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How do you do it?

First, think about what you want to talk about. It can be anything in which people and information are involved (…anything). For more ideas about who should present, hang around ’til the bottom of the post.

Optional: You can post your ideas to the InfoCamp wiki or maybe create a wiki new page or link to a blog and see if anyone else provides feedback.

Make sure to register to attend.

Then, show up to InfoCamp and bring any presentation material you might want to use. You can be as creative you want, so long as you don’t disturb the other presentations. Will we have: space, a big marker, at least one writing surface, digital projector for your laptop, and a screen.

Finally, on the day of InfoCamp, you will give a short presentation pitch (1-2 minutes) about your session before your presentation, get a room assignment, and then it’s presentation time – and people who are interested in what you are presenting will be there!

That’s all you need to do!

Conversely, if you had no intention of presenting when you show up to InfoCamp and you are so moved by the interactions you have during the day, it is perfectly acceptable to give an ad hoc presentation as a reaction to your experiences.

Ultimately, the end goal is all about creating conversations and connections between people who might have similar interests and who want to put their minds together to produce new ideas and ways of thinking

Who should present?

At InfoCamp we invite all attendees to give a presentation. In fact, we encourage anyone who has anything to say about people, information, and/or technology to get up and talk about what interests them. The presentations don’t have to be rehearsed and polished with a slick PowerPoint presentation (although there will be some of that) — they can be half-baked ideas, discussions or round-tables. They can partially developed product demos. They can be workshops. You don’t need to be an expert presenter!  As a matter of fact, this can be great practice for a product pitch or a thesis.

Again, we will provide the space, a big marker and something to write on (large Post-It Note or whiteboard) and a projector and screen for those more technologically prepared — oh yeah and some open-minded and eager people!