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Session Organizer Candidate Form

Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Announcements

Get ‘em while they’re hot!  The Seattle Mind Camp 3.0 Session Candidate Organizer Forms are here!  If you’re planning on organizing a session this weekend, be sure to download the form, fill it out, and bring it with you to Mind Camp.  And, if you haven’t already, please read over the new session selection process.

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Getting ready for Seattle Mind Camp - The Practical Guide

Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Upcoming

This post has been updated since it was originally posted on April 27, 2006. Seattle Mind Camp 3.0 is coming up fast.  For those of you who aren’t sure what to expect, this guide will hopefully give you a bit of an orientation.  Even you Mind Camp veterans might want to look over the details, here, as a few things have changed this time around.  Pick …

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Getting ready for Seattle Mind Camp - The Philosophical Guide

Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Upcoming

This is an updated version of a post originally published on April 28, 2006

Most of you who have previously attended Seattle Mind Camp understand the free-form nature of the beast.  However, many of you will be joining us for the first time, and I wanted to try to prepare you for the kind of event you’re going to encounter.  Mind Camp is not a traditional type of …

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Covering Mind Camp 3.0

Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Tips

Josh Hallett has put together a very useful post titled “How to Blog a Conference.”  He lists the hardware and software tools you’ll need, as well as team strategy for getting the best coverage.  Having done some live blogging in the past for various events, I can tell you that this would have been a nice checklist to have before I got started.

We’d love to encourage as much blog and podcast coverage as possible from …

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Session Selection Process for Seattle Mind Camp

Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Sessions, Announcements

Note: Some of you may have read this already when I posted it to the Seattle Mind Camp mailing list.  I wanted to repeat it here, in case there’s anyone who’s not on that list yet.

We’ve tried to address some of the challenges of the previous method of having everyone sign up on the Session Grid at once, while retaining the spontaneity and egalitarian nature of that process.  We hope this new process will have …

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Tips for the Unconference Presenter

Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Tips, Sessions

The idea of an unconference is relatively new, so I suppose it’s not surprising that few people have a well-developed sense of how to plan and execute a top-notch unconference session.  Time management, choosing compelling topics, or coping diplomatically with a participant who’s monopolizing the conversation can all be challenges, even for experienced conference presenters.  So, whether you’re a newbie to November’s Mind Camp, or an experienced ‘Camper, you’ll really appreciate Scott Berkun’s latest post entitled …

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All over except for the catching up on sleep

Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Aftermath

Mind Camp 2.0 is in the books.  On behalf of Andru and the rest of the planning committee, I want to thank the sponsors, the Camp Counselors, and the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center for making it all happen.  Most of all, I want to thank the attendees.  You guys rocked the Casbah.  Each Mind Camp has been a learning experience for the organizers, and we’ll keep refining the process to make things better.  But when you …

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Hours

Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Upcoming

Rise and shine, boys and girls!  It’s just about that time.  Time to grab your gear, set the coordinates on your GPS navigation system, and head on over the the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center for Seattle Mind Camp 2.0.  W00t!

I imagine that the wiki will be updated more frequently than the blog, so check in there for updates over the next day or so.  See y’ll at camp…

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Policy Advisor Marc Baldwin At Mind Camp 2.0

Posted by Stuart Maxwell Categories: Sessions, Announcements

We were pleased to learn that Marc Baldwin will be dropping by SMC2 on Sunday morning to hold a Q & A session.  Marc is the Executive Policy Advisor for Governor Christine Gregoire.  He is the Governor’s lead policy advisor on economic development, science and techology issues.

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