Thoughts from the Online Community Unconference

I had an excellent time at the Online Community Unconference yesterday! Bill Johnston and the good folks at Forum One Networks put together a great conference, with around 250 of us unruly cats successfully herded. For those unfamiliar, an unconference is one where the agenda and presenters are not decided in advance, but rather are built through audience participation at the start. Highly appropriate format for conference about community, as I am sure I am not the first to note. But I did overhear one of the herders mention that this was the first Unconference they’ve put together where the board filled up in the first round! Some initial notes: Balance seemed noticeably consumer-oriented, but sizable enterprise and non-profit contingents were in attendance. Attendee ratio was heavily weighted in favor of industry folks over clients; however clients drove a lot of participation in the sessions. I think this...