From my Lift12 talk http://liftconference.com/lift12/program/talk/julien-dorra-we-come-internet-lets-build-realspace-events Cyberspace is now the main space where we exchange ideas, work and organize. We live in it every day, every hours of our lives. It is real. It is effective. But what about realspace, physical places? Realspace work and collaboration feel *outdated*. In the office, we don’t know what is going on in the next cubicle. Professional realspace events like conferences are racing to renew their purpose and relevance, competing with incredibly good web talks for attention. And in the middle of this gap, a new kind of event is emerging. Collaborative events where people meet, team up and actually build something new together. Started in the open source community, these creative events are now infecting companies, universities, even museums! They come from the internet. This is the story of how of those events are pushing realspace creativity to a new level.

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fail t o innovate
meetings
are boring
… we can’t bridge the
conferences
en we go b ack to work
gap wh

3. dents check Facebook
and stu
in c lass for a good reason…
Facebook is more engaging!

4. It’s easy !
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It’s magic !

5. cyberspace is fun, engaging
we learn , we work,
we meet new people
in cyberspace
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8. realspace magic back!
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10. are world- class devs!
these guys

11. sprint? i s that really
what the y are doing?

12. e like this zen temple…
w ell, it’s mor
focus and fully engage
a way to

13. Tod and Aaron,
from Austin, TX
s pent a week in Paris,
nev er saw the eiffel tower

14. exc ept… from the window
Aaron’s only flickr photo of Paris

15. Self organizing
Physical location is irrelevant
Workflow is not formated

16. Developers only!

17. design
event
s, add
sprint
t ake

18. participant, then Paris
Fran ck. simple
izer, now co -director of
local organ
Startup weekend non-profit

19. ide, looks li ke a sprint.
From the outs

20. but it’s a loc al event…

21. ommunities are mixed…
multiple c

22. and the format is designed.

35. Self organizing
Local community
Designed format

36. learning is the key goal,
not output practicality

37. outp ut…
on the
focus
now

38. for the local community
a local event

39. exploring the open
question of art and games

40. not jus t concepts
games y ou can play
at t he end of t he weekend

41. explicit goal of mixing
skills and talents

53. Focus on the output
Diversity – musicians, artists…
Exploratory

54. impacts mostly
the digital world

55. at ors
d innov
beyon
ching
rea

56. digital and new uses
implement
*directly in the museum*

57. e place in a museum,
needed to tak
his specific museum.
de signed for t

58. 75 participants , and many
m ore in the co mmunity.

59. ge of skills and talents
wide ran

60. we designed a strict process
with an am bitious goal
aints = more creativity
more constr

61. m oving things around and
bringing new things in the
m useum. *n ot* simple!

62. m team was skeptic…
first , the museu
he museum is actively
now, t
funding for 5 projects
seeking

63. re is a new community
and the
of mus eomixers.

115. Wide inclusion
Tangible output and impact
Remix of a museum

116. let’s recap the
p ossibilities

117. Wide inclusion - teachers, curators…
Tangible in-situ output
Diversity – musicians, artists…
Focus on the output
Local community
Designed for experiential learning
Physical location is irrelevant
Workflow is not formated

118. say again, wh y do we
need thes e events?

119. this *was* t he optimum

120. now *this* is the optimum

121. learnings from building
post-we b events

122. The sprint principles
app ly to many
different domains.
(remember, spri nt ≠ rush)

123. Serial collaborators
are peo ple able to
c ontribute to any type
of event.

124. Divers e skills and
talents give you stronger,
riche r output.

125. also…

126. for* your online community
Build an event *
we already live there

127. « yes, try it at home… »

128. Focus
your event help the community
align on goals.

129. Focus
your event help the community
align on goals.
Production
you set a tangible, ambitious
output.

130. Focus
your event help the community
align on goals.
Production
you set a tangible, ambitious
output.
Horizontality
as in the online world,
information and awareness flow.

131. « really,
try it at home… »

132. juliendorra@juliendorra.com
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