An interesting meeting on social media in Cong, County Mayo, Ireland on 30 November 2013,
CongRegation. "CongRegation is a one day ‘un-conference’ social media gathering ... This free 'earned entry' event focuses on peer to peer sharing of quality information and social media insights through a ‘huddle’ style collaborative structure." "A Huddle is a small grouping of people with an insight to share - in a naturally social setting. Each huddle will be made up of no more than 10 people clustered around tables in either coffee shops, bars, restaurants and exhibition spaces all within walking distance of each other." In order to attend, you have to do a blog post on one of their key themes and then be willing to talk about it in a Huddle.
To judge from the sponsors, this was organised by people in the internet/PR area, but certainly librarians and information literacy specialists could blog to the themes. Also, more broadly (and as a committed blogger) I think it's a nice format that could be used in other unconferences. Hmmm, it could certainly work in Sheffield .... More info at
http://www.congregation.ie/
Thanks to @LAICDGroup for tweeting about this event.
Photo by Sheila Webber: an essential accompaniment to blogging - turkish coffee at Arasta Bazaar, Istanbul, October 2013
Thanks Sheila. Appreciate the blog post. Really looking forward to hopefully a very diverse group of people and interactions. I think it is the type format that is easily transferable and hopefully also a model for rural locations that have lots to offer but fragmented infrastructure.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I am hoping occurs is that it also gives a platform to people who dont normally get to speak at conferences but have great nuggets of insight.