why un-conferences appeals to me

On November 19th, 2008 Henriette Weber wrote:

So as you have probably had your ears full of - BarCamp Copenhagen is this saturday starting at 10:00 at KEA.

I have been madly in love with BarCamp's since the early days when the format was brand new. I started BarCamp Copenhagen back in 2006 - because I like the spontanity and the impulsiveness that a gathering of people prepared to participate come with, and the participants are really key to the focus of the barcamp.
An un-conference is - even though the structure is more like a continued discussion or a café arrangement- a lot of work, basically because BarCamp wants to be free, where you would normally pay a large ammount of money to be at a conference.
The one thing you "pay" with is: Participation. You participate by conducting a talk, a discussion, a game, or just ask a lot of questions.

The result is outstanding - everytime.

I would claim that people get more hands-on answers from an un-conference then they do at a conference. It can be quite scary to see the collective mind of the masses working it's way to all participants - but there's room for everything.

When BarCamp Copenhagen is over - the next unconference is RunRun from the 20th to the 22nd of February (yep you have to be with us for a couple of days to save the world) where we have a restriction of 30 participants =)