Associations have always recognized the power in creating a space where people feel connected through shared experience. For centuries groups of people have organized by shared interest or belief and enjoyed the camaraderie of like minded people. As the world has grown exponentially in size, the need for finding a place in your community has maintained or perhaps even grown in its importance.
In our more recent history, and particularly in this past generational shift, this need for community has shifted from a l...
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Last year Event Camp East Coast introduced the peer driven conference to many in the event industry. It didn't have hired speakers or a program listing session topics.
What it did have was a format designed to: 1- identify what attendees wanted to learn and who in the room could deliver it; and 2 - create a highly effective structure for knowledge and ideas to be shared.
Because it drew some of the most innovative thinkers in the industry, there were loads of discussions. And several people remarked that they appre...
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As some of you know, I liked Event Camp so much when I attended Twin Cities 2010 virtually that I became part of the valid virtual statistic that shows virtual attendance piques interest in f2f attendance and I attended Chicago in February 2011. It was engaging both in presentations and the people present, and I returned rejuvenated and wanting more.
After asking enough times about when it would be on the West Coast (imagining myself in California in the winter) it turns out that enough people in Vancouver thought i...
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Last week I attended EventCamp Twin Cities (ECTC11) as a virtual attendee. I was both curious and excited about the experience. Several days before the event I signed up and awaited, not knowing what to expect. Let me share with you my experiences, insights and thoughts.
For those who are not familiar with ECTC, please check the ECTC website.
Beforehand I defined a few areas that I wanted to observe:
• Information Provisioning
• Technical Aspects
• Engagement and Interaction
• Overall Event expe...
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Event technology fans in California will be able to satisfy their cravings at EventCamp Silicon Valley August 24-26 with a full day of on-site programming followed by 2 days of Event Camp Twin Cities pod participation.
One of the founding members of the first EventCamp, Mike McAllen of Grass Shack Events and Media, is organizing the event.
Not only will it be the first Event Camp to take place on the west coast, EventCamp Silicon Valley will also be the first to combine a live, on-site program with a pod (remote si...
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You may know KiKi L'Italien as the moderator of Association Chat (#assnchat), or as host of the webcast, The Social Media Sweet Spot, but Joplin Missouri knows her as one of its own.
Like so many families, KiKi's was hit hard by the recent tornado that devastated her hometown. Now she is teaming up with her sister Kylee Coffman and pal Lindsey Rosenthal of Events For Good to create a fundraising event, June 13 from 6-9 pm in Washington DC, to benefit Joplin. She recently shared a little about the upcoming fundraise...
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