EmpowerCamp 2008: 2nd Anniversary
EmpowerCamp 08 Indianapolis is a new free* user-generated unconference based on the BarCamp model where your participation is the event. *free as in FREEDOM!
EmpowerThyself.com is hosting the camp and celebrating a second anniversary party!
Saturday October 25th & 26th, @ Noon @ Empowerment HQ 948 Eastern Ave. & Second Life HQ
BarCamp.org/EmpowerCampIndy Wiki
Who Should Come
Empowercamp's "target demographic" is humans. If you are interested in learning and sharing with other enthusiasts, geeks, empowered, wogs, toy soldiers, techies, futurists, musicians, activists and do gooders, you'll have fun.
CONTACT & RSVP: Email info@empowerthyself.com if you want to attend and reply to this event with a comment about your RSVP plans.
What to bring
Presentations: Empowercamp is a place for show and tell. Bring interesting topics, tools and technology for presentation, discussion and feedback. There will be fire spinning so if you have fire spinning tools, bring them.
Visual Aids: If you are giving a talk, it is a good idea to bring a visual aid. Bring something to hand out, a powerpoint presentation, a visual poster, something to pass around, anything to give people something to see and touch while they listen.
Food: Lunch will be a potluck so if you have some food and drinks, bring it. Barcamp and the Uber Dance Party at midnight are both BYOB so bring your drinks.
Friends: Bring your friends, especially your brilliant basement dweller geek friends with big brains.
Camping Gear: If you want to spend the night, bring whatever you need: sleeping bags, pillows, blankets and even tents for building sweet indoor forts. Pictured Right: Intense meta-tents within tents at Barcamp San Diego
YOU CAN PRESENT AT EMPOWERCAMP
EmpowerCamp is a participant-driven event and you can present at EmpowerCamp! Your talk can be as short as 10 minutes plus 5 minutes Q&A or longer in 15 minute session increments.
You can talk about just about anything but if you want some inspiration here are some suggested categories:
Present An Idea: Are you really passionate about something you believe in? Here's your chance to spread it and Present about it.
Teach A Skill: Do you know how to do something cool that you can show others how to do? Teach a class!
Present A Group: Are you part of a cool group that is doing something interesting? Share it and recruit!
Present A Technology: Are you excited about an interesting or emerging technology? Show us how it works.
Take on the Present At EmpowerCamp mission if you'd like to propose your talk in advance.
THE UNSCHEDULE
This unschedule is still in flux and subject to emergent behavior. If you have suggestions, let us know.
DAY 1, Saturday
ARRIVAL
12 Noon: DOORS OPEN. Sign-in at the welcome desk, get your HELLO MY NAME IS FOO tags on. You'll get a copy of the event plan and schedule.
12:00-1:00: Gathering, socializing and playing Are You A Werewolf. Get here early so you'll know everyone and be a superstar!
INTRODUCTION
1:00-1:15: Welcome to EmpowerCamp: We'll welcome everyone and introduce BarCamp virgins to how EmpowerCamp works. We'll briefly talk about the almost over 9000 barcamps that have taken place all over the world from Shanghai to San Diego.
1:15-1:30: Introductions: Everyone gets to say their name and three tags up to a maximum of one tweet worth (25 words) of personal details and interests. For example, "I'm Bob: flash mobbing, DJing and bearblasting!" Say more than 25 words and you get the gong!
1:30-1:45: Twitter Setup: Everyone can get registered on the EmpowerCamp twitter feed to get updates on talks and adventures that are happening.
2:00-2:15: Speech Club: If this is your first Speech Club, you have to speak. A public speaking warmup game for those who are shy or want to improve their delivery. Everyone will speak for 60 seconds and answer 1 question. Bring a prepared speech or expect to be reading something random and possibly rediculous. If you think this is silly, wait for PowerPoint Karaoke!
LUNCH
2:15-3:00: Lunch potluck. Bring food with you and enjoy the feast.
TALK SCHEDULING
During lunch there will be presentation brainstorming. The schedule is opened for people to fill out sticky notes and claim time slots. People can discuss sessions they'd like to see happen and work together at preparing a presentation: How to prepare for a talk. Making slides. Answering questions.
SESSIONS
We have two presentation rooms, upstairs and downstairs. Downstairs can seat 15-25 and upstairs can seat 5-15. 4 sessions per hour times two rooms is 8 sessions per hour so 4 hours is 32 presentations on day one!
3:00-7:00: Sessions (15 minute blocks with longer sessions taking multiple blocks).
