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Exploring Conference Session Design: The ‘Combo Session’ Approach

by Jono Bacon | Mar 25, 2020 | Events

Modern conferences have something of a playbook. A typical conference schedule is a grid packed with full presentation sessions with slides, panel discussions, lightning talks, keynote slots, Birds Of a Feather sessions, and more. While many of these content formats...

Open Collaboration Conference (at Open Source Summit) Call For Papers

by Jono Bacon | Apr 17, 2018 | Events

Back in February I announced the Call For Papers for the Open Collaboration Conference was open. For those of you in the dark, last year I ran the Open Community Conference as part of the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit events in North America and Europe....

Open Community Conference: Updates, CFP, Webinar, and Prizes

by Jono Bacon | Jul 7, 2017 | Community, Community Management, Events

A little while back I announced that I am starting a new conference called the Open Community Conference in conjunction with my friends at the Linux Foundation. Put simply: the Open Community Conference provides a raft of presentations, panels, and BoFs with pragmatic...

All Things Open Next Week – MCing, Talks, and More

by Jono Bacon | Oct 20, 2016 | Events

Last year I went to All Things Open for the first time and did a keynote. You can watch the keynote here. I was really impressed with All Things Open last year and have subsequently become friends with the principle organizer, Todd Lewis. I loved how the team put...

Bacon Roundup – 23rd August 2016

by Jono Bacon | Aug 23, 2016 | Atom, Bacon Roundup, Clients, Community, Community Management, data.world, Events, HackerOne, Psychology

Well, hello there, people. I am back with another Bacon Roundup which summarizes some of the various things I have published recently. Don’t forget to subscribe to get the latest posts right to your inbox. Also, don’t forget that I am doing a Reddit AMA...

Speaking at Abstractions

by Jono Bacon | Aug 11, 2016 | Events

Update: my talk has been moved to 1.30pm on Friday 19th August 2016. Just a quick note to let you know that I will be zooming my way on the reddest of red eyes to Pittsburgh, PA to speak at Abstractions next week. I first heard about Abstractions some time ago and I...