BarCamp returns to Mumbai again - Third Edition – 29 March at IIT Bombay
BarCamp Mumbai 2 was a big hit with over 200 attendees and a day full of discussions on many interesting topics and ideas. BarCamp Mumbai 3 is now on the cards for 29th March at School of Management at IIT Mumbai. In the true spirit of BarCamp it’s an open platform which anyone can make her own. Anyone can participate, anyone can speak, agenda is drawn collectively at the start and any topic is welcome as long as you have others interested as well.
This time the infrastructure has been extended in view of the overwhelming participation last time. The venue can accommodate around 400 people. In addition, the open spaces within the building will have mattresses which can be used by groups of people to discuss or to just take a break.
This edition will also host a BlogCamp which will have people talk about all things blog and also other aspects of social media and marketing. There is also FireTalk where you can talk about your idea and exhort like minded people to join you – it can be a cool app or a full scale business plan. The people gathered thus prepare a broader blueprint offline and then present it to larger audience later in the day.
Come and make this your own BarCamp. Over a 100 people have already registered.
Register your participation for free at the wiki:
BCM3 Registrants
Register your topic at the wiki:*www.barcampmumbai.org/BCM3_topics
Tittle Sponsor of Barcamp Mumbai3 is Sun Microsystem and Associate Sponsor is Directi
About BarCamps
BarCamp are unconferences where the participants drive the agenda and the content. Anyone can register for free at the wiki by just adding one’s name. Similarly anyone can register a discussion topic on the wiki. The wiki closes for registration once the venue limits are exceeded (happens all the time!). A wait list continues should the registered people not turn up. The event itself starts off by inviting all discussion leaders to put up the topics on a white board that shows the available time slots. Each one of them is invited to introduce the topic as well. Thereafter, the agenda is revised collectively so that the least number of people are inconvenienced.
The discussions are where the BarCamps come alive. There are no speakers and no audience. Everyone can and is encouraged to speak. Discussion leaders lead the topic but are not speakers as at a conference. The general rule is that collectively any set of participants are smarter/know more than any speaker. Therefore a discussion leads to enrichment for all of the participants. Another rule (so called!) is the Law of two feet: let your feet take you where your interests lie. A session usually takes 30 minutes.
Typically a IRC back channel allows people to discuss quietly or to catch up with proceedings in the other sessions and thereby allowing the Law of two feet to work.
Lunches and breaks are usually extended affairs thereby allowing participants to meet others and chat up.
BarCamp Mumbai 2 was a big hit with over 200 attendees and a day full of discussions on many interesting topics and ideas. BarCamp Mumbai 3 is now on the cards for 29th March at School of Management at IIT Mumbai. In the true spirit of BarCamp it’s an open platform which anyone can make her own. Anyone can participate, anyone can speak, agenda is drawn collectively at the start and any topic is welcome as long as you have others interested as well.
This time the infrastructure has been extended in view of the overwhelming participation last time. The venue can accommodate around 400 people. In addition, the open spaces within the building will have mattresses which can be used by groups of people to discuss or to just take a break.
This edition will also host a BlogCamp which will have people talk about all things blog and also other aspects of social media and marketing. There is also FireTalk where you can talk about your idea and exhort like minded people to join you – it can be a cool app or a full scale business plan. The people gathered thus prepare a broader blueprint offline and then present it to larger audience later in the day.
Come and make this your own BarCamp. Over a 100 people have already registered.
Register your participation for free at the wiki:
BCM3 Registrants
Register your topic at the wiki:*www.barcampmumbai.org/BCM3_topics
Tittle Sponsor of Barcamp Mumbai3 is Sun Microsystem and Associate Sponsor is Directi
About BarCamps
BarCamp are unconferences where the participants drive the agenda and the content. Anyone can register for free at the wiki by just adding one’s name. Similarly anyone can register a discussion topic on the wiki. The wiki closes for registration once the venue limits are exceeded (happens all the time!). A wait list continues should the registered people not turn up. The event itself starts off by inviting all discussion leaders to put up the topics on a white board that shows the available time slots. Each one of them is invited to introduce the topic as well. Thereafter, the agenda is revised collectively so that the least number of people are inconvenienced.
The discussions are where the BarCamps come alive. There are no speakers and no audience. Everyone can and is encouraged to speak. Discussion leaders lead the topic but are not speakers as at a conference. The general rule is that collectively any set of participants are smarter/know more than any speaker. Therefore a discussion leads to enrichment for all of the participants. Another rule (so called!) is the Law of two feet: let your feet take you where your interests lie. A session usually takes 30 minutes.
Typically a IRC back channel allows people to discuss quietly or to catch up with proceedings in the other sessions and thereby allowing the Law of two feet to work.
Lunches and breaks are usually extended affairs thereby allowing participants to meet others and chat up.
