IamLUG

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What an Unconference looks like when it rocks #IamLUG

What an unconference should be

It admittedly took a moment for the unconference to kick off, even some prompting was necessary.  But the result was soon obvious.  Attendees took it upon themselves to merge some rooms and topics and what turned out was a place we could hardly clear to make the schedule stay on time.

We know we cannot cover everything you need in two days. You and your company also hope for information on a particular topic.

In keeping with the true form of a user group, one session across all the rooms will be an unconference. Delegates will spend all Monday and Tuesday morning posting their ideas during breaks about what they need help with or covered. Then for this session slot in Administration, Development and I Don't Know Where This Fits, the rooms will be set to have a user group discussion format digging into these topics.


The unconference became one of the highest rated portions of IamLUG 2011.  We want to thank everyone for taking part and understanding the power of the community.  Not just "social business", but real social interaction and input.

Special thanks to Elguji for participating with IamLUG and providing IdeaJam for attendees to start developing ideas before and during the IamLUG 2011.
 August 15 2011 10:30:18 AM       by IamLUG Information

1    Nathan T. Freeman    08/15/2011 10:28:14 PM   What an Unconference looks like when it rocks #IamLUG

The description does the actual event a disservice. Here's what happened: the Unconference was originally planned with Administration and Development as separate gatherings. Those of us in the Development room got to talking about what a complete pain in the neck Admins are to deal with. So finally we decided to walk over to that room and demand that the Administrators stand before us and account for their sins. Paul Mooney graciously volunteered the room-at-large to migrate to the Dev room and engage in a Battle Royale.

Instead, we started to talk things through and had an amazing meeting-of-the-minds on all things Domino related. The mutual business challenges of Domino Administrators and Developers were explored, and some Lotusphere sessions were even proposed. It evolved from an "us vs. them" conversation into a "we" conversation, and by the time Chris came in to break us up, we were just about to form a circle and sing Kumbaya.


2    Jess Stratton    08/16/2011 10:36:15 AM   What an Unconference looks like when it rocks #IamLUG

Actually, by definition, this sounds more like an actual "conference" than a usual conference. ;-)

Sounds wonderful, I'm still upset I had to miss it.


3    IamLUG Information    08/16/2011 12:32:34 PM   What an Unconference looks like when it rocks #IamLUG

All planned, it was all planned. Welcome to subtle redirection :-)