Tim O'Reilly
Irish-American author and publisher
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Why they matter for gatherings
Tim O'Reilly is a founder known for developing methods such as Bar Camp / Open Tech Unconference Sessions, BarCamp, Foo Camp, and Unconference.
His methods provide examples of community-driven event formats that facilitators and event designers may examine to understand participatory gathering structures.
Founded methods including Bar Camp / Open Tech Unconference Sessions, BarCamp, Foo Camp, and Unconference.
Here is how those methods work in practice.
The methods, ready to run
Named methods, and the exercises in our library that put them to work.
Bar Camp / Open Tech Unconference Sessions
Foo Camp
BarCamp
And here is where you can watch them run.
Where you can see them practiced
Gold-set agendas that visibly put these methods to work.
How gatherings across every category score
Authority profile
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Evidence and receipts
Sources
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