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For those of you in UK there is another exciting MediaCamp in the pipeline taking place on May 17 at Buckinghamshire New University, or BNU.

Last years event was a great success and attracted a variety of bloggers, marketing types, vloggers, PR people, musicians and studio engineers into a melting pot of an unconference.

Unconference?

Yes, the “un” in unconference means that you can expect everything that a conference isn’t. So nobody will be standing talking to you for an hour, you won’t have to sit there becoming bored with the content, you are actively encouraged to get up and walk to another “session” if you find it boring or non-relevant.

Unconferences are powerful and interactive, people travel from afar, book into hotels and make a weekend of it. It’s all about participation and sharing good practice, and as you can imagine slots perfectly into the style of learning we are so proud of on AC here, “open” and immersive.

So pop along to MediaCampBucks and register to attend, it’s completely free!

I had a blast at MediaCampBucks07 which took place a couple of weekends ago, the experience was fantastic and in between all the learning and sharing there was some music production taking place in the thick of it. I wrote a summary over on my personal blog about the educational event.

As well as this Nuno was caught running around with a video camera and he kindly put together a short summary vid to show off his talent. We hope you like the style and you are set to be seeing more of Nuno’s work on the site in the coming months in the way of tutorials.

In fact full disclosure I’m Lead Organiser for MediaCampBucks07. 

The event is taking place at Bucks New Uni, and is in the format of an un-conference, and will be a great day of mind-share and networking potential.

Un-conference? 

Yup, that means it is everything a conference isn’t! You know those events you’ve been to where you sit and get spoken to for an hour while someone flips through a power-point presentation? – this is not going to happen, here, at MediaCampBucks07 you will interacting with everyone, the sessions are more like “brain-storms”, or discussion sessions around a particular topic, as a way forward for asking the question “what comes next”, “how can I use this myself”.

Grass Roots

OK, so I actually do not like this term, I find it a bit “wanky” and “tree-hugging”, but what I’m trying to imply is that the event is for people like you, people who might know me, or a friend of a friend, or in some other connected way. It’s also about reaching out to the local community and getting them engaged to learn something new about social media and how to “move mountains” with it.

We are not opting for some huge promotional campaign, we are starting small and then leveraging those involved to set the scene for each successive MediaCamp, which may well be in YOUR Town or City.

I’m hearing from a diverse set of career people interested in this, and most of those seem to be from people who are not currently using social media, those who have heard the rumbles and think they ought to find out about it all, this is perfect and so definitely the point. 

However, If you already “waist-deep” in social media we want YOU to come along and share your tricks, tell us how you use it for your business, how are you embracing any of this?

Well that’s it for now, but I do want to know what type of things you might want to learn about, what sessions would excite you, what do you want to learn, what do you “need” to learn? 

 Chris Hambly