Reflections on BarCamp Africa

Yesterday I had an incredibly stimulating day at BarCamp Africa. There were just so many positive elements to this event I first need to create a list. (Each item below deserves its own post)

1) Effective use of social networking & web 2.0 tools before, during, after the event.
2) Incredibly positive attitudes and smart, passionate people.
3) Panel discussions that were “intimate conversations” between 150 people.
4) Tagging your name tag; tagging Africa map before and after.
5) Strong engagement of attendees to really participate not just observe
6) Broad range of interesting break-out sessions
7) Energy radiated by the Google campus
8) One session I participated in that was absolutely beautiful in how it unfolded
9) Self learning about helping and collaborating
10) Feeling like a true global citizen, proud, changed
11) Inspiration for possible book/study and new collaboration session format
12) Incredibly practical innovations and inventions
13) …..

So much more. I’m still processing.