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What to Expect
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What should you expect when attending PDXNet2Camp? Here are a few tips:
Credit: Camp Preparation & Guidelines below are borrowed and adapted from the slickly adept and savvy Cre8Camp folks.
Camp Preparation
- Bring a laptop or have your smart phone ready -- this will come in handy when it comes to checking out those sites and references mentioned during Camp. Also, it'll make it a snap to tweet/blog your ideas and insights as well as showing off those programs and strategies that you've worked so hard on.
- Be sure to show up at 9:00am. This will give you plenty of time to check in, network, and grab some tasty breakfast foods.
- Be ready to participate. Share insights, ask questions, and contribute to the discussion. And remember, you don't have to be an "expert" to be an active participant; just be yourself -- passionate and energetic about the great work you do.
Guidelines for Participation
Respect for the individual.
- The #1 guideline for participants is respect for other participants. Mostly this means respect for diversity -- of opinion, age, background, ethnicity, job, company, hobbies, sexual orientation, spiritual beliefs, etc.
A variety of topics, obvious and not so obvious, is encouraged.
- PDXNet2Camp is a perfect forum to discuss anything involving technology and social impact. It's likely there will be other participants who share your same passion and interests -- connect with them and openly exchange ideas, thoughts and questions.
Typically, discussion works better than presentations.
- It’s not so much about the topic itself as it is about the ability for participants to have a conversation around it. Typically the person who came up with the afternoon breakout topics will lead, but this is much more of a roundtable-type discussion than a presentation.
Try to contribute.
- It’s best to participate in sessions that excite you, so you can speak your mind and add thoughtfully to the conversation. Sitting at the back of the room and taking it all in works too if that is more comfortable for you.
Feel free to move around.
- If a session turns out to be less than what you desired, you’re most welcome to change sessions midstream or take a break.
Share and learn from each other.
- Sure, most of us have a day job, and talking about work and networking are typical at garden variety events. But PDXNet2Camp is a great chance to build new partnerships and to learn from people who might be already doing something that you're interested in.
Leave some room for the unexpected.
- Keeping the sessions open and free-flowing is the best way to learn new things from each other. The reward: You will most likely learn something new from the participants at each session. Everyone benefits.
Document, document, document.
- If you take pictures, blog, tweet or simply have the propensity to strike up good conversations around your company's kitchen (or beer tap) about what you want to learn/have learned at PDXNet2Camp. Do it voraciously before, during and after the event. The more, the better.
Tag it.
- Use “PDXNet2Camp” as a tag on Flickr, blog posts, Twitter hashtags and other things, so you and others can find every last bit of information relating to the event.
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