Not just another conference…

Technological Innovations

for Indigenous Peoples

The eBario Knowledge Fair as Development Conferencing; an UnConference

Typical Conference Knowledge Fair

Tools for promoting participationFish Bowl: Everyone sitting in circles around a small group of presenters. Anyone can join the inner group when they want to say somethingWorld Café: Small groups discuss specific questions and use graphic recording to present their findings to everyone Nominal Group Technique: For generating ideas, voting on them and converging on priorities

Special edition of the Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries

• More knowledge in the audience than on the stage

• No objectives• Real work in the tea break• Presenters dominate• Talking to, not with.

• Audience become participants• Talking with, not at; creates

understanding and generates change

• Participants create objectives • Format with new techniques.

The Knowledge Tree The English Corner

Not just another conference…