what is barcamp
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Participatory
• Do-cracy
• Anyone and Everyone Presents
• Law of two feet
• only requirement - enthusiasm to do and discuss
Open Spaces
• Whoever comes is the right people
• Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
• Whenever it starts is the right time
• When it's over, it's over
Law of two feet
• If at any time during our time together you find yourself in any situation where you are neither learning nor contributing, use your two feet. Go to some other place where you may learn and contribute.
Spaces aka Zones
• many little ones
• a few or one big Space
• can be rooms but doesn’t have to be
• best is if chairs can move!
Who is coming
• Get Contact info - how many is crucial!
• Recruit Special planners
• food
• sponsors
• locale
• wifi
prep - optional
• Food and drinks
• if no sponsorships available ask community to bring food and drinks on WIKI
• Signage (or let community create at event)
• projectors are nice
Sponsorships
• First is hardest
• Chunk into functionality(lunch, breakfast, supplies)
• Give credit
• post to wiki, blog, signs at event
• stickers, t-shirts, flyers?
marketing
• blogs, event calendars, prewritten email prewritten tweet
• logo?
• highlight any famous people in additional posts
• good tags!
Intro - set the tone!
• go over basics of a barcamp for newbies
• pimp the tag for the event!
• wifi password
• location of grid
Intros
• aka Human Search Engine
• everyone goes around the room and says
• Your name
• Title
• 3 TAGS ONLY - self tagging
The prezo
• prep a ton
• or don’t prep at all
• do a panel
• make the entire room a panel (aka discussion!)
• create a workgroup that continues after event
The grid
• Time and location - let people fill in title and speaker
• Needs to be centrally located
• Needs to be editable
• Presentations
• Time slots - do not have to be structured 15 mins - 3 hours (see law of two feet)
• Spaces need names (theme?)
Tourists
• don’t be one
• participate
• if scared - say I’m new. Everyone was new once. Saying you are new is about setting expectations!
Tagging = sharing
• Blogging ie Twitter
• Photosharing ie Flickr
• Videosharing ie youtube, blip.tv
• Presentationsharing ie slideshare.net
• Social bookmarking ie del.icio.us
• Social site annotation - Diigo
key to good Barcamp
• YOU
• recruit nifty people to come and signup on wiki
• they recruit more nifty people
• and so on and so on
Credits...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp
• http://www.barcamp.org/
• http://kaliyasblogs.net/unconference/?p=21
• http://www.unconference.net/
How to contact me?
Silona.com
[email protected](512) 750-9220
Silona_bonewald on Skypesilona on gtalk
http://www.slideshare.net/Silona
This Prezo is listed under
Silly Name...
• a nod to Foocamp inspired by Oreilly’s original version
• created by geeks
• Foobar
• http://www.tantek.com/log/2006/07.html#d10t0805
referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp
http://www.tantek.com/log/2006/07.html#d10t0805
http://www.barcamp.org/TheRulesOfBarCamp
http://www.cleverclevergirl.com/?p=10
http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampTemplate
http://chimprawk.blogspot.com/2006/07/advice-for-planning-bar-camp.html