samaman Congrats team lust!! (and my buddies the sloths)
UPDATE:
Team LUST Wins!! (Thx to J. Heughens for the info)
Representing every office. Top Prize for Camp Organic 15 goes to:
Phil Shih - DET
Nicholas Barnett - TOR
Jolanta Monika Hyjek - SF
Rachel Barek - NY
Richard Liechty - DET
UPDATE2:
Second place, in what was described as a very close contest, was Team Sloth which had Paul Baker, Bert Tam, Steve Conroy and Kai Wright. Congratulations to all the Campers!
Party time, kiddies. Over and out...
We have a winner after intense debates!! Great Camp O everyone. Hold for the official announcement.samamanMan, I have jitters and I know how this ends.
The final day of Camp begins! The Lounge is packed with Campers most of which were too nervous to eat or the food wasn't that great! Anyhow Team Gluttony is up first.
Team Envy just finished their presentation and now celebrating their Camp O experience!
--Jennifer Van Pelt
Tweets From Sam-DET:
- Pride and anger. Lunch. Greed and sloth.
- @rhops guitar wolf freaking rock
- Gluttony and lust done. Envy on deck.
Presentation day!!! #camporganic http://twitpic.com/1q8pw
Here's our last report of the night...stay tuned here for the winning team as soon as we get word from the team on the ground.
ON THE GROUND (w/ Jennifer Van Pelt)
BEFORE! AFTER!
What's behind the curtain? Some teams hid their product and gift behind the curtains as the counselors visited during the red bull run. After visiting all teams the counselors are eager for the unveiling tomorrow. How much sleep will some of the teams get tonight to pull everything together?
Tomorrow Camp will resume back in the Lounge where the teams will take the stage and pitch. --JVPTweets from Conor-NY (follow him here)
- Mmmmmmm.....In and Out Burger. America is good.
- Camp Organic/Vegas: Day 2. Energy level 7. Hours in sunshine 6. Coffee 9
- Kicking off the brief at Camp O. Teams start your engines.
Tweets from Sam(aman)-DET (follow him here)
- women in their evening wear at in-n-out...vegas!!
- Oops I meant 6 *feet* (Sorry Jen)
- Fyi, Jen van pelt likes her guys 6"+ with dimples and a belly
- I'd like to trade in my complimentary axe cologne for some eye drops
Tweets from Marta-DET (follow her here)
- @samaman how can you hate Violator? Halo is probably my fave DM song ever! You wear guilt like shackles on your feet, like a halo in reverse
- Okay... This chocolate and passion fruit sorbet makes up for any soup-related mediocrity
- Soup fail... Butternut squash decent but nowhere near real Paris or even my homemade variety
- Do I try and relive the butternut squash soup from Paris or the french onion soup from Lyon or try the beet apple soup?
- Taking some much needed quiet time in Paris... If only it was the real one w macarons and wine http://twitpic.com/1pshe
- Some great gifts, some fantastic product ideas... Let's see if they can bring it all together #camporganic
Some pics from the field...(thx...J. Van Pelt and J. Heughens)
MIDDAY UPDATE FROM GLUTTONY
10:25: Counselor sent text that we need to have our gift by noon.
noon: We walked our counselor thru our "gift" and feel so much better.
12:35: team break to talk to family, change clothes and smoke
12:47: team back in room brainstorming again
On the sleep thing....at every point yesterday afternoon I was thinking positive and thinking "oh, we're almost finished, I'll be in bed by midnight. " Then midnight turns to 12:30 and you think I'll be in bed by 1. Then 1 comes and you're hoping that if you can at least get 5 hours, you'll be okay. I got almost five :) --Sarah Jo Sautter (camper)
ROUNDUP
Teams are feeling great with their spirits high! They hit the strip this morning to interview more individuals that fit their persona. By now most teams are back in their rooms working on the gift they have found or trying to get to that point. With their spirits high, where will the teams be at Red Bull run? We shall see. --Jennifer Van Pelt (staffer)
NEW YORK -- It's happening. Everyone is scrambling to get everything together as we shift floors a bit to allow for a re-furb of our NY offices. Here's some pics to set the scene. I'll be providing weekly updates of our adventures throughout the building.--Nicole G.
From Sam's Twitter (follow him here)
- Bout to hit in-n-out in the courtesy limo
TEAM ANGER EATS ANGRILY!
