Press Release: Missoula BarCamp 2011

Submitted by Jennifer Stephens on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 12:00pm


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Event Name:  Missoula BarCamp 2011
Event Date:  May 21, 2011
Event Time:  9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Event Location: The Payne Family Native American Center at the University of Montana
Contact:  Jennifer Stephens
Phone Number: 406.322.2983
Fax Number:  866.317.0801
Email Addresses:  jenn@missoulabarcamp.org
Web Site Address:  http://www.missoulabarcamp.org

Fourth Annual Missoula BarCamp Engages Art, Change, and Technology to Create, Contribute and Connect

Missoula, Montana, April 29, 2011 —

Missoula BarCamp asks the questions: What do you want Missoula to be? Where do you want it to go? How do you want to get there?

On Saturday, May 21, 2011 the fourth annual Missoula BarCamp will be held in the beautiful new Payne Family Native American Center situated along on the central “oval” on The University of Montana campus. Registration will open at 8:30 a.m. and kick off with three to four quick “lightning” keynote speakers from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Missoula BarCamp is a cross-functional interdisciplinary conversation where people come to learn, teach, and to be surprised. By pulling together professionals primarily from the arts, change, and technology fields, Missoula BarCamp seeks to amplify the brilliance and beauty of our talented city.

The day’s agenda is generated by conference participants who bring their expertise and/or burning answers or questions to the table to quickly find and connect with those interested in exploring the same topics. Using the revolutionary but proven “unconference” format called Open Space Technology, participants float between session workshops to whichever one provides them a chance to contribute or learn which also results in impromptu hallway discussions and unscheduled workshop topics. The energy and the power that comes from these freedoms make Missoula BarCamp an event best understood by experiencing it.

Missoula Barcamp is pleased to have City of Missoula Mayor John Engen return as one of four lightning keynote speakers for our 2011 event. We are also fortunate to have Dr. Christopher Avery of Partnerwerks, Inc., Elke Govertsen founder of Mamalode, and Mike Steinberg, Director of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival as lightning keynote speakers.

Register today at http://missoulabarcamp.org to experience Missoula BarCamp for yourself! Registration includes a t-shirt and catered lunch.  Sponsorship opportunities also available; visit http://www.missoulabarcamp.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor for details.

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