BarCamp - How to Run Your Own

BarCamp and other derivative events are a fun and rewarding experience for everyone involved. Since you're reading this, you're probably thinking about setting up your own or helping out on one which is going ahead in the near future. This guide is meant as a introduction to the BarCamp phenomenon and bring together tips, tricks and clever use of social engineering to make the event take place and be the best it could. Why the need for this wikibook at all? Well BarCamp.org is a great place, but it's frankly too alive and good information is scattered across the site and buried underneath the next lot of BarCamps. There was also nowhere to collaboratively come to a decision about the best way to do certain things or what things should be avoided based on the experience of other BarCamps around the world. The format is punchy one liners of advice opposed to long length discussions (which are best served on the discussion/talk pages). Contents /Noted contributors/ BarCamp Legacy 00% Dec 21, 2009 /History of the Unconference/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /The first BarCamp/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /The rules of BarCamp/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /BarCamp Code Of Conduct/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /BarCamp publicity/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /BarCamp or not/ How to run your own 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Planning/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Venues/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Creating a team/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Developing your BarCamp/ 00% Dec 22, 2009 /Schedule and the wall/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Telling people about it/ 00% Dec 22, 2009 /Networking and web access/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Sponsorship/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Hosting/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Food + Drink/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Welcome talk/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Dealing with late changes/ 00% Oct 4, 2010 /Organizing an International Barcamp/ Successful BarCamps BarCamp 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Special surprises/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /Notables/ 00% Dec 21, 2009 /BarCamp Records/ Miscellaneous B 25% __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__