Unconference 101

Who we are

• Steve Williams

• Elijah van der Giessen

• Karen Quinn Fung

What is Vancouver ChangeCamp?

• One-day hybrid conference/unconference to answer these questions:– How can we help

government become more open and responsive?

– How do we as citizens organize to get better outcomes ourselves?

A bit of history

• Story of changecamp– Toronto– Ottawa– Coming to Vancouver

Unconferences

• An unconference is a facilitated, participant-driven conference centered around a theme or purpose

• Usually based on Open Space principles

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference

Open Space Principles

• Self-organizing• All attendees are encouraged

to present or facilitate a session

• The goal is understanding, not necessarily to "win" or win support by being right

• Anyone can request assistance from any designated Facilitator at any time

• Law of Two Feet

Wikis• A wiki is a website that,

allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked Web pages

• Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites.

• VanChangeCamp Wiki:– http://wiki.changecamp.ca/

VanChangeCamp

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Blogs• A blog is a type of

website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

• "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

• VanChangeCamp blogs:– http://vanchangecamp.wordpress.com

and http://changecamp.ca/blog/

Twitter

• Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read each others' updates, known as tweets.

• Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters, displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to other users - known as followers - who have subscribed to them.

• VanChangeCamp tags:– #vanchangecamp

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter

Flickr/YouTube/Delicious

• Photo sharing• Video sharing• Bookmark sharing

• All based on “tags”– Use

“vanchangecamp” to connect the dots

“The Day”

Next Steps: Start talking

• Do you have a blog, a Twitter account, a Facebook account? Write down or talk about your ideas using whatever tool you're comfortable with, then tell others where you're talking

Next Steps: Share

• Create a profile and post a link to your ideas and thoughts on the ChangeCamp wiki

http://wiki.changecamp.ca/VanChangeCamp

Links for more info

• http://changecamp.ca

• Wiki: http://wiki.changecamp.ca/VanChangeCamp• Blog: http://vanchangecamp.wordpress.com and

http://changecamp.ca/blog/• Google Group:

http://groups.google.com/group/vanchangecamp

More Questions?