Devizes Solutions Small Business Blog

Written by Chris Collins
Monday, 11 May 2009 11:49
On Saturday May 2nd I attended a rather unconventional conference at the Innovation Depot. BarCampBirmingham is in its third year and by all accounts is hitting its stride. I estimate there were over one hundred attendees and more than twenty sponsors. What makes the conference unusual is that the presentation schedule is made up on the day by attendees requesting a presentation on a given subject and others offering to present what they know. This necessitates that the presentations themselves are short and somewhat improvised. The essential idea is to provide a forum for the local tech community to meet and share information from the bleeding edge of new technology and innovation. As an admitted noob, I had been curious to see one of these unconferences in action, wondering if it would actually work or descend into chaos. But what really drew me to attend was the preconference discussion
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Written by Chris Collins
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 20:46
Well things have gotten really busy in Devizesland recently with two conferences last week. Saturday saw the third installment of barcampbham, the first one I had attended and the subject of my next post, but parts of Thursday and Friday were spent at the New Horizons Expo Training Fair. Although really targeting traditional job seekers, I felt attending could help me tune my marketing efforts for Devizes Solutions and be a good networking opportunity and
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