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Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:20:54 +0000

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By: Johannes Ahrenfelt

Johannes Ahrenfelt — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:14:46 +0000

James,

Thank you for commenting. I will certainly explore this method further as it seems to allow for the generation of new ideas and provide opportunity to share your own with a varied group of people. This is certainly one thing that I found interesting about ‘unconference’; the potential to communicate on themes rather than one a rigid topic, this way people from different spheres can collaborate.

By: James Yeang

James Yeang — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:25:14 +0000

@Johannes : I think blogs which detail unconferences are your best bets. There are few set rules in play so its very much a play-by-ear environment.

Here’s an example of one form it can take – In Barcamp Bangkok, there were 8 rooms running concurrently, but there were so many willing speakers that people vote for which speakers they want to hear from before each session.

By: Johannes Ahrenfelt

Johannes Ahrenfelt — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:10:44 +0000

Hi,

Thank you for a set of useful tips. This approach seems ideal for creative networking. Pecha-Kucha is another one which seems to follow similar creative elements. Are there any books on the subject or other websites?

Thanks again.

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Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:39:32 +0000

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By: Mike Tee

Mike Tee — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:25:35 +0000

It’ll be interesting to see how businesses can adopt this “offline web2.0-style” unconferencing for their own benefit. We had a similar one just the other day with a client; where they had their own staff & friends from the industry come in and give talks / sessions on their experience & knowledge. The whole thing was very small and friendly, and offered a good chance for employees to know one another on a different level – good for team building too!

By: James Yeang

James Yeang — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:59:39 +0000

Yeah… I’d also love for business meeting conferences to be like this. This will at least force people to keep on time, and stay on point.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:40:16 +0000

Dear brother, great tips. When I saw you in Startup Camp, was about to tell you that when I see you I think of beef or kiva :-) Anyway, as I had to leave early, I had to skip your session as planned.

I like unconference. I wonder I can make an analogy to cell groups or not. But I think it is one of best ways for learning and sharing. Imagine an unconference can be held anywhere, anytime, scalable to any number of people, in any language, on any topic, wouldn’t it be nice?

http://www.rickysoo.com/2008/08/04/barcamp-the-ideal-learning-platform/