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15-Dec-2010 - Audio of this event is now available 2010 SkeptiCamp Virtual Post Mortem.mp3. (this is a 95.2MB mp3 audio file)
It's a crazy idea that's rarely seen among skeptics, but we're going to try to learn from our mistakes and build upon our successes. Join us for this special Virtual Drinking Skeptically event!


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edit When and where

Venue: Virtual Drinking Skeptically on Tokbox (follow @virtualds on Twitter)

Date: Friday, November 12, 2010

Time: from 9pm to 11pm ET

Where: http://www.tokbox.com/briandgregory/Virtual-Drinking-Skeptically

edit What is it?

This event hosted by Virtual Drinking Skeptically

On November 12th, a panel of SkeptiCamp organizers will meet in an online video conference to discuss lessons learned from the past year of events. This is an open event where anyone is welcome to attend.

SkeptiCamp focuses (in part) on producing substantive events within the reach of informal groups of skeptics anywhere around the world. These events most often are put together by inexperienced organizers who must build upon the experience of others who have successfully hosted events of their own. To develop those practices we must collaborate; we must share our experiences of organizing events so that others can benefit.

All the lessons learned that we discuss at the Virtual Post Mortem will find their way into this wiki.

We'd like to recruit one organizer from every city to serve on the panel, where we ask each to offer two notable items from their event that went well, and two things that went wrong.

For those things that went wrong, we'll discuss the ways we might avoid them in the future.

See the What Went Right and What Went Wrong pages for past examples. Duplication is okay, as it indicates recurring problems.

edit Who

edit Panelist Participants

We need a volunteer from each SkeptiCamp who served as an organizer. If more than one, please choose among yourselves.

We ask that each panelist prepare by bringing two items describing what went right (examples) and two items describing what went wrong (examples) that stood out at their event (or were exceptional in some way) that future organizers can benefit from knowing about.

  • Alberta: Add your name here
  • Atlanta: Maria Walters
  • Chicago: Matt Lowry & Elyse Anders
  • Colorado: Rich Orman
  • DC: Tana Owens
  • Edinburgh: Add your name here
  • New York City: Mitchell S. Lampert
  • Ohio: Add your name here
  • Ottawa: Add your name here
  • Salt Lake City: Add your name here
  • Toronto: Richard Murray
  • Vancouver: Melany Fulgham
  • Winnipeg: Gem Newman
  • Amazing Adventure Cruise: Jeff Wagg (though not a skepticamp, it did feature user-driven talks)

We strongly recommend that panelists test their video setup, such as by attending one of the earlier Virtual Drinking Skeptically events.

Note: because of Tokbox restrictions on number of panelists, we may have to rotate some panelists in-and-out.

edit Non-panelist Participants

We can accommodate any number of non-panelist viewers. No video camera is necessary. Note that while you won't appear on video, you will be able to watch the proceedings and participate via chat, which Brian will be monitoring for questions.

You are not required to register to participate, but we'd encourage you to do so to advertise your interest in the future of open conferencing in skepticism.

  • Cory Albrecht
  • Jeff Wagg
  • Karen Stollznow
  • Jamie Williams
  • Brad Leclerc
  • Josh Hunt
  • Clarence Johnson (CJ)
  • Add your name here
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edit Agenda

Example of Tokbox session

This will be a collaborative (and open) agenda, so feel free to contribute a question you'd like raised for the assembled throng.

  • Brian - opening remarks with advice on using Tokbox & mention of upcoming VDS events
  • Reed - brief opening remarks explaining the reasons for post-event reviews (aka Post Mortems)
  • Panelist introductions
  • Any questions before we begin?
    • Your question here
    • Your question here
    • Your question here
  • Each city/state/province in turn (as shown above)
    • Short description of event (when, who, what, where)
    • What went right? (discussion)
    • What went wrong? (discussion)
  • Any questions before we wrap?
    • Your question here
    • Your question here
    • Your question here
  • Reed - brief closing remarks
  • Brian - brief closing remarks
  • SOCIAL TIME

edit External links

Retrieved from "http://skepticamp.org/wiki/Virtual_Post_Mortem_2010"
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