{"id":306,"date":"2006-04-20T11:37:37","date_gmt":"2006-04-20T15:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/04\/20\/the-mesh-wiki-create-a-workshop\/"},"modified":"2006-04-20T11:37:37","modified_gmt":"2006-04-20T15:37:37","slug":"the-mesh-wiki-create-a-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/04\/20\/the-mesh-wiki-create-a-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"The mesh wiki — create a workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve written before about the debate over<\/a> conferences versus “unconferences” — which Dave Winer and Jeff Jarvis and some others (including the whole FooCamp and BarCamp gang) feel is a better way of organizing things<\/a>. As I’ve said before, I think there are benefits to both approaches, whether it’s the free and self-organizing approach or the more structured, charge-a-fee approach. And with our mesh conference<\/a> in Toronto on May 15th and 16th, we’re trying to do a little of both.<\/p>\n

So our keynotes — with Om Malik<\/a>, Tara Hunt<\/a>, Paul Kedrosky<\/a>, Steve Rubel<\/a> and Michael Geist<\/a> — are not going to be traditional keynotes; instead, they will be more like interactive interviews, with (hopefully) lots of audience participation (and Tara is planning to make hers even more interactive, which I can hardly wait to experience). The panels are also going to be unconventional, with a lot more participation and a “No PowerPoint” rule in force. We’ve also got an “unconference room,” which will be available for anyone to host a demo or workshop or whatever they wish.<\/p>\n

And, as Stuart MacDonald writes on the mesh blog<\/a> and Rob Hyndman writes on his<\/a>, we’ve got a new wiki set up (thanks to David Crow and the TorCamp gang) that is open for whatever kind of ideas you might have — about what you want to do in the unconference room, about where to stay when you’re in Toronto, about where the good Wi-Fi hotspots are, or whatever. Giddyup. Mark Evans has more<\/a>, and so does Mike McDerment<\/a> of SecondSite.<\/p>\n

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I’ve written before about the debate over conferences versus “unconferences” — which Dave Winer and Jeff Jarvis and some others (including the whole FooCamp and BarCamp gang) feel is a better way of organizing things. As I’ve said before, I think there are benefits to both approaches, whether it’s the free and self-organizing approach or … <\/p>\n

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