is a conference like a pharmacy or a bookstore: Cartoon by Harry Bliss, showing a man at a pharmacy gazing at a notice that says "STAFF PICKS"
A traditional conference is like a pharmacy. Content is prescribed, and you pick it up in a session. Hopefully, it will fix what ails you.
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#meetings #MeetingDesign #TraditionalConference #versus #PeerConference #unconference #eventprofs
For everyone headed to #ElixirConfEU, don't forget to hit up the @TheErlef's #Unconference the day before 😎 marketing.erlef.org/events/malag...
There is also a #Nerves and #GRiSP workshop! #ElixirLang
Participants gather at the 2022 SoCraTes peer conference
Software testers do peer conferences (aka unconferences) right! Here are three examples of software tester conference awesomeness.
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#meetings #unconference #SoCraTes #PeerConference #SoftwareTesting #eventprofs #assnchat
scenes from a peer conference: screenshot from a video about the 2014 VT Vision for a Multicultural Future Peer Conference
Want to get a taste of what I do? Here's a two-minute video of some scenes from a peer conference (with cameo appearances!)
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#meetings #EventDesign #Vermont #unconference #eventprofs #assnchat
A table with office material, stickers and yellow T-shirts in the style of the sex pistols (black letterson top and a pink invert on the bottom) spelling "Never mind the billionares here's the fediverse". Next to them is a purple sign saying "T-Shirts donation-based" and up from it is a A4 QR code asking for support for donation for the NOAW unconference. On the right there is story card with a Monty Python reference picture of a foot and the title "Shapping a rock into a ball"
Thanks to everyone who attended the #NOAW unconference, & @manfredzielinski & @douwe from the @gemeenteamsterdam for all their support!
It was a pleasure to be a harbour for a great variety of space ships in the #fediverse
Main takeaway:
We ALL want to see […]
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photograph of attendees at a peer conference: The Third Annual Vermont Vision For A Multicultural Future peer conference, November 6-7, 2014
Scenes from a peer conference: The Third Annual Vermont Vision For A Multicultural Future peer conference, November 6-7, 2014
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#meetings #EventDesign #Vermont #PeerConference #unconference #MulticulturalFuture #eventprofs #assnchat
@measurecamp-italy.bsky.social we are back again ❤️
First time in Ranstadbox, amazing place! And surrounded by amazing people!
#analytics #community #eomeninanalytics #unconference
great they delivered some sunshine as well!
—do not forget your bathing suit ;)
@FediVariety
#jugglingthefediverse #fedivariety #noaw #unconference #fediverse #opensocialweb #socials #publicspaces #activitypub #research #activism #ccc #amsterdam
woohoo..
So here’s the hot spot.. thu-fri 19-20… Nodes On A Web - the unconference about fediverse integration in/for public institutions...
Tnx for the fantastic bunch of session suggestions —all to be shaken *and* stirred at http://noaw.org—looking fwd! Cya […]
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🚀 Tickets for the 16th ProductCamp Vancouver 'un-conference' are now available! 👏 Grab your FREE spot for Saturday, May 9 at The University of British Columbia Robson Square before they're sold out! www.eventbrite.ca/e/productcam... #PCV26 #productmanagement #unconference #Vancouver #alwayslearning
#FediForum2026 is coming up in April, 28th - 30th. If you don't know what #FediForum is, it's an online #unconference where we all get together, talk about what projects folks are working on, meet each other, etc. I've been to two of them last year and I've met so many fantastic folks there […]
Image of a massive printed program full of many conference session topics
Most meeting planners think that conference session topics must be preplanned. Instead, build a program that reflects actual wants and needs.
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#meetings #EventDesign #predetermined #MeetingProgram #unconference #PeerConference #eventprofs #assnchat
Hmm.. In case you're wondering which topics could be discussed on an unconference about fediverse integration in/for public institutions...
check out this preliminary overview:
https://www.fedivariety.org/noaw-session-proposals
wow... all kinds of topics […]
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Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages: painting A Friday Evening Discourse at the Royal Institution; Sir James Dewar on Liquid Hydrogen, 1904 (oil on canvas)
An article in Wired Magazine argues that "Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages." I agree — but there's some light in the darkness!
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#meetings #EventDesign #ScienceConferences #improvements #PeerConference #unconference #eventprofs
On the #Fediforum #GrowingTheOpenSocialWeb #unconference right now. And the diversity, the experiences in just the first 30 minutes is incredible. We have so many folks from all types of different backgrounds learning and SHARING with everyone else.
This is absolutely incredible being on this […]
Words we use for meetings: an animated graphic showing competing words used in the meeting industry. Online versus virtual. Networking versus connection. Unconference versus peer conference.
The words we use for meetings matter. By changing the words, we can change how we think about meetings. Here are three examples.
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#networking #connection #virtual #online #unconference #eventprofs #assnchat
A photograph of a smiling conference participant who, with others, is dot voting on session topics written on large sticky notes posted on a wall
How to use sticky notes to crowdsource sessions and level of interest dot voting to choose the sessions your attendees need & want
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#meetings #EventDesign #GroupWork #crowdsourcing #SessionSelection #DotVoting #PeerConference #unconference #eventprofs
Inside a Conference That Works: photograph of edACCESS 2014 Three Questions session by Brent Seabrook Photography
Being Schooled: Inside a Conference That Works is one of the best descriptions I've read of the opening of a peer conference
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#meetings #EventDesign #unconference #review #edACCESS #MeetingsNet #events #eventprofs
Unconference bloggage: if you're in the Óbidos area on Saturday, come down!
Also in this week's blog, an updated version of a poem I originally wrote back in 2020! It's called Un-, which I felt chimed with the theme of Unconference...
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#blog #unconference #poetry
biggest unconference mistake: a screenshot of a computer software dialog box with the title "Warning" and the text "Proceeding with the operation 'Delete' will erase the contents of your hard drive. What do you wish to do?" Two option buttons are provided: "Proceed" and "Delete", and the dialog close box is greyed out.
What's the biggest unconference mistake you can make? Probably, adding an unconference track to a conventional conference program!
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#meetings #EventDesign #unconference #track #mistake #eventprofs
experts conference: photograph of a "drive-by" fast food restaurant with customers' motorbikes parked inside. Photo attribution: Flickr user jannem
Want to discover the experts at your conference? Peer conferences allow participants to discover the experts in the audience.
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#meetings #EventDesign #experts #PeerConference #unconference #events #eventprofs
