I am Giddy with excitement about IIW. Really - I have been bouncing off the walls all day. Almost* all my 'identity' friends are coming together and some new friends are showing up to meet you all. New people I don't know will be there and adding to the mix.
We are experimenting with a new way to do monday with our introductory track being lead and choreographed by Phil. Each of the working groups/ major projects will have one-pagers for everyone to get a clear picture of the different activities. (BTW you still have time to get your one pagers to me).
Monday's Introductory Track is going to be Free for folks who want to 'check it out' to come by. If they want to stay for dinner they are welcome if they chip in. If they want to stay for the conference they can register for it.
Joseph has written a great post about 'why' IIW has been really valuable to him and Plaxo.
Sean Ammirati has a great post just posted on Read/Write Web highlights why user-centric identity is important and how it fits into some of the themes discussed on RWW.
I hope we do get 'slammed' because it would be great to have more people who really want to engage. As a producer I get really worried about this because we ordered food for 150 people. So I will take a deep breath and hope it all works out.
So...The MC 'position' for the Untalent Show is open. If you would be interested in doing this let me know (Eve Maler who has been the MC before is not going to be at this IIW). Prepare your talents' it could be anything - really. We are a friendly bunch....You can also do hybrid creations - we often have a few verses from a popular song - reauthored to reflect the community's unique perspective on things.
IIW is a Community event and there is basically "no staff" (There are some students who are there to help 'extra' but that is not staff.)
This year my goal is to actually have enough 'space' to attend 50% of sessions (I only really attended one last time). So we are going to have a volunteer sign up opportunity so many people can do a few small things to make our event go well. So look for this if you would like to help. ALSO each person taking responsibility and doing the little things like putting your lunch plate in the trash helps make our space nice.
Oh and this IIW we are going to do compostables. So all of our plates, knives, forks, clear cups for juice will go to compost. (The coffee cups are brought by Rich and as far as I know are not compostable)
If you want to BRING YOUR OWN COFFEE MUG you could be trash free for IIW.
I can't wait - it is going to be great!
* Bob Blakley is not going to be at IIW - some important other thing he has to do for us all.
Related posts:
Unconference.net
