15 amazing tips for your first BarCamp visit - MES022

In episode 20 I have described the main differences between traditional conferences and the idea of BarCamps. In this session I wanted to give you my 15 for your BarCamp visit. I have meanwhile joined several BarCamps. And I have made a lot of things wrong. Mainly because I was not aware of. Sometimes also I thought it is better done in another way. But there are a some main phases you are confronted with. And for all of them you can do things well and you do things much more better. Starting into a BarCamp well prepared lets you enjoy the atmosphere even more intensively. You get much more quicker into connection with the other BarCamp-members. And you finally get more out of the time you're staying at the event. All BarCamps can be separated in three different phases: BEFORE, DURING and AFTER the BarCamp. Even the AFTER phase is as much important as the other phases. If you do not care for the AFTER-phase you loose a lot of momentum you have gained during your time before. Please take these 15 tips into account. Let your first or next BarCamp-visit become an even more thrilling success.