I participated at the first Vienna Barcamp 2006. Very interesting,
indeed. I gave a session on "open space", though the whole thing felt
like open space itself. I would call Barcamp a "daughter" of Open Space.
The main difference in my opinion: In a BarCamp there in an explicit
expection that everbody "gives". Giving means, that you invite people in
a session to share your knowledge, experiences, results or whatever with
your attendees in a little starting presentation. After a while the
presentations flow over to questions and answers and discussion.
In most cases there is no need for convergence or something like that:
You give what you want and you take what you like and in the end you
join the party. that's al, but that's a lot.
In wrote an article on BarCamp on my homepage. For folks who read in
german - here is the link: http://www.transformation.at/index.php?art_id=70
Erich from lovely Vienna
Jack Martin Leith schrieb:
I spent Saturday at a Bar Camp in Bath, United Kingdom. It was called
BathCamp.
If you haven't yet come across BarCamp, it's a 24 hour unconference
for people in the tech community: not just web developers, but
everyone working in the online world. In some ways it's very much like
an Open Space event (or Open Space Technology meeting or whatever
wording you prefer). And in some ways it's different. I went to
BathCamp to experience the difference.
A few links before I continue:
BarCamp - http://barcamp.org <http://barcamp.org/>
BathCamp - www.blog.bathcamp.org <http://www.blog.bathcamp.org/>
Unconferences - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference
www.jackmartinleith.com/?p=1237
<http://www.jackmartinleith.com/?p=1237> is a brief report of my
experience.
As I say in the article, I intend to write more later about what
BarCamp can learn from Open Space, and vice versa.
The main thing I learnt is that BarCamps are not the mechanistic
gatherings I'd been led to believe. BathCamp was one of the most
enjoyable gatherings I've taken part in since OT12 (12th conference on
organisation transformation) at Gaunts House, UK, way back in
1994. The spirit and sense of community were outstanding.
Has anyone else on the list experienced both Open Space and BarCamp?
I'm curious to know if BathCamp was an exception, or "the rule".
Jack
Jack Martin Leith
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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