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September 03, 2007
Before the unconference we were there
- Thought Leading Innovators Track
Sometimes we are not very good at tooting our own horn at pulver. Well at least I am not. One of the problems we have had is that Jeff’s concept of purple minutes was stated long before Web 2.0 and Telco 2.0 came into vogue and we have not been good at embracing those terms. Additionally they belong to other people’s efforts and we don’t want to steal their IPR. But the world has adopted those terms and they are being used more generically and few people remember the purple minutes statement.
Additionally the concept of an unconference has come into vogue. Jeff and I have run our Executive Summits like the basic format of an unconference in the fact the goal was a dialogue between speaker and audience. We even seeded the audience with “discussants” to make sure no slide deck was safe.
As for an open format where people inserted themselves in, Marni reminded me of the SIP summit we were running when 9/11 occurred. With half the speakers stuck between countries or grounded at home and another group rushing home to love ones, the rest of us built a conference on a whiteboard. It was a good event and certain members of the community I have a special place in my heart for because of their participation.
So those Executive Summit alumni and those were either at the SIP summit or on their way when 9/11 occurred are invited to be discussants at our first Innovators Track.
The Innovators track is for the community that is working on the new and innovative strategies that progresses because its part of the bigger trend. We know that computing will integrate all communication and that Internet is the ultimate network. This track follows these trends. Here are the sessions which are available to VON Delegates only
Posted by carl at September 3, 2007 02:10 AM