State of The Empowerment with Alex Peake: 2 years ago EmpowerThyself.com came online and we've come a long way closer to empowering humanity in just the last few months that we've had an HQ and pro dev team on the job.
- An introduction to Empowerment and an update on what we've done so far and where we're going.
- A 2 year anniversary birthday cake.
- A wine toast to freedom.
Viralink Industries with Pugsly: Learn about Pugsly's Secret Plan.
RantRadio with Sean Kennedy: The story of an underground cyberpunk internet radio station that became a movement celebrating its tenth anniversary.
Doctor Steel: Phineas Waldolf Steel's army of Toy Soldiers are building a Utopian Playland where fun and happiness are the top priorities!
Afternow RPG: Get a sneak peak of the upcoming Afternow game and get involved as a playtester or writer.
Survival with Will: Learn how to survive an apocalypse.
Knotting with Will & Freddy: A tie to suit any problem. Make rope do amazing and useful things.
Fire Spinning with LXPK: Learn how to spin fire staff, poi and more, bring your own tools if you've got them.
Inventing Bearblasting!: Bearblasting! is a sport for people with EXTREME ENERGY who have become too energetic for normal sports! In fact, it is so extreme that all the people who knew the rules have died in extreme Bearblasting! accidents! We'll drink Powerthirst and reinvent the sport of Bearblasting! and then we'll have the first ever 5-minute Bearblasting! Extreme Championship and crown the world Bearblasting! CHAMPION!
Empowerment Developer Sessions: Learn how to use Empowerment to write, code and collaborate using Empowerment.
Empowerment For Group Organizers: Learn how to organize a group online using Empowerment.
Empowerment For Writers: Learn how to write missions, ideas, skills and tools using Empowerment.
Introduction to PHP: Learn one of the easiest and most useful programming languages.
Introduction to Drupal: Learn how anyone can set up dynamic and community web sites without code.
Empowerment For Web Developers: Learn how to develop for EmpowerThyself.com using Drupal and PHP.
Empowerment For Game Developers: Learn how to get involved in Empowerment's upcoming game projects using the Unity game engine.
Empowerment for Space Hosts: Learn how to set up an Empowerment Space office with whatever room you have.
7:00-8:00: Dinner (Pizza?)
8:00-9:00: Second Life Session: Participation for people attending through Second Life to meet and discuss with real-world attendees.
9:00-10:00: PowerPoint Karaoke Game: Read rediculous powerpoint presentations you know nothing about while making hilarious stuff up. The drunker you get, the funnier it becomes.
10:00: Evening Closing Ceremony: For those who can't stay overnight and attend Day 2.
Awards: Voter choice awards for best presentations, weirdest presentations, most likely to take over the world, etc.,
Midnight-6:00AM: F@KKEN UBER DEATH PARTY @ Ghetto Mansion 18+ (youth can stay at the Camp house): An awesome halloween party with live DJs spinning the best electro, industrial, rock and electronic music.
Midnight-Next Day: Camp out in your sleeping bags at EmpowerCamp for another day of fun.
DAY 2, Sunday
10:00-12:00: Recover from the party.
1:00-2:00: Sessions or break into workgroups to collaborate on projects.
2:00-2:30: Lunch
3:00-4:00 The Empowerment Deliveration Scavenger Challenge:
4:00-4:30: Final closing ceremonies, contest awards and thank yous.
4:30-5:00 Transport to Zombie Walk in Broadripple
5-7PM: ZOMBIE WALK INDIANAPOLIS!
SPONSOR EMPOWERCAMP!
Do you have a company or organization that can sponsor EmpowerCamp to get your name out there and make an impression on some seriously switched-on people? Sponsoring BarCamps is a good way to find talented people to hire and there are lots of things that need sponsoring:
- Projectors (Donated or lent)
- Food (Do you deliver or cater? Here's your chance to win an army of loyal customers!)
- Shirts (Sponsor shirts and get your name on them!)
The Rules of EmpowerCamp
- 1st Rule: You do talk about EmpowerCamp.
- 2nd Rule: You do blog about EmpowerCamp.
- 3rd Rule: If you want to present, you must write your topic and name in a presentation slot.
- 4th Rule: Only three word intros.
- 5th Rule: As many presentations at a time as facilities allow for.
- 6th Rule: No pre-scheduled presentations, no tourists.
- 7th Rule: Presentations will go on as long as they have to or until they run into another presentation slot.
- 8th Rule: If this is your first time at EmpowerCamp, you HAVE to present. (Ok, you don't really HAVE to, but try to find someone to present with, or at least ask questions and be an interactive participant.
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