Arb Camp
NOTE: Arb Camp is for anyone who wants to make a difference. Company owners, technologists, computer programmers, hackers, gurus … ArbCamp is a one-day gathering for people to share and learn in an open environment. The very broad organizing theme is social networks and social media. ArbCamp will be a time to see what other people and companies are working on, to meet some new folks, and to listen, demo, scheme, etc. You’re invited!
ArbCamp is modeled after Open Space Technology meetings, with a self-structuring agenda and a core principle of adaptability. Our goal is to get techies, marketers, businesspeople, poets, academics, etc. engaged with one another for a few intense hours. Everybody who attends will set the agenda for the day, with food, meeting spaces, and a basic schedule provided. We ask for advance registration, at very low cost, and can offer scholarships and support for students and those who need it.
The name “ArbCamp” may bring to mind “BarCamp”, a popular flavor of UnConference. We originally intended to use BarCamp structure, but as we’ve explored that approach, we realize that Arbcamp is intended to be a bit more open, more free, and less bound by rules of participation and earnestness. ArbCamp is about creating community: the most important part of what we’ll do is discover how we can work with each other.
Immediately after the open space event, we’ll have Joseph Jaffe discuss his new book, Join the Conversation. This will be held in the same place, but ticketed separately.
Who is this Jaffe guy? Here are some details.
Where and when
- Saturday, October 27, 2007 9:00 AM — 4:00 PM
- Joseph Jaffe Keynote - 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Approximate (separate ticket)
- MoLo / Morris Lawrence building @ Washtenaw Community College — very cool venue
Topics
Here are some topics people are interested in talking about at ArbCamp. Feel free to click ‘edit this page’ and add a topic that you’ll bring to ArbCamp, or even something you’d like to learn more about from someone else. Regardless of what shows up here, we’ll schedule out sessions at the event itself…. this is just to give a sense of what things you might expect to see going on.
Schedule
For each of the sessions, we will have 5-7 separate spaces available, and potentially that many conversations running at once. We’ll schedule the morning’s sessions at 10:00, and the afternoon’s sessions around 12:30.
- 9:00 AM - Arb Camp arrival, registration, coffee, juice, bagels, donuts
- 9:45 - 10:00 - Opening circle, agenda-setting, introductions, getting started
- 10:00 - 10:45 - Session 1
- 10:45 - 11:30 - Session 2
- 11:30 - 12:30 - Conversations over lunch (box lunch provided)
- 12:30 - 12:45 - Plan the afternoon, introductions, getting started again
- 12:45 - 1:30 Session 3
- 1:40 - 2:25 Session 4
- 2:35 - 3:20 - Session 5
- 3:20 - 3:30 Break
- 3:30 - 3:45 - Jaffe Keynote introductions, everyone seated in auditorium
- 3:45 - 5:30 - Presentation + live ATS Podcast recording during Q&A
- 5:30 - End Arb Camp
- 5:30 - 6:30 Clean up, finish publishing ATS Podcast, finish socializing
- 6:00 - ? Post party at undisclosed location (already booked, you are invited, location to be announced at event)
Click Here to Order Tickets or Sponsor Package
Ticket Details:$5 Arb Camp No Food$15 Arb Camp W/ Breakfast + Lunch$50 Jaffe Keynote$60 After October 20Student Ticket Details:
Sponsor Details:$250 - Web Sponsorship: Link w/ company name and company bio on web site, business cards/brochure at sponsor table, one pass to the full day event.$350 - Send a Student to Arb Camp Sponsorship: 10 students attend full day event on your dime. Logo on t-shirt, logo on web site, link from site, sponsor mention from podium b4 Jaffe talk, sponsor display table at event.$500 - Partner Sponsorship: Logo on t-shirt, logo on web site, link from site, sponsor mention from podium b4 Jaffe talk, sponsor display table at event, mention in all PR and promotions as Partner Sponsor, 2 passes to the full day event.$1,000 - Lead Sponsorship: Large logo on t-shirt, logo on web site, link from site, sponsor mentioned from podium, sponsor display table at event, mention in all PR and promotions as Lead Sponsor, 3 passes to the full day event.
