2. Welcome
Do you want to create an event that:
• Builds community?
• Unleashes initiatives?
• Helps solve problems?
3. Engage People
Do you want people to be energized and engaged
when they participate?
Imagine a conference where the way people interact
has more structure than a cocktail party and more
excitement than a full day of panels.
Attendees learn, share, and exchange ideas
dynamically.
Complex problems can be explored, relationships
built, and new collaborations emerge.
4. Unconference
Attendees actively create the agenda with
the assistance of a skilled facilitator where all
the sessions become relevant and engaging.
“Kaliya is a master facilitator.While Kaliya uses Open Space as a base, she
is also not afraid to use new formats and techniques.”
5. What
• Unconferences blend appropriate process methods that
bring people together to learn, share, and take
participatory action, minimizing the passivity of low
engagement.
• Highly interactive, Unconferences can achieve good results
in an hour, a half day within a regular conference, or with
fully interactive one to three day events. The peer-to-peer
learning environment of an Unconference is good for
multi-disciplinary exchange.
“We had no previous experience hosting an unconference and Kaliya provided invaluable guidance
that made our Ruby on Rails Camp a huge success!”
6. How
Within the self-organizing structure of an
Unconference, anyone looking to solve a problem
will have the opportunity to tackle it with others
who are interested in finding solutions.
The flexible nature of the Unconference method
allows for groups to work together until they have
come up with a solution.
7. Why
• Unconferences methodology works in a wide variety of circumstances with
audiences ranging from well established, formal organizations, to cutting edge
technologies.
• Unconferences address the latest developments in an industry, whether they
happen a week or even a day before the event, particularly valuable in rapidly
evolving fields.
• All attendees are assured that the questions they want to explore will be
covered, provided they bring their passions and commitments to the table.
• Immediate documentation of sessions enables forward motion when energy
is still high.
• Vendors can present within an Unconference format, and be assured that
attendees are coming to listen to their particular presentation, allowing a
better fit.
• Unconference attendees are often amazed that concrete solutions arise to
difficult problems, and at the same time community and commitments are
forged.
8. Our Process
We believe the most effective events involve story, conversation, problem posing
and problem solving. Our Unconferences are crafted with the right mix of
methods that will meet the requirements of the event.
Our process works in five simple steps:
1. Contact us for an initial assessment of the values of the organization and goals
for an event.
2. We create a preliminary event design for you.
3. After initial approval, we move to detailed planning and implementation.
4. We facilitate the event.
5. We help implement cost effective online and print documentation from the
event.
“Jean Russell helped us clarify and prioritize our strategic needs and key outcomes.
She held us to our own goals throughout the event – making sure that the value
she promised us for the event would be the value we received.”
9. Our Committment
At each stage we work closely with our clients Clients
to ensure the event is meeting their needs and
■ AOL
expectations.
■ The One Club for Art and Copy
■ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
We provide a full range of event planning ■ Forum One
including logistics and production, facilitation, ■ Foresight Institute
and documentation. ■ Mass Technology Leadership Council
■ NY State Ass. of Independent Schools
Engage us now to engage your ■ ReadWriteWeb
audience.
“The meeting design and facilitation for our annual
meeting was superb! With Bill’s leadership, we were able
to get the major issues onto the table and deal honestly
in an atmosphere of openness to all perspectives.”
10. Our Team
Kaliya Hamlin, Principal Jean Russell, Associate
In 2005 Kaliya co-founded the Internet Identity As a catalyst and social ecosystem designer., Jean
Workshop. Since 2006, she has designed and Russell is on a quest to catalyze group productivity.
facilitated over 200 unconferences for a range of Demonstrating collaboration, she curated,
professional communities in both North America “Thrivability: A Collaborative Sketch” with 65
and Europe. She is an expert and leader in the inspiring people. She blogs and tweets as “Thrivable.”
fields of user-centric digital identity and personal
data. She blogs, and tweets under her community Lucy Perry, Associate
handle – “Identity Woman“. Lucy Perry worked for many years supporting clients
Kaliya@unconference.net in the creative use of technology and knowledge
management. Lucy has trained in a variety of
Bill Aal, Partner approaches, and she regularly facilitates groups in
Bill has extensive experience as a developer and Europe and Asia, including clients from the business
IT manager. He is the principal of Tools for world as well as the humanitarian and international
Change, which has provided training and development sectors.
facilitation to support inclusion in business and
non-profit sectors for 20 years. He has designed Jennifer Holmes, Associate
and produced creative solution finding events for A long time event producer, Jennifer has worked at
government structures and communities Wired Magazine, the Institute of Noetic Sciences
throughout the US. Bill@unconference.net and The AIDS Ride. She has worked on numerous
events and projects from The Webby Awards to Bay
to Breakers.
