Archives for March, 2009

Minnov8: Unsummit Leader Interviews


Thanks to Minnov8’s Phil Wilson and cameraman, Brian Stemmler.

The future of the UnSummit: ideas and next steps


Great post on the future of the UnSummit by Pete Barry (@pjbfcp) on his blog,  Experience Great Ideas.

More Flickr photos


Photos by localmn

Alphabet Soup – Evolution of Trade Associations presentation


From the session facilitated by Tim Brunelle.
“I gave this presentation today at the Twin Cities UnSummit. This year’s UnSummit theme was “Hacking The Recession.” And my presentation was focused on the changing role of trade associations and communities–how can they evolve to better benefit their communities in tough times, yet remain true to their missions. [...]

How to turn your self-hosted Wordpress blog into a totally rocking Content Management System (CMS) – Notes from our session


Thanks to y’all for attending the Wordpress session on Saturday!  If you have any questions, please email me at toby [at] themightymo.com, Tweet me @TobyCryns, or visit The Mighty Mo! Design Co. on the web.
My main point of the discussion was to let y’all know how easy it is to do fun stuff with Wordpress [...]

Future of the UnSummit (Video)


This is video from my flip cam. Thanks to Mykle Roventine and Tony Sauce for shooting. Please leave your comments and thoughts on the idea we presented.
Future of the UnSummit from Peter Barry on Vimeo.
UnSummit 3.7.09 Conversation on the future of the UnSummit. Pete Barry (@pjbfcp) & Keith Wolf (@wolflow)

Couple of contributions…


The Minnov8 Gang podcast is up and this week it’s a recording of the Unpanel we had right after lunch. Also, I’ve added a Flickr photoset here. Wanted to publicly say “thank you” to Mykl Roventine, Don Ball and Meg Canada for putting forth the effort to make this event a reality and a success.

Thanks everyone!


Thanks to everyone for helping to make UnSummit09 a success. See you at happy hour!

Ignite Speed Presentations


Facilitated by Mykl Roventine and Patrick Kuntz.
If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? There are thriving Ignite communities in Seattle, Portland, Paris, and NYC. The session included a demo and discussion of starting one in MSP.
Sites referenced [...]

Thoughts on the Backchannel


Yes, the title alludes to my personal blog, but its at least legit. One thing that I love about watching the Twitter stream at events like this is seeing how much wisdom can be packed into 140 characters. Here are a few that flew by during the UnPanel, when the discussion turned to videos, YouTube, [...]