Spam @ Barcamps

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I am hearing things that should have not happened are indeed happening.
I heard of people going to BarCamps and complaining about 15 minute spamming sessions. I’ve heard of unattentive organizers preferring the pitch of a product, a software or a blog over discussion and creation.
This is what unconferences should not be. By pitching you are [...]

ecoCamp: a case study

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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 an event management perspective. As [...]

What the Cluetrain Manifesto taught me about events

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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 people [...]

The trade show unfortunate misunderstanding

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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 of the trade shows. [...]

linux.conf.au@eventmanagerblog.com

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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” in Italy and I think they are [...]