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The challenge of unconferences and panels at legal conferences

By Kevin

I tweeted yesterday that I agreed with Dave Winer that conference panels suck. Thinking I was a fan of open discussion at conferences, I was quickly asked to comment on Jeff Jarvis's 2006 post on the 'unconference approach,' to a conference, a concept Jarvis cited Winer as the master of. The 'unconference' per Jarvis is where the people in the room set the agenda and they?d accomplish this via a conversation, not a lecture. Jarvis had recent success with the concept. I do agree with Winer that conference panels can suck. The idea is to have a panel to discuss why panels with people racing to plug their product or pet idea, in competition with four other panelists, followed by the audience asking questions after lining up at a mike, is the wrong way to organize these things...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on July 11, 2010 (boomark / email).