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media type="custom" key="27786489" align="right"What's a BarCamp?
related: communication, ost, green drinks editing: [|Events]

We are big fans of Open Space Technology, so it comes as a natural step to find BarCamps intriguing.

What's a BarCamp? BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. The procedural framework of BarCamp is similar to Open Space Technology methodology for organizing meetings. The event begins with a blank wall and time slots and participants organize their own conversations.

The first BarCamp was held in 2005 and was organized in less than one week from concept to event, with 200 attendees. Since then, BarCamps have been held in over 31 cities around the world, in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Australasia and Asia.

Recommended Reading
[|Rules of BarCamp]

2010
[|Barcamp Auckland] - [|Twitter]

More about Barcamps
[|Barcamp] [|Barcamp Links] [|Bar Camp - Wikipedia] [|Unconference]

Australia Example
[|PubCamp Media Day] The Web is now sixteen years old. Like most teenagers, it's obsessed with its social life and wears strange clothing. It thumbs its nose at convention and is impossible for most normal grown-ups to understand. It's not mature yet, but growing up fast. And while it may be out to change the world, it also seems intent on smashing up everything that has come before. Do you ever get the feeling you don't really understand where the Web's heading or that it's leaving you behind? You're not alone. The simple fact is no one really knows for sure or has all the answers.

[|Web Media Unconference Schedule]

New Zealand
[|Barcamp Auckland] [|Jump in Barcamp Auckland] http://work.miramarmike.co.nz/2009/10/how-to-facilitate-barcampunconference.html http://gathergather.co.nz - https://twitter.com/nzgather

UK Example
[|BarcampUKGovWeb - Flickr] [|BarcampUKGovweb - Wiki]

Africa Example
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Questions
Is it possible to create events that are a hybrid of a traditional conference and a BarCamp? What is the relationship between BarCamps and Open Space Technology? Are any BarCamps interested in participation from Planeta.com? Can BarCamps be used to improve web-based education in specific fields, say tourism and ecotourism? What options exist that are similar to Barcamp?

Editing
How green is your eco conference? [|Green Events] [|Conferencing in the Virtual and Natural Worlds]

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