Florida Creatives - Creating a Community of Innovation

Location

BarCampMiami will take place once again at the outstanding Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, kicking off an exciting week for technology in South Florida.

What is BarCamp?

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. BarCampMiami 2009 will include WordCamp!

What is WordCamp?

WordCamp is a conference type of event that focuses squarely on everything WordPress. Everyone from casual end users all the way up to core developers show up to these events.

Who Should Be There?

Anyone working on a new startup that wants to get some great feedback. Anyone looking for talent. Anyone talented looking for work. Anyone looking to invest in brilliant new ideas. Anyone looking to find partners for their brilliant new ideas. Anyone who wants to practice a presentation s/he is working on. Anyone who has a passion for blogging, wikis, design, coding and the web in general. Everyone is welcome. Everyone is encouraged to present. It’s totally free and an excellent source of what is hot, new and upcoming.

If you’d like to know more about BarCamp: http://barcamp.org

Preparation

• Register on EventBrite to give coordinators an idea as to how many people are coming (and to get your nametag printed, instead of Sharpie’d!);



• Add your name to the wiki: http://barcamp.org/barcampmiami Please put your name and any organization you represent;
• Follow the BarCampMiami blog for updates: http://barcampmiami.org;
• Bring a laptop - It’s great for showing off that program you mentioned in your session;
• Come early, but not too early - Showing up at the announced starting time will be fine. Show up earlier, and you’ll get drafted for setup work (much appreciated!). Show up later, and you’ll miss some social activity and your T-shirt;
• Be ready to participate - come with an idea for a session you can lead. You don’t have to be an expert at your topic; as long as it’s not too specific, there’ll probably be someone else present who can help you out. You can also contribute to the conversation during a session. This is a great way to participate, since it spreads knowledge from everyone, instead of just the leader.
• Know someone who would like to sponsor or be a donor? Sponsorships are $300 and donor level is $100 so that even startups can contribute on a monetary level to keeping this a free, grassroots community event.