What is ‘unconference’ ?
- A lightly organized conference
- meaningful and productive conversations around democratically agreed upon topics
- Becoming increasingly popular in the scholarly landscape
Rules for Organizing an Unconference
- Doesn’t have the organizational and logistical trappings of a traditional conference
- A Venue that Facilitates Conversation
- “Remember, An Unconference Isn’t About You”
- Be Flexible: If the participants want to change the overall schedule on the fly, let them
- The Bottom Line: facilitate these conversations
- Pay attention to the other participants’ blog/website postings and comments leading up to the conference（feedback）
- Interactivity is essential.
- Enjoy Yourself – “the more people enjoy themselves, the better the conversations flow”
- The focus in this case is not on what you produce yourself, but on what you help others produce.
