Oct-10-09: ProductCamp Seattle
The ProductCamp movement arrives in Seattle on Oct 10th. If you’re a product manager or product marketer in the Seattle area, you should participate in this great event.
What: ProductCamp Seattle: Navigating change by helping each other along the way
When: Oct 10th, starting at 9AM
Where: Amdocs Seattle office, 2211 Elliott Ave.
Cost/Registration: Free, sign up here
ProductCamp Seattle is a free, one-day, volunteer-driven “unconference” event focused on product management and product marketing. Other professionals who will benefit from participating include product planners and strategists, business analysts, program and project managers, or anyone interested in product best practices.
ProductCamp is intended to increase participants’ skills and knowledge, to support stronger professional relationships across industries, and to provide a means for greater recognition of product management as a critical profession for product and company success.
During the event a series of concurrent facilitated discussions will be sourced from and selected by the participants, ensuring focus on relevant topics and raising the profile of the discussion leaders. Concurrent informal roundtable discussions will promote knowledge-sharing and problem-solving among peers.
What is ProductCamp?
ProductCamp is a collaborative, user organized unconference, focused on Product Management and Marketing topics. At ProductCamp everyone participates: by presenting, leading a roundtable discussion, helping with logistics, securing sponsorship, or volunteering. ProductCamp is a great opportunity for you to learn from, teach to, and network with professionals involved in the Product Management, Marketing, and Development process from the Seattle area! This will be the first ProductCamp in Seattle, so by participating, you’ll also be a pioneer. Previous ProductCamps held in other cities have had very positive reviews, some even achieving 100% attendee approval ratings in post-event surveys.
ProductCamp is a bunch of smart, passionate people coming together to discuss, debate, and collaborate on the issues they face every day. Everyone with interest in getting better at conceiving, building, managing and marketing products is welcome. Everyone brings different experiences and leveraging that collective knowledge is what makes ProductCamp special – and something you can’t get from any other kind of meeting.
What ProductCamp Seattle is:
- Organized by the grassroots, not corporations
- Reliant on full participation by all attendees – there is no passive audience at an unconference
- About increasing each individual’s skills and knowledge through highly engaged, creative exchange
- About building and strengthening professional relationships
- About gaining more professional recognition by sharing and teaching
- About having a whole lot of fun in the process
What ProductCamp Seattle isn’t:
- A pre-determined set of speakers and topics.
- About participants paying polite attention to sessions
- About presenters being solely responsible for session outcomes
- About networking only at formal icebreakers and scheduled breaks
