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Flickr photo courtesy of: suscamp & harbordhamfats

I was very lucky to have the opportunity to both present and speak with so many interesting people at the first Sustainability Camp 2008 in Toronto http://suscamp.wikidot.com/present-suscamp

My session was called “Hacking the Fair Trade business model. An introduction to the FTJ Co. Family Supply Chain” and it was intended to be one which introduced other businesses to our ‘for profit/ non profit’ business model including real world examples from our start-up organization. This was my 1st time presenting my ideas/org at an ‘Unconference’  and I could not have asked for a better room, it was full of excellent questions and people - I even earned a glowing blog post from Mark Federman.

I was recently told there was an opportunity to have the video of my talk posted for anyone to see on YouTube.  I declined that and I want to explain why I declined it. I was there to talk about the idea of a “family supply chain.”  It was not meant to be an infomercial for my company.  Nor was it meant to be a public broadcast of my personal views on the jewellery industry. 

Of course this is how I saw the event those who attended may have other views which is why I would like community to comment. Personally I think so much talk on my business undermines spirit of an event which I would very much like to see evolve. So should the video go up? Or can we rely on blog posts like Mark’s and from people in attendance for commentary/reviews? Please feel free to add your comments to this post.