Seattle Mind Camp

Bring Stuff!

Posted by Justin Martenstein
Categories: Tips, Upcoming

Mind Camp is all about participation and networking - checking out what cool projects people are working on, and getting a chance to show off your own work, or to discuss your crazy off-the-wall ideas. We want to encourage everyone, therefore, to Bring Stuff. If you have a cool gadget you want to show off, bring it. If you’ve a website that you want to get some eyeballs on, bring your laptop (we’re working hard to make sure wireless will be readily available). Even if it’s just a cool book or piece of video, or anything that might spark an interesting conversation, bring it with you. We want everyone engaged and active and helping us out to make sure Mind Camp 3 blows the socks off of the last two. See you Saturday!

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Covering Mind Camp 3.0

Posted by Stuart Maxwell
Categories: Tips

Josh Hallett has put together a very useful post titled ”How to Blog a Conference.” He lists the hardware and software tools you’ll need, as well as team strategy for getting the best coverage.  Having done some live blogging in the past for various events, I can tell you that this would have been a nice checklist to have before I got started.

We’d love to encourage as much blog and podcast coverage as possible from the floor of Mind Camp 3.0.  If you’re thinking about using Josh’s techniques, let us know about it, would you?  And Josh would appreciate some feedback as well.

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Tips for the Unconference Presenter

Posted by Stuart Maxwell
Categories: Tips, Sessions

The idea of an unconference is relatively new, so I suppose it’s not surprising that few people have a well-developed sense of how to plan and execute a top-notch unconference session.  Time management, choosing compelling topics, or coping diplomatically with a participant who’s monopolizing the conversation can all be challenges, even for experienced conference presenters.  So, whether you’re a newbie to November’s Mind Camp, or an experienced ‘Camper, you’ll really appreciate Scott Berkun’s latest post entitled ”How to run a great unconference session.”

Scott’s post is filled with plenty of Dos and Don’ts, including some session patterns you can use to help shape your presentation.  If you’ve signed up for Seattle Mind Camp, or any unconference, I’d encourage you to give it a read.

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