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BarCamps in Europe

admin — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:37:09 +0000

If you haven’t attended a BarCamp yet, well, put it on your to-do list for 2009. If you are unfamiliar with the term BarCamp, you may already be thinking of the German Oktoberfest. Here is a better definition:

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.

To some people, BarCamps are chaotic in the way that they are organized, but it is in their apparent chaos that so many connections are made, ideas are shared, and knowledge is exchanged. First-time attendees may even find it exhausting because there are so many conversations and ideas flying back and forth among participants.

There is no advance agenda – you make the agenda when you arrive. If you really want some advance advice, try these great tips from Emma’s Guide to Great BarCamping. You see, there is something you can bring to a BarCamp – your knowledge and a desire to share.

Oh, and there are rules for BarCamp, but they are not quite what you might expect!

Intercom, the magazine of STC, had an article about BarCamps in the January 2009 issue (link to PDF). (You do not need to be a member of STC to read this article.)

BarCamp London, March 28-29

BarCamp London 6 is a free-to-attend weekend unconference for designers, developers and geeks of all types.

Of course the event is on Twitter at @barcamplondon. Twitter users are encouraged to use the hashtags #bcl6 and #barcamplondon6.

Other BarCamps in Europe in 2009

Look at the list on the BarCamp wiki, and you will see that there are events taking place all over Europe this year: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and more. The London event is but one of the BarCamps taking place in the UK. Note that some BarCamps will be held in the local language, so be prepared if that language is not one that you master.

Follow the BarCamp wiki for news of a BarCamp in your neighborhood.

If you attend one of these BarCamps – and especially if you have a presentation, we’d love to post your experiences here on this blog. A BarCamp is a great forum for talking about anything under the great technical communication umbrella.

London: Social Media conference March 3rd

admin — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:37:58 +0000

Is “social media” something you or your company is investigating – or diving into head first? If you are in London on March 3rd, consider attending the Social Media Influence 09 conference at the Cavendish Conference Centre.

We’ll be bringing the smartest social media practitioners together with the top brands and corporations who have boldly embraced social media communication to provide a full day of insight and intelligence as to how social media will transform your business’ communication strategies.

The target audience includes

Public Relations
Marketing
Internal Communications
Corporate and Social Responsibility
Advertising
Media
IT
E-commerce and high street retail
Customer relationship management
Human Resources and legal

Study the agenda and the speakers list to see whether this is what you need to do on March 3rd!

London: @media09 June 25-26

kmardahl — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:18:46 +0000

The @media conference is back providing

High-value, no-nonsense cutting-edge training and discussion for professional web designers and developers.

What is in store for attendees? This attendee is intrigued by the topics of usability testing and agile methodologies. Read more about @media and find out whether this European web event for professional web designers and developers is also the place for you this coming June 25-26 in London.