[OSList] Bar Camp?

Wed Sep 16 15:30:19 PDT 2015

Good -- I was going to mention the wonderful Kaliya as a resource around
all this.

http://www.unconference.net/
On Sep 16, 2015 3:14 PM, "Harold Shinsato via OSList" <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> Hi Lucas,
>
> Thanks for the "hat tip" around "Open Space in the Wild". I started
> composing an OSList message a couple weeks ago which isn't quite ready for
> release, but I do believe that OST has had a lot of children (some
> legitimate, and some maybe not so much). Barcamp is definitely a child of
> Open Space, as is the whole unconference "movement".
>
> There is a difference between unconferences and barcamps. Unconferences
> can include many forms of participant driven content - including collecting
> session suggestions weeks before the event with some kind of web assisted
> topic voting by the participant community. It can even include Lightning
> Talks, like Ignite events. I think the way many Hackathons are explicit
> unconferences too. And thus can trace their ancestry from OST.
>
> A few years ago at one of Kaliya Hamlin's OST conferences I met Dave
> Nielsen, the founder of CloudCamp, an unconference for cloud computing
> enthusiasts. Dave chose OST for his CloudCamp originally, but added some
> things to address issues (just like Peggy Holman added Appreciative
> Inquiry, Warm up Talks, and World Cafe' to her Journalism That Matters
> conferences). Dave Nielsen came up with an interesting innovation called an
> "UnPanel" - where the crowd self-organizes the panelists and the questions.
> He talked about it at an Ignite event,
> http://igniteshow.com/videos/unpanel-one-way-get-your-unconference-started
>
> Originally, a "barcamp" was a DIRECT copy of O'Reilly's FooCamps - a
> private invitation only multi day party/unconference that actually includes
> tents and camping on the O'Reilly publisher's headquarters. The BarCamp
> just wasn't private, and was produced so that anyone could host one. Just
> like Open Space, a BarCamp had multiple locations, and multiple time slots,
> for people to write in their sessions.
>
> If anyone is hosting a BarCamp and allowing pre-scheduled presentations -
> they're violating BarCamp rules.
>
>     "6th Rule: No pre-scheduled presentations, no tourists."
>
> http://barcamp.org/w/page/405173/TheRulesOfBarCamp
>
> My own Open Space story is through hearing about FooCamp, and then
> learning about BarCamp, back in 2007. Techies in Montana wanted a BarCamp,
> and I agreed to get one started. But then I learned about OST through
> Kaliya Hamlin at the huge annual JavaOne conference in San Francisco. And
> then was trained by Lisa Heft. So even though I called my Montana OST a
> BarCamp, and I registered my events as a BarCamp.org, I did it every year
> as a bona-fide OST, even mentioning Harrison Owen every time. No BarCamp
> police came and shut me down - mostly because I refused to be a Nazi with
> the BarCamp "no tourist" rule, which means everyone is supposed to present,
> or help out somehow. Completely unnecessary!
>
> Back in '07 the BarCamp brand was pretty fresh and active, with a larger
> number of North America events. But I got so tired of saying my Missoula
> BarCamp event wasn't about drinking alcohol (Bar's), nor about Camping. So
> we no longer call it a BarCamp. And from what I can see, most of the
> originally juice has flown the coup out of the BarCamp brand. But there's
> lots of juice in Unconferences. More to come.
>
>     Regards,
>     Harold
>
> On 9/16/15 12:57 PM, Lucas Cioffi via OSList wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I want to merge my post from 11 days ago (below) into this thread, because
> it relates to unconferences/barcamps and OS.  The post got stuck in the
> OS List Moderation Queue due to the size of attachments, so now the
> attachments are links instead.
>
> Is there a difference between unconferences and barcamps?  I have seen
> them used interchangeably.  Here's the post from September 5th to add to
> this conversation:
> -----
>
> Hat tip to Harold for bringing up the idea of "Open Space in the Wild" on
> a recent Tuesday OS Hotline call.  Unconferences are one such form that OS
> takes outside of the OS community.  Hat tip to Tricia for hosting the
> Tuesday OS Hotline.  If you haven't attended one yet, look for the
> announcements on Monday/Tuesday on this list.  They are lots of fun!
>
> So here's the topic I'd like to discuss on this thread:
> I understand that unconferences (aka barcamps) evolved/descended from open
> space.  It seems to be an estranged relationship where many of the hundreds
> of people who run unconferences have never heard of open space.  From my
> personal experience and from the opinions of others who have held
> unconferences, they vary in quality from poor quality to excellent,
> depending on many factors such as the level of preparation that
>
> In this thread, I'd like to ask, "What are the main differences between
> unconferences and OS?"  Here's a start to the list of differences that I
> can see:
>
> Some unconferences start with a slide presentation (an example is in the
> links below), and this never happens in OS.
> Unconferences frequently (but not always?) start with theater-style
> seating rather than an opening circle.
> Unconferences have everyone give 3-word introductions.
> Unconferences almost always (from my experience) last one day or less.
> During the closing people will often share "key takeaways" from the
> sessions whereas during an OS, people usually share reflections about the
> overall experience (I think)
> Unconferences rarely mention the terms "butterfly" and the "bumble bee"
> (at least from the 20 that I've attended)
> OS has more of a griefwork element (there is a problem/crisis or the
> situation on the ground is changing and something is ending and we need to
> figure out what comes next) whereas unconferences are more about birds of a
> feather getting together.  Said another way, OS is more frequently about
> collective action and unconferences are more about building social cohesion
> and individual learning.
> Any other key differences?  These are just my impressions.
>
> Another question on my mind: "When is an unconference a more appropriate
> tool than an open space?"
>
> So that you can understand the language of one breed of unconference
> organizers, here are some of the resources that EdCamp (a large
> unconference series) shares with its organizers:
>
> Checklist for how to run an EdCamp unconference:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F4nEotV_Gab-QFIJk_EJSeUOeKTVVV598_jeAhanDjg/edit
> A diagram for EdCamp which describes tips for how a participant can make
> the most of their experience
> <https://qiqochat.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/how-to-maximize-the-edcamp-experience-1.png>
> (I didn't make this, but I uploaded it to my WordPress site since it was
> too big to attach to an OSList message)
> A slide presentation which is used to begin EdCamp unconferences
> <https://qiqochat.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/sample-edcamp-intro-2.pptx>
> A mish-mash of tips and resources for organizing an EdCamp
> <http://www.edutopia.org/edcamp-organizer-resources>
>
> Lucas Cioffi
> Charlottesville, VA
> Mobile: 917-528-1831
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> "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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