From Marta's Twitter (follow her here)
- In a green stretch limo on the way to In & Out burger... Good to be a camp counselor http://tinyurl.com/aae8xz
- Hopes her campers are out there rocking it out there
- Just bought the Depeche Mode iTunes pass... DM must really love Apple, they've had a lot of these firsts
- @Shaneginsberg this link made me think of you http://tinyurl.com/arbb2v http://is.gd/kQ3v
- awwww... what's better than a cute animals site, a list of all the places you can find cute animals http://is.gd/kQ3v
- made it back safely to the air conditioned Palms... deciding between napping, drinking, or working and in what order
- Is hitching a ride from a female student to make it back to the strip, gotta love camp o http://bit.ly/kpLpC
- Hanging out with college boys at UNLV figuring out where to find college girls... First attempt denied
Some tools of the Camp O Trade: Sharpies, Stickies, Caffeine. (Photo: Jim Heughens)
From Marta (DET) (follow her here)
- .. when they see the opportunity in a personal way, it begins to click. All the more reason we need social semantic web (matchmaking)
- When people say they don't get Twitter... I ask them what they love and then google top ____ (video game, wine, govt) twitter
- I'm loving that Camp O is bringing some new Organics to Twitter... Twitter cannot be explained, it has to be a personal experience
From Sam (DET) (follow him here)
- up at the buttcrack of dawn...so eager to get this show on the road.
- push
- story SLAMMAJAMMYJAM
From Shane (SF) (follow him here)
- Back on top. Up 102.
- Learning storytelling from the moth. Flame.
These Counselor shirts technically debut tomorrow, so...you're getting a scoop as a reward for being a loyal AHO reader. -- ed.
LAS VEGAS -- Day one of Camp Organic just completed. Adding the MOTH to the mix of Camp O was grrrreat! They in helped Organics learn how to use the art of storytelling here at Camp and gave Campers skills to take back to the office. As Shane or Conor mentioned, we don't make websites anymore we tell stories at Organic.
The Campers have been set loose for the night. Will they
take Shane's advice and go to sleep? Time will only tell. -- Jennifer Van Pelt
- I'm ancy to storytell too! Got a great one about a French biker forcing me to eat my first oyster. But I'm observer and nurturer this round
- @slange70 indeed! Stage show in the lounge right now, mixing Camp O up this year
- Time to tell some stories... Working with The Moth right now. We don't create websites anymore we have to be storytellers
- The campers arrive... They don't even know what they are in for!! :)
We've got Twitter Tweets from counselors, thoughts from Campers and general awesome coverage from staffer Jennifer Van Pelt to soothe you at home worried about your precious loved ones off in the wilds of Vegas...so stay tuned. Here's some pre-coverage of Tuesday for you... --Ed.
New digs at this Camp...we'll be starting in a little place called The Lounge to try and loosen things up (the meeting rooms can be a bit stifling, right?)
32 campers 7 counselors and 1 Marita is the combination for an exceptional Camp Organic! Tonight Orangic will host, Camp Organic for the 15th time. With campers awaiting the start they roam the casino floor popping their heads into the lounge trying to get a peak at what is in store for the next three and a half days.
Here's Dinner...hint, hint?
- J. Van Pelt
People are telling me you don't sleep. That got me thinking maybe should I stockpile some for reserves. I tried to go to bed earlier last night, but got sucked in by the Oscars. And tonight there is no reprieve either. We have a live chat inside the Customer Advisory Board with Stephen Bartoli, Chrysler's VP of Regulatory Affairs and Product Strategy. I won't be out of here until 11 or later. Then, I'll go home and lament about what to pack in the morning. Throw in an early morning natural alarm clock (read: toddler) and I'll be lucky to get 5 or 6 hours in the bank. Maybe this will be like that first week home with the newborn all over again.
--Sarah Jo Sautter
Full coverage coming from Nicole Goldman, an All Hands favorite from Camp O's gone by. And if you have any questions...just ask her.
Our own Jennifer Van Pelt from SF will be handling the reporting duties from the casino floor. And you'll hear who won right here on All Hands first. Bet on it.
The creative folks took a brainbreak and stretched their legs this afternoon with the new office toy.
The Detroit Organic office is in the middle of their own social networking experiment: how quick and how much money can be raised to benefit the 1.1 billion people worldwide who don't have access to safe, clean drinking water?
The effort started only 12 short days ago, when Organic's Group Director, Global Business, Lori Laurent Smith was approached by an organizer of the International Twitter festival (Twestival) asking if she could organize the event for Detroit. Twestival is being hosted on February 12 in 170+ cities across the globe with the goal of bringing together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for www.charitywater.org.
A small group of volunteers at Organic, including Traci Armstrong, Maureen Tedford, and Debbie Klaft, quickly assembled and devised a plan to harness the power of their personal networks to tap into for sponsorships and silent auction donations. The original goal was to raise $4000 - or the cost for at least one well - on behalf of charity:water. However, the volunteer team estimates we'll quickly surpass that goal, given the generosity of local vendors who have donated everything from the complete Xbox Entertainment Package, to Red Wings / Tigers / Pistons tickets, to a tandem bicycle built for two! To see all items donated, go to: http://detroit.twestival.com/
Thanks to the lightning speed, viral nature of Twitter, Facebook and Linked in, silent auction items continue to roll in. Guests can still register to attend at: www.amiando.com/twestivaldetroit Bad news and the failing economy may be the headlines in the news, but here at Organic-Detroit - the generosity of the ad community continues to prove the true resilience of our community.
--Traci Armstrong
So that's why we ate buffet style at Camp O...aha!
Courtesy of: Jocelyn Startz