Getting ready for https://socrates.family!

A few days in the Swiss mountains with fresh air, meaningful conversations, unconference sessions, kids activities, and space for spontaneous ideas. 🏔️

Learning and from and with each other. ✨

#SocratesFamily #Unconference

Is Conferences That Work the right choice for every meeting? No! Here are five reasons not to use a Conferences That Work meeting design.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/09/five-reasons

#meetings #MeetingDesign #ConferencesThatWork #unconference #eventprofs

Most meeting planners think that conference session topics must be preplanned. Instead, build a program that reflects actual wants and needs.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/uncategorized/2009/12/unquestioned-traditional-conference-assumption-1-conference-session-topics-must-be-chosen-and-scheduled-in-advance

#meetings #EventDesign #predetermined #MeetingProgram #unconference #PeerConference #eventprofs #assnchat

The Future Of Conferences Is Unconferences. That's the published conclusion of social and computer scholars in a 2023 #ACM paper.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2023/10/the-future-of-conferences-is-unconferences

#meetings #EventDesign #unconference #PeerConference #events #eventprofs

Want to discover the experts at your conference? Peer conferences allow participants to discover the experts in the audience.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/drive-by-experts-at-your-conference

#meetings #EventDesign #experts #PeerConference #unconference #events #eventprofs

I had a good time at #OggCamp at the weekend. There were a few familiar faces, but there was a poll during the intro session where the presenter asked for how many people it was their first time, and between 25%-33% raised their hand, which made for a nice mix.

Polarian (from the XSF) wanted to give talk about Jabber / #XMPP, and I said I would help 😨 .

We originally wanted to have an XMPP stand at EMFCamp, but neither of us got tickets 😭
We managed to get some slides together which we when presented on the Sunday at OggCamp instead.

I tried to record it here: https://pt.gogreenit.net/w/7YzvYkDJVM1e5FcmnCpqkj and the slides (as you can't really see them on the video 😡) are here: https://codeberg.org/chewie/OggCamp-2026-XMPP-Talk, but the funky little USB-C wireless mics worked nicely with my phone!

Note to self for next time - reduce the contrast between the foreground and background of the slides if you want to record it with your phone...

#Jabber #Unconference

Liebe Landratten und Matrosen,

ein sonniges, verlängertes Wochenende steht vor der Tür. 🌅

Wenn das nicht zum #Segeln einlädt. Segeln und #java müssen sich nicht widersprechen.

Auch dieses Jahr findet Anfang Juni (08.06.2026 - 12.06.2026) unsere #unconference JSail statt und wir haben noch Plätze frei.

Anmeldung unter https://jsail.ijug.eu/

Hier kannst du nachlesen, wie es in einem der letzten Jahre war: https://www.heise.de/news/Unkonferenz-am-und-auf-dem-Wasser-Java-Community-segelt-auf-Innovationskurs-9763639.html

I am participating in @fediforum tomorrow.

Truly enriching opportunity to meet incredible Fedinauts and learn mindblowing fedithings!

Not sure which/how many sessions I will be hosting, but for sure I will be there to represent @dweb and chat about #DWebCamp 2026!

There is still time to register: https://fediforum.org

#FediForum #Fediverse #unconference