It has been exciting time for past couple of days in preparations for Capgemini India's (and perhaps Capgemini's) first ever Barcamp which is happening tomorrow, 11th September in Mumbai. In fact we already have a Barcamp being run in Capgemini Bangalore today as part of this synchronised Capgemini India Barcamps. We had many people volunteering with tasks like creating logos, stickers, banners to coordinating with internal sponsors. The internal wiki was used for registration. We put up huge Barcamp banners in office with some fantastic posters created by Tarun. We weren't sure of how much participation we would get and were surprised to have more than 100 registrations. Not a Bad start.
Because of logistics and few other reasons the event is being attended by Capgemini employees only , so many people could comment that it is not a true, pure barcamp. But then purists are purists. They have a role to play. Our aim is to introduce unconferences and barcamps as an alternate method of learning within the company and also spread idea of barcamp among many people who are not exposed to it. I am sure we will soon have versions of Capgemini Barcamp running in thier pure form with wider and external participation.
For now, I hope this Barcamp would clear few mindblocks and give few people another perspective of learning and sharing in open, informal and collaborative enviornment....
Because of logistics and few other reasons the event is being attended by Capgemini employees only , so many people could comment that it is not a true, pure barcamp. But then purists are purists. They have a role to play. Our aim is to introduce unconferences and barcamps as an alternate method of learning within the company and also spread idea of barcamp among many people who are not exposed to it. I am sure we will soon have versions of Capgemini Barcamp running in thier pure form with wider and external participation.
For now, I hope this Barcamp would clear few mindblocks and give few people another perspective of learning and sharing in open, informal and collaborative enviornment....
