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What is an unconference?

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What is an unconference?

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“An unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is created and managed by the participants (generally day-by-day during the course of the event) rather than by one or more organizers in advance of the event.

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An unconference, according to the Wikipedia entry, is a “conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants, generally day-by-day during the course of the event, rather than by a single organizer, or small group of organizers, in advance.” While unconferences are becoming popular (because they provide an excellent, flexible venue for ideas, networking, and participation), they have been around for decades, with the best-known format articulated by Harrison Owen as “Open Space Technology “. For an excellent description of our most recent unconference in New York on Feb 11, 2009, see this Huffington Post article, An “Unconference” for Online Communities.