BarCampNYC2 Post Mortem

What worked? What didn't? What did you love? What did you merely like? How was the food? Please, tell us what you thought of the event so we can make the next one even better.

Antonella:

• The food was good and abundant. But next time find a sponsor for water!! Bottled water was desperately needed, especially at the end.
• I wished we had a common session at the end, some "group closure" of the event. Perhaps the "Future of BarCampNYC" would have been a good candidate for a unified final session.
• The presentations that left time at the end for discussions were the best. Perhaps we should ask to have very short presentations to introduce the topic, but use at least half of the session for the discussion.
• None of the 25 minutes presentations I attended seemed to be long enough for true participation or satisfying discussion.
• Loved the no-shoes policy. There is no way you can take a speaker too seriously if he/she doesn't wear shoes. I never realized this before.
• The "aggregation spaces" (for example the table by the program board) were great. Perhaps we should designate formal spaces for socialization and aggregation.