20+ resources for a smooth BarCamp
7 comments so farI 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 [...]
Why my blog is useless…or is it?
4 comments so farWhen 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 discovered new [...]
These feet were made for walking
No commentsPicture 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 scheduled at the end of the day. Or [...]
Open sourcing your event. A featured interview with Harrison Owen
4 comments so farIt 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 negotiate a transforming world. In [...]
The death of the conference oligarchy
No commentsFollowing the recent post on how conferences and events should be more unconferences and unevents, I realize few parts of the above need more information.
So here are the links that Wikipedia makes on Unconference, Foo Camp, Open Space, Dynamic Facilitation, Appreciative Inquiry , Speed Geeking,
- The Unconference Blog- The Open Space Technology- Introduction to [...]
