from the PodCamp archives:
PodCamp Western  MA 5- I can’t believe it, but it seems I never did a wrap up blog post after this one?!
BUT I do have a bonus post that I am especially fond of:  The Gifts That Social Media Brought Me

If you have made it this far, I hope to see you in a couple of weeks at PodCamp Western MA 6!

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Honored and excited to be listed in the Top 20 Agents in Western MA for December 2013!

I am excited to be included in this Top 20 list of Top Producing real estate agents from all parts of Western Massachusetts!

Top 20 Agents in Western MA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They did a bit of an interview with me and you can learn a bit more about why I got into real estate, why I love working as a REALTOR in Western MA and even:

“Describe the funniest or most entertaining transaction you’ve had.
I don’t know about entire transactions, but I have had many funny moments: gravestone headstones in basement floors, naked people, sleeping people, falling down in front of clients in the snow, falling down the stairs in front of clients…ah, never a dull moment in real estate!”

To see the entire article visit the Boston Top 20 page.

Thank you to my friends, family and clients who have helped me to grow my real estate career and become a top producing REALTOR in Westfield, MA.  This is a very exciting time for me and I look forward to helping many more people in Western MA with their real estate needs.

If you know someone who is looking to buy or sell real estate in Western MA, I am never too busy to help them!

Lesley Lambert, Top Producing Western MA REALTOR with Park Square Realty 413-575-3611

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Steps for Pediatric Cancer – Pulled at my heartstrings and now I want your help

Last night Morriss and I had dinner at the Frontera Grill in Chicopee.  When I got there I sat next to a friendly man who I chatted with for a few minutes.  Morriss arrived a few minutes later filled with news of his son’s high school open house.

nick cayoIn the course of the evening, we ended up talking with the fellow next to me some more and he introduced himself  as Ed Cayo and shared the story of his son, Nick.  He shared with us that at the age of 11 Nick was diagnosed with a high-grade astrocytoma (malignant brain tumor).  They did surgery and treatment and he lived until one day shy of his 13th birthday.

At this point I reached out and held this man.   He may be a stranger, but he is a parent that lived through the worst thing that I can imagine.  Sitting there with Morriss, who had just attended his 14 year old’s open house and myself the mother of a 9 and 12 year old, the emotions were high.

Ed went on to tell us the inspirational tale of what he and is wife created in the wake of their son’s death.  This is from their website:

 

“Nick’s mom and dad, Michelle and Ed Cayo, knew they needed to make a difference for Nick and all the children with pediatric cancer.  The creation of the Steps for Pediatric Cancer Walk is one step closer to bringing the much needed awareness and funding for pediatric cancer research to the forefront.  Michelle and Ed made a promise to Nick to make a difference…and they never intend to break that promise.“

Morriss and I went on to learn that they had just days before held their first event with outstanding results. While I wish I had known about the event in time to attend, I knew as soon as I heard Ed’s story that I wanted to help in every way possible.  All of the funds raised go to pediatric cancer research at the Jimmy Fund in Boston.  I am making a personal donation, of course, but I wanted to take this one step further.  I have a question for you:

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Can you make a donation of any size?  Can your company become a sponsor?  Can you share this on your social media channels to bring a higher awareness to Western MA? 

I know you can do one of not all of those things and I am emploring you to step up and join me in supporting this.  While I don’t know Ed any better than you can from one evening of conversation, I know he is a survivor and I am so impressed with the fact that he and his wife are turning their grief into a gift to the children.

DONATE HERE

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Jazz Workshop in Northampton with Tap Dance!

Lesley Lambert: Tap dancing REALTOR
Lesley Lambert: Tap dancing REALTOR (Photo credit: LesleyLambert)

This tap dancing REALTOR had a really amazing time on Tuesday night.  There is an awesome Jazz Workshop every Tuesday at Page’s Loft in Northampton and this week it was a tap dance jam, too!

Morriss and I had gone to the workshop a few weeks ago and while signing an email form I mentioned to the organizer that I wished there was a wood floor because their music made me want to sit in as a tap dancer.  I was so excited when he told me that there was a tap workshop coming up.

This Tuesday Morriss and I excitedly arrived at the venue in time to see most of the headliners, Tap and Tray and the Fool (their performance name) made up of two tappers from Germany, Kurt Albert and Klaus Bleis and Josh Hilberman of Boston.  They were fantastic, smooth and fun and oh so cool in their complicated rhythms.  Here they are performing “Buck and Wing”:

After their performance the workshop jam began and the floor was opened to other performers. I was really intimidated and scared to tap, but I also knew that I would really regret it if I didn’t. I was chatting with Sharon Arslanian and she brought me to the floor and next thing I knew I was performing!

It has been a very very long time since I danced in public, much less performing improv, but what a rush! I shared the song with Stefanie Weber (my maiden name!) and we took turns sharing our renditions. She is an amazing performer and has some really cool projects going on.

We didn’t get any video of me dancing on Tuesday, but here is a short video I posted awhile ago:

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“We are smart and we have boobs” A PodCamp Boston 5 Tale

“We are smart, AND we have boobs.”

THAT was my favorite part of Pod Camp Boston 5.

I love un-conferences, I love the energy, the opportunity and the people. I love hearing smart people share their wit and wisdom and I especially love the opportunity to share some of what I know.

This conference was especially good for several reasons.

#1- I got to go with my sweetie, Morriss Partee.

#2- I got to teach advanced Twitter to rockstars.

#3- I met some extremely smart people who happen to have boobs.

I want to spend some time with the third item on my list: the #smartboobs.

On Saturday morning I saw a tweet in the #pcb5 stream from Rakiesha Chase @rawrmeans143 who said she wanted to put together a “Girl Power” session during lunch. I was intrigued enough to commit and after lunch I wandered out to the patio to meet the other women who were curious, too. It was a small, but wonderful gathering of about 7 women and our conversation was stimulating and fun, but far too brief. We decided that we would re-convene the following day, but start earlier and allow time to really broaden our conversations. Rakiesha had initiated a conversation about a Twitter article about women that she had seen and we all agreed was insulting and limiting.

The following day we started to gather, and gather and gather. People just kept coming in (men and women alike) until the room was full with both our original group plus lots and lots more. This lively and intelligent conversation was by far the highlight of #pcb5 for me. How invigorating to be in a room with so many intelligent, caring, forward thinking people! They gave me the opportunity to tell the #TwitterQueens story (xox), too! We didn’t all agree (which is part of the fun), but everyone was respectful and open. This engaging conversation was both enlightening and entertaining and has given me many things to consider and work on. If you want to meet these power house PodCampers you can go on Twitter and search the hashtag: #smartboobs…designated by Tamsen McMahon. After someone commented in the session that we are smart and just happen to have boobs, this hashtag was quickly adopted by the crowd.

While I did attend sessions and learned lots from soooooo many brilliant and generous minds, my favorite parts of Pod Camp Boston 5 happened out of the sessions. In addition to “girl power”, there was dinner with a small, but special group of people and lots of fabulous hallway chats. I made real friends with several people who I found exciting and wonderful and I can’t wait to grow our little seedling friendship into one big, giant, social media tree.

A final thought. At the opening of the camp Chris Brogan and Chris Penn challenged us to ask for the help we needed and to give help where we could. This isn’t just a good Pod Camp thought, this is a great way of being. So I will close by telling my Pod Camp friends and readers of this blog that I am here for you. I know a lot about real estate, quite a bit about social media, I can teach dance and am a terrific listener. Let me know if you need me and I will do the same.