[OSList] Bar Camp?

Wed Sep 16 07:00:12 PDT 2015

"Lean Coffee" is yet-another derivative of Open Space. It's simple, fun, 
and useful- like OST itself.

Here is the origin story:

www.leancoffee.org
Lean Coffee started in Seattle in 2009. Jim Benson and Jeremy Lightsmith 
wanted to start a group that would discuss Lean techniques in knowledge 
work – but didn’t want to start a whole new cumbersome organization with 
steering committees, speakers, and such. They wanted a group that did 
not rely on anything other than people showing up and wanting to learn 
or create.

Apparently, (almost) everybody believes Lean Coffee is in fact a 
stripped-down "light" version of OST for smaller groups:
https://www.google.com/search?q=www.leancoffee.org+open+space&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Daniel
www.openspaceagility.com/about

On 9/16/15 9:40 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList wrote:
> Bar Camp history does not support the idea that BarCamp precedes OST 
> development:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp#History
> The first BarCamp was held in Palo Alto, California 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California>, from August 
> 19–21, 2005
>
> So interesting also, that the name derives (indirectly) from "foobar"...ha
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp#History
> The name /BarCamp/ is a playful allusion to the event's origins, with 
> reference to the programmer slang term, foobar 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar>: BarCamp arose as an 
> open-to-the-public alternative to Foo Camp 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp>, which is an annual 
> invitation-only participant-driven conference hosted by Tim O'Reilly 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Reilly>.
>
> "Foo camp" which preceded Bar Camp also came much later than OST:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp
> The first FOO Camp was held in August, 2003, and had approximately 200 
> attendees.^
>
> Daniel
> www.openspaceagility.com/about
>
>
>
> On 9/16/15 4:53 AM, Martin Roell via OSList wrote:
>> Hey Arno,
>>
>> Arno Baltin via OSList wrote:
>>> I have been assisting a group of professionals at organising their
>>> annual meetings for couple of years. These have been unconferences in
>>> different forms - Open Space, World Cafe, ... This time they chosed Bar
>>> Camp.
>>> I have no experience with that. Reading through some materials, appears
>>> it is more like a technically well supported Open Space which is a
>>> preference of IT  people and a predecessor of OS.
>>> I would appreciate any hints on how to facilitate a Bar Camp.
>>> It will be a 2 day meeting of (maximum) 100 participants.
>> Barcamp is like a badly done OpenSpace with some constraints that make
>> it harder to get work done.
>>
>> So _basically_, if you just open space, like you normally would, but
>> calling the whole thing "BarCamp" (and saying the word "BarCamp" a lot,
>> Barcamping-People seem to like that), all will be well. (Or, in your
>> context, simply drop that, open space, and let people get to work.)
>>
>> (Barcamps have a tendency for a "facilitator" to "help" people post
>> "sessions" to the marketplace. They also have a ritual where after a
>> person announces a "session" (it's always a "session", never an
>> "issue"), the "facilitator" asks the "participants" for a show of
>> interest ("raise your hand if you are interested in attemding this
>> session") so that they can then "plan" better (many hands: you get a big
>> room assigned). There is no circle at the beginning, and none at the
>> end. A lot of "teaching" takes places - extroverted people "giving"
>> sessions to the less extroverted one, much less walking-around, less
>> spontaneity. If "teaching" is the goal, they actually work decently.)
>>
>> You'll probably get some slack from hardcore barcampers if you don't do
>> all of that; and you'll step on people's toes for not following other
>> barcamp-rituals, but I'd still go for it in the context you described.
>> Check in with your sponsor why they want "BarCamp" - what does that mean
>> for them, what's the important thing in that for them.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Martin
>
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