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I got my start in Open Space via BarCamp.<br>
<br>
I first heard about FooCamp, wished I could attend, and eventually
found out I could host my own BarCamp. Others in my state had heard
about them, and there was some support in my community to initiate
one in Missoula.<br>
<br>
Then the 2007 JavaOne conference in San Francisco included a
"BarCamp" side track with Kaliya Hamlin facilitating. It was poorly
attended (about 16 people out of potentially 15,000+), but Kaliya
invited me to the "Real Thing", her Internet Identity Workshop a few
days later not too far away (Mountain View). It was a real Open
Space, and it was there that Kaliya introduced me to Lisa Heft. The
following winter I took Lisa's training.<br>
<br>
But since people already recognized and supported the BarCamp
"brand", I just ran my BarCamp with true and blue Open Space.
Opening and closing circles, butterflies, bumblebees, surprises, and
whenevers/whoevers. We kept the BarCamp moniker for 6 years doing it
each time as an Open Space. Only the seventh year I was finally able
to lop off the BarCamp part. (And there was much rejoicing.)<br>
<br>
Read the history of BarCamp: <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference</a>.
It comes from Open Space! The origin story was obscured in the past,
but now it's out in the open. Sarah Winge organized the first
FooCamp for O'Reilly based on her experience with OST, <b>AND WITH
CONVERSATIONS WITH HARRISON OWEN</b>.<br>
<br>
However wayward are the children of Open Space - I'm grateful to
BarCamp (and FooCamp) for launching me into something that has
totally inspired and invigorated my professional and personal life.
Thank you BarCamp! May you eventually acknowledge and honor your
heritage!<br>
<br>
Harold<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/24/16 4:47 AM, Barry Owen via
OSList wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I could write a veritable book about my experiences
with BarCamp here in nashville, TN in the past 6 years.
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<div>It's pseudo self organization at best . . . There's a tip
of the hat to unconference at the beginning as folks arrive
and are invited to write down "Things they want to Learn" and
"things they want to teach".</div>
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<div>The "organizers" then fill the schedule while the
participants mingle, and the event starts (as aforementioned)
with a very brief introduction.</div>
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<div>Most sessions are "teaching" and not open dialog and many
are pre-loaded speakers who were specifically invited to come
with all expenses paid. </div>
<div><br>
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<div>my understanding is that BarCamp was initially designed as
a "Technology Conference" for computer Geeks, so perhaps it
'works" better with Geeks. Using it for other other purposes
(Organizational Development/transformation etc) is an
unintended use of the original format.</div>
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<div>So - I think BarCamp serves the intended purpose well - and
I believe some misguided folks are attempting to plug a square
hole with a round peg thinking that it's interchangeable with
OST</div>
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<div>My 2 cents </div>
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<div>This ain't Open Space!</div>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I had never heard of
BarCamp. I was smiling too as I read Martin’s response. If
anyone mentions it to me, I will just roll my eyes :-)
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Martin,
<div>I smile when I read your text - I can
almost feel your irritation over comparing OST
with Barcamp :-)</div>
<div>Thank you all who had answered - I now
think that I will not ever say that it’s like
OST, but that they had borrowed a few thing
but got them backwards…(oops)</div>
<div>:o)</div>
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<div>Eva P Svensson via OSList wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Dear friends,<br>
Today I heard a woman talking about
setting up a meeting using BarCamp
as a method. I asked her to explain
to me what it was and when she did
that I had a hard time finding the
differences between that and Open
Space. One thing was that, as she
explained it, the time slots were 45
minutes then 15 minutes pause then
new 45 minutes and so on. Otherwise
it seemed more or less like copy and
paste from Open Space. Anyone who
knows more about it?<br>
:o)<br>
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<br>
I have attended a good number of
Barcamps and OST meetings, and I<br>
believe I even vented my frustration
about BarCamps on this list before. :)<br>
<br>
To make a long story short, a few
points of how BarCamps are different.<br>
(This may be just my limited sample of
Barcamps held in Germany in the<br>
last 4 years.)<br>
<br>
* No circle at the beginning<br>
* A ritual "say your name and your
three #tags" instead before things<br>
start (stopping the flow, boring the
hell out of everyone, etc etc)<br>
* When announcing a session, one asks
for a raise of hands to gauge<br>
interest.<br>
* The "Facilitator" then allocates you
a room ("thank you for announcing<br>
your session so cutely. Here's a room
for you.")<br>
* and sometimes STICKS THE PAPER INTO
THE SCHEDULE FOR YOU (you don't<br>
get to choose the room for yourself:
they do it for you!)<br>
* Facilitators generally make looong
remarks about BARCAMP before things<br>
start and ask for a raise of hands,
how many people have attended<br>
BARCAMPS before, and how many (more is
better)<br>
* Facilitators inform people that
BARCAMP is AMAAAAZING because: YOU GET<br>
TO PARTICPATE! WOW!!1 They make the
event more amazing by talking about<br>
how amazing it will be (preventing
anyone from getting to work).<br>
* Much of the butterfly conversation
is about BARCAMP and how AMAZING it
is.<br>
* There is usually no issue, but a
"theme" for the event; what gets<br>
posted are not "issues" but
"sessions". (In the Barcamps I
attended, not<br>
a single session was posted that had a
question mark in it.)<br>
* "Sessions" are often teaching,
delivered by extroverts<br>
<br>
One a more serious note:<br>
Barcamp differs from OST culturally,
in the sense that it is often used<br>
for what I'd call "participatory
teaching / knowledge sharing events":<br>
In Germany, they seem to become
popular with companies now, as a way
to<br>
save education budgets ("our staff can
now share knowledge with<br>
eachother! Using BARCAMP!! ITS CHEAPER
THAN SEMINARS!!!!"), whereas OST<br>
functions... hm, better? more
naturally? - as a problem solving...<br>
thing. Or so.<br>
<br>
Or, very simply and more personal:
Everytime I hear someone say<br>
something along "Barcamp is not so
different from Open Space, is it?" I<br>
get quite mad, because I have often
seen amazing things happen in Open<br>
Space events, and never seen anything
amazing happen in BarCamps.<br>
<br>
YMMV.<br>
<br>
Martin<br>
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