BrainJams Announces Inaugural Event in Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (ContentDesk) December 2, 2005 -- BrainJams are a new type of event where technologists, non-profits, business people and community leaders come together to share their knowledge, experiences and ideas across traditional boundaries. BrainJams enable people to meet new friends/associates from diverse backgrounds and gain insights on their current projects, while contributing to the success of others.
The next BrainJams event will be held this Saturday, December 3rd from 9:00am to 5:00pm at SRI's famed campus in Menlo Park, CA.
The first half of the day centers on knowledge networking (aka: BrainJamming), which is similar to speed dating without all the flowers and romance.
Participants will have 24 one-on-one meetings lasting five minutes each, where they can talk with one another about what they are doing and share valuable insights from their personal experiences.
The attendee lead afternoon sessions focus on how people use emerging technology such as blogs and wikis to more effectively complete their projects and pursue their passions. The knowledge discussed at BrainJams will be captured by bloggers, podcasters and vloggers to be shared with others online, furthering the discussion and building on what is learned at the event.
Attendees will leave the event with dozens of new connections and many new ideas to improve upon the projects with which they are connected.
BrainJams founder Chris Heuer adds, You never know what can come out of getting great people together.
New companies may be formed, old problems may be solved or an old idea may gain new life.
As we emphasized with the Web2point1 conference, the point is not the technology - the point is people.
Get people to share knowledge across traditional boundaries, break down information silos and watch the human spirit soar to new heights.
The knowledge we need to do things right is out there somewhere BrainJams offers structured serendipity to help people find out what they need to know to do what they have to do.
Attendance is free, though donations are gladly accepted to ensure future BrainJams events are held throughout the country and around the world.
To learn more about the event, please visit the Web site at http://brainjams.org.BrainJamsBrainJams (http://www.brainjams.org) facilitates ad-hoc collaboration and interpersonal connections across traditional social, political, technical, economic and organizational boundaries.
As a non-profit, it is the goal of the organization to enable the creation of solutions for some of the most difficult socio-economic problems by applying easy to use Open Web technology.
BrainJams is also a community of practice for people who are organizing other forms of open events, such as BarCamp (http://www.barcamp.org/), to share best practices, insights and resources.
The knowledge needed to make the world a better place exists within the minds and experiences of the people on the planet.
By connecting people with one another to discuss their personal and professional passions, we are merely taking the first step towards The Noble Pursuit.
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