Most of my afficionados know that I’ve worked in the past two months at ecoCamp, a BarCamp about the environment, ecology, sustainability and energy. The event took place yesterday 29th of March 2008 in Conversano – Italy. This post sums up what happened before, during and after the event, from… Read more
What the Cluetrain Manifesto taught me about events
March 16, 2008 By
The Cluetrain Manifesto is almost ten years old. I was actually surprised to see it was written in 1999 for two reasons: – It is amazing to see how it is still relevant to both Internet and businesses. The words of the manifesto sound like a Web 3.0 startup’s mission. They got it right. The… Read more
The trade show unfortunate misunderstanding
February 20, 2008 By
Last week the blog was fairly inactive as I went to London to attend the 2008 International Confex. For those out there who don’t know what I am talking about, Confex is one of the biggest trade shows for event planners, mangers and everyone involved into the industry. This is the trade show… Read more
linux.conf.au@eventmanagerblog.com
February 9, 2008 By
Few days ago Melbourne hosted the biggest Linux conference of Australia. This event has completely captured for a number of reasons. – I am a member of the Italian Linux Society – I’ve erased from my PC every form of proprietary software, choosing Kubuntu – I’ve participated to a “Linux Day”… Read more
20+ resources for a smooth BarCamp
January 31, 2008 By
I recently engaged seriously in running a BarCamp called ecoCamp (the page is in Italian but I’ll be more than happy to answer questions about it). In the process, I noted that there is no page where you can find most of the resources available on how to run a BarCamp. Therefore, I started to… Read more
Why my blog is useless…or is it?
January 25, 2008 By
When I started this blog I had clear goals in mind. I wanted to share whatever I learned when organizing events. I thought that it could have been a great resources blog for those seeking for tips, tools, templates and solutions.I had to surrender to communities. While I dove into the blogosphere I… Read more
These feet were made for walking
January 22, 2008 By
Picture this. An important conference/meeting. An endless bullet point presentation of obvious things you already know. Boring minutes waisted, but you have to stay there. Maybe your boss forced you to, or maybe you’re there because you are waiting for the big name, which has been wisely… Read more
Open sourcing your event. A featured interview with Harrison Owen
December 12, 2007 By
It is a great honor for this blog to host Harrison Owen as a part of the featured interviews section. Harrison has worked on virtually every continent with organizations ranging from small villages to large corporations and NGOs. His major concern has been to assist organizations as they… Read more
