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Re: Unconferences in Business Week

Jeff Haynie — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:01:39 -0000

This is the first year I was invited to FooCamp and I'm excited, especially after helping organize SoCon07 and sponsoring Podcamp Atlanta this year. Once you attend an "unconference" your view of a conference changes. I went to a business conference afterwards and it was almost impossible to "go with the flow".

Re: Unconferences in Business Week

michaelsorg — Tue, 08 May 2007 08:35:27 -0000

Congratulations on the article. I know I'm fiendin' for another podcamp experience. Bootcamp Pittsburgh just left me wanting more. Maybe a couple of us Mayhemers will have to make a trek to some of these other ones the next few months before Podcamp PGH in August.

Re: Unconferences in Business Week

Courtney — Mon, 07 May 2007 20:28:33 -0000

Special education bitch session. Bring beer and your worst parent story, and it'll all be ok.

In all seriousness, though, a special education roundtable would be an interesting experience. We all have different levels of expertise to share. I found myself playing department head at a training a few weeks ago, in lieu of the training I was actually supposed to be delivering. This educator just needed advice in another area I happen to be good in. Teachers need to network more, I think.

Re: Unconferences in Business Week

David LaMorte — Mon, 07 May 2007 09:06:31 -0000

Maybe there are some normal people who work at big corporations and big networks. Maybe.

Re: Unconferences in Business Week

Whitney — Mon, 07 May 2007 09:05:12 -0000

There's nothing that stops the "money" side of things from being authentic or being a conversation.
It requires a will to connect and mix it up with others.

Re: Unconferences in Business Week

JoeC — Mon, 07 May 2007 01:31:18 -0000

The BW article left me feeling a bit conflicted. On one hand, it's very inspiring to see another aspect of user controlled and generated content blossoming. Money and power lose out to passion and simple people-to-people communication. On the other hand, when I see that people are trying to commercialize the unconference (isn't that a contradiction?), I get the same feeling as when I see huge corporations or Old Media papers or networks blogging. I worry, "what will uninitiated people think when they see this called a 'blog' or 'unconference'?"

And I don't think it's just me being snobby. As soon as it stops being just normal people, and starts being a corporation, or network or organization, it starts being about money, power and control. It loses the essence of personal communication, passion and honesty that is the hallmark and true value of anything citizen-created.

Re: Unconferences in Business Week

chrishambly — Sun, 06 May 2007 23:05:26 -0000

I like this, I’m intending to bring a Podcamp with that wonderful approach it has, to a UK University steeped in the traditional “sage-on-the-stage” approach to conferences.

Can’t wait for the two cultures to mix and to show people some new ways of thinking/working.

Re: Unconferences in Business Week

Mark Forman — Sun, 06 May 2007 22:35:53 -0000

Kudos-glad you are getting some old media spin. Hope Podcamp AZ a big smash and you can attend. Who knows maybe I'll be there.

Re: Unconferences in Business Week

Doug Haslam — Sun, 06 May 2007 22:31:48 -0000

Mainstream Media recognizing new media tools is one of the steps in extending the conversation-- each such article brings in many potential audience members, users, and media creators.