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unconference

noun

Etymology

From un- + conference.

  1. derived from cōnferēns
  2. derived from cōnferentia
  3. borrowed from conférence
  4. prefixed as unconference — “un + conference”

Definitions

  1. A conference that attempts to avoid the traditional drawbacks of conferences, such as…

    A conference that attempts to avoid the traditional drawbacks of conferences, such as high entry fees, excessive formality, and bias due to sponsors.

    • Think of the Kalamazoo unconference, assuming that the official videotape tells it like it was.
    • As a marketer, the unconference tells me more about what's hot in the marketplace than any other tool I have.
    • But the fact that there were predetermined sessions went against the whole "unconference" idea, a few attendees said. For them, it was still too much structure.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unconference. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA