University of Canberra- Recent Changes Camp on wikis. The University of Canberra Recent Changes Camps are part of our outreach to the wiki community, to meet and learn about wiki work, and open, networked practices generally. We plan to host RCC at least once a year from now on. Please see the year links in the above navigation template for documentation of past events. The last RCC Canberra was held on 20–22 January 2012. Click this link for Recent Changes to the University of Canberra RecetChangesCamp pages.Those using RSS to track changes can subscribe here.
The pages with the most recent changes are listed below: How to run a great unconference session. It’s easy to assume that unconferences, the popular trend in tech-sector events, require little thought on the part of session organizers. The myth is that by choosing to do an unconference, special magic will trickle down into all the sessions, blooming into dozens of beautiful flowers of enlightened communal experience.
It’s not true: All unconferences have good sessions and bad. Ask anyone who has attended one – they’ll tell you about dud topics, confused session organizers, and the guy who kept taking the floor to talk about his company in session after session. For all their benefits, unconferences have their bad moments too. One trick with unconferences is not to bet the farm on self-organization: people running sessions have a job to do, and it’s up to them to make the sessions work. Running a good session is easy – it just take some effort and awareness of what can go wrong.
Things to do Create both a topic and an angle. Things to avoid Don’t disapear as the organizer. Advice for Planning a Bar Camp. Dummies Guide to organizing a BarCamp in your city… — amit ranjan. Since DelhiBarCamp , I’ve received a wide variety of queries about the event. They are coming from all quarters– people who want to organize BarCamp in their city and wish to learn from our experience; people who have heard of BarCamp before and want to explore it further; also people who have never heard of it before and would much rather believe that BarCamp is a crash course for aspiring bartenders.
So here’s a back-to-the-basics guide about organizing a BarCamp in your city. This post is essentially a brain dump, where I’ve tried to pass on our learning’s from organizing DelhiBarCamp. The idea is to let others improve on our mistakes. It’s a bunch of random thoughts that may be useful to wannabe BarCampers…… (I was planning to do this earlier but it’s a lonnng post, so it took a few sittings to put this together) History of BarCamp - check out this link to learn the politics behind its inception Who can organize BarCamp - anybody can; I can, you can and so can your/my neighbor.
CampKit. WhatToExpect. What should you expect when attending a BarCamp? Here are a few tips: Preparation Pre-register on the wiki. There's a signup page for your local event. Please put your name and any organization you represent on the form, to give coordinators an idea as to how many people are coming (and to get your nametag printed, instead of Sharpie'd!) The Event When you arrive, go to the pre-registration table, where you can claim your nametag (and sometimes T-shirt).
We start by gathering together in one space and going around the room to introduce ourselves with three tags to describe what we're passionate about (or want to talk about). After a couple of sessions, you will have a significant amount of downtime for lunch. After the sessions are finished, please stick around to clean up. If you brought wireless equipment or power strips, find a coordinator and ask where they're most needed. 20 resources for a smooth BarCamp.
January 31, 2008 | AUTHOR: Julius Solaris | POSTED IN: Barcamps and OpenSource 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 collect a few that helped during the processes.
This list is not complete and needs your participation to become thorough. There we go: Basics - What is a BarCamp? Official Wikipedia description of what is a BarCamp - What is an Open Creative Community These guys are my personal heroes. . - The BarCamp Virgin’s Guide: Making the most of your first BarCamp new !! Great guide by Vero, everyone should read it! - What to expect at a Barcamp The official BarCamp wiki gives info. . - The Rules of BarCamps Few rules that I personally suggest to integrate with OST - Previous BarCamp events - The Open Grid - The BarCamp official Google Group.
Ten Steps to Organizing a Barcamp. Unconference. Unconference. Open space session scheduling History[edit] Unconferences often use variations on the Open Space Technology format / method developed by Harrison Owen in the mid 1980s. Owen's 1993 book Open Space Technology: a User's Guide discussed many of the techniques now associated with unconferences, although his book does not use that term. The term "unconference" first appeared in an announcement for the annual XML developers conference in 1998.[2] The term was used by Lenn Pryor when discussing BloggerCon and was popularized by Dave Winer, the organizer of BloggerCon, in an April 2004 writeup.
Format[edit] Typically at an unconference, the agenda is created by the attendees at the beginning of the meeting. Examples[edit] An unconference can be conducted using a number of facilitation styles. References[edit] External links[edit]