Barcamp and Coworking: United We Stand...as Starfish
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Presentation on Barcamp for Thinking Digital UK
![starfish organizations are:
• autonomous individuals & teams [legs]
• decentralized
• distributed
• united through common ideology & goals
• there needs to be creators, catalysts & champions to grow them [no single
‘leader’]
• intrinsically motivated](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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Barcamp and Coworking: United We Stand...as Starfish
- 1. barcamp & coworking united we stand...as starfish
- 2. starfish organizations are: • autonomous individuals & teams [legs] • decentralized • distributed • united through common ideology & goals • there needs to be creators, catalysts & champions to grow them [no single ‘leader’] • intrinsically motivated
- 3. the legend of barcamp
- 9. BarCamp stats • 6 days to organize (from idea to inception) • 6 planners • 200 people showed up • featured in Wired Magazine • people around the world watched and said...”I can do that”
- 10. the next barcamp took place in...
- 12. what is barcamp?
- 13. Ryanne Hodsen - “What the heck is Barcamp?”
- 14. what you need... 1.empty grid 2.a space 3.wifi (preferable, but not necessary) 4.people (present or virtual) 5.willingness to risk
- 15. rules of barcamp • You DO talk about Bar Camp (and blog) • If you want to present, you must write your topic and name in a presentation slot on the empty grid. • As many presentations at a time as facilities allow for. • No pre-scheduled presentations. • If this is your first time at BarCamp, you HAVE to present. (Ok, you don’t really HAVE to, but try to find
- 16. barcamp around the world
- 17. brussels
- 18. portland
- 19. shanghai
- 20. bangalore
- 21. vancouver
- 22. milano
- 23. paris
- 24. palo alto
- 25. there have been more than 400 barcamps on 5 continents and in over 250 cities worldwide
- 30. transitcamp
- 31. iphonedevcamp
- 32. woolfcamp
- 34. barcamp press
- 38. barcamp stats • 400+ barcamps worldwide • 56,190 Photos on Flickr tagged ‘barcamp’ • 46,129 blog posts about barcamp • over 30k people have been to barcamp • 625 videos on YouTube • it is 2.5 years old
- 39. this is just the beginning
- 41. What is Coworking? Coworking is a movement to create a community of cafe-like collaboration spaces for developers, writers and independents.
- 45. citizen space, san francisco
- 47. cubes and crayons, menlo park, ca
- 48. cowork central, buenos aires
- 51. coworking stats • 35 spaces • first space: the hat factory June 2006 (post coworking gatherings) • 1,137 members on the Google Group • 171 cities in progress with multiple spaces in some cities • 173 mainstream press articles written about coworking • 3 appearances on CNN • 7,270 occurrences of ‘coworking’ in blog posts since June 2006
- 52. how to start a barcamp 1.go to the wiki and start a page: i.e. barcamp.org/BarCamp_______ 2.add your name to that page, then blog about it 3.when there are other names, call a coffee shop meeting to start organizing 4.talk to local tech businesses to sponsor (max $300 each) 5.find a venue (preferably one people can sleep overnight in) 6.set a date
- 53. how to participate in coworking • join the google group: http://groups.google.com/group/coworking • become a catalyst (i.e. one that makes a space come together for your area) • become a coworker (i.e. wherever you go, drop into a space and say hi) • become a space owner • help out a space owner (i.e. join up coworking, donate time and energy)
- 54. licensing: http://www.slideshare.net/missrogue
- 55. photo credits • BarCamp Shots: flickr creative commons licensed...search ‘barcamp’ • Citizen Space by hyku: http://flickr.com/photos/hyku/2497370979/ • Caroline Collective by Matthew Wettergreen: http://flickr.com/photos/ organ_printer/2310793367/ • Cubes and Crayons by Felicity: http://flickr.com/photos/ 24806355@N08/2339655736/ • Indie Hall by Cyenobite: http://flickr.com/photos/cyenobite/2059916312/ • Cowork Central by Fernando: http://flickr.com/photos/puertobaires/ 2340644501/ • La Cantine by Elv: http://flickr.com/photos/elv/2427443695/
- 56. Tara ‘missrogue’ Hunt tara@citizenagency.com 415.694.1951 friend me: missrogue (everywhere) www.citizenagency.com www.horsepigcow.com