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Link here. This is the video of schedule session in the morning of Barcamp Shanghai.

Thanks Franz!

I didn’t know there’s still news of Barcamp Shanghai to come. This article is on 2006.10.02 issue of 21st Century Business Herald, reported by Lynn. The great shot is from Andy Chang.

让我们假设：有一天，你和几百位素未谋面的人士呆在一个空间，整整24小时被允许充分自由，但没有人建议你该做什么。

你的周围，是混乱的电脑、裸露在睡袋外的陌生脑袋、“红牛”、“可乐”等食物容器，以及一阵高过一阵的喧哗。那些彼此不和谐的声音——英语、德语、法语，还有你的母语——永远不知疲倦地在大声介绍和讨论某个话题……

If you want to comment, go to Lynn’s blog (part1, part2, part3) . Andy also has a nice wrap up of Barcamp shanghai.

Yesterday, we had the first barcamp Shanghai in Tudou. For a brief rundown of the event, read my post on China Web2.0 Review.

As a barcamper, one of your most important objectives is to make a successful session. Besides doing homework on your topic, there’re other things you should know to make a successful barcamp talk.

Barcamp is like digg, traditional conference is like slashdot. In barcamp, you are not guaranteed to have a session by persuading a small group of organizers. Rather you should persuade the audiences.

Following is my suggestions if you would like to prepare for the next barcamp early.

• Think of a short and sound name for your topic. If you want to include your topic and your name on a yellow sticker, you had better summarize your topic in 5 or 6 words.
• Come early to register your topic. People are tired after listening to two sessions. If you missed the scheduling session in the morning, you are not likely to raise enough interests.
• Actively explain your topic to people before they vote. People don’t have to know the topic. They vote for things they have heard of and supposed to be useful.
• Prepare you session in a simple way. Keep in mind, this is a grassroots’ conference. Your session will probably be arranged in a room without projector, Internet access or even tables.
• Repeat your main topic during the talk now and then. In a multi-session conference, people switch between sessions quickly. Help people join in the middle of your talk to be synchronized.
• Look for help from other barcampers. Even you haven’t prepared your topic enough for a whole session, you can still make it a success by inviting other barcampers with professional background to join your session. In fact, it’s very easy to turn an active participant into a co-speaker.

Barcamp Shanghai II is purposed to happen in six months. Wish you to be a more successful barcamper next time.

Over at the registration page of Barcamp Shanghai, there’re 75 people registered now. You know, our up limit is 80 people. And as far as I know, some exciting CEO is going to bring his team, but only registered himself. So when I used the word “almost”, it means *nearly almost*.

One session idea I have got is based on my writing experience on China Web2.0 Review. I will try to organize a session about opportunities and challenges in writing a blog tracking web2.0 in China. Does this make sense?

Alex C. G. of Shanghai Networking News just interviewed Crystal Williams.

This is the longest Chinese post I have written this year. Thanks Zheng. I think we need some Chinese words about barcamp Shanghai. This event is not supposed to be a gathering of western guys in Shanghai.