BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.
BarcampUKGovweb09
BarcampUKGovweb took place In January 2008 for those working in and around, or simply interested in, UK government online. It was an opportunity for people with a wide variety of skills, experiences and perspectives to share their knowledge and get to know each other.
Since then an awful lot has happened - such as great examples of using social media tools and initiatives to make better use of government data. This second government online barcamp will be an opportunity to share some of the learnings of the last year and gain some ideas about what to do next.
This event should be of interest to all who work in the UK government digital media community: permanent civil servants, contractors, consultants, agencies, advisers, supporters, observers, and critics.
If you think you've got something to contribute to improving how government organisations use the web, then this event is for you. There's a Google Group that was set up for last year's event where you can find out more.
Sign up further down this page, and be prepared to lead a session on something.
- What did you build in the last year that you're most proud of?
- What didn't quite come off as you'd hoped this year? - and even better, why didn't it work?
- What's the coolest thing you're working on at the moment?
- What's the tool or technique you can't believe we aren't all using?
Some Background Reading
Pageflakes page from the last barcamp: BarcapUKGovWeb pageflake
Event details
When Saturday 31st January 2009
Where tba
Schedule
Proposed Sessions
- I'd like to run a social media surgery - a drop in space for people to come by to get some free advice on what social media type stuff they could use to solve a problem, or even if they would just like to have Twitter demonstrated to them! Dave Briggs
Topics I would like to hear about
- Making better use of search optimisation techniques
Volunteers to help organise the event
- Jeremy Gould
- Dave Briggs
- Simon Dickson
- Nick Booth
- Steph Gray
- Shane McCracken
Participants (aka Campers)
- Jeremy Gould
- Dave Briggs
- Simon Dickson
- Nick Booth
- Steph Gray
- Shane McCracken
- Richard Fahey
Sponsors
- DavePress Ltd would be happy to contribute something to running costs
Task List
(please cross out when it's done)
Tech
Wifi
Projector, White Boards
Photo
Video
Audio
Streaming or Stickam or Skype
Non-tech
Breakfast
Lunch
Coffee/Tea
Tables and chairs
Spreading word to non-obvious types i.e. comms and policy folk who don't know a BarCamp from their elbow
Tags for flickr, delicious, ma.gnolia, technorati etc.
Please use the tag barcampukgovweb09 for content related to this event
Who's blogging?
Jeremy Gould Whitehall Webby
Dave Briggs: DavePress
Simon Dickson: Puffbox
Steph Gray: Helpful Technology
