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The Unmeetup format we’ve experienced successfully in 2019: Open Space - is back, this time in virtual flavor. For those who missed it: We borrow ideas from Open Space Technology, Unconference, JCrete and JAlba and mesh them together into an event 100% of participants want to come back to - we call this UnMeetup.

= How does it work?

17:30 - 17:45 : Gathering, mingling (Using our Lounge Tables break-out rooms)
17:45 - 17:55: Explain how the event works.
17:55 - 18:05: Each participant (optionally) write down a topic they would like to discuss (in round-table fashion) in a special on-line Ideas Launchpad site we’ve setup.
18:05 - 18:10: Each participant has 2 votes. He/she click the Like button on 2 topics he/she likes, using the Ideas Launchpad site
18:10 - 18:20 : Organizers choose the highest voted topics and prepares an agenda which is a matrix of the 3 Rooms x 2 time frames. It will look like this:

Time \ Room | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3|
----------------- |------------|------------|-----------|
18:30 - 19:15 |
------------------|------------------------------------|
19:25 - 20:10 |

18:30 - 19:15: Splitting to 1st session rooms. Each participants chooses the topic most interesting to him/her and switches to the Zoom Breakout Room of this topic. Each room will be led by the topic suggester. The topics are discussed in a round-table fashion. We avoid lengthy monologues and encourage participants to switch to another at any time
19:15 - 19:25: short break - grab yourself some coffee in the comfort of your own home, while we setup the next session
19:25 - 20:10 : 2nd session - again splitting to 3 breakout rooms.
20:10 - 20:20 : Summary

= Are you sure this works? It sounds quite odd, and event without a predefined agenda!

We tested this in our first UnMeetup event back in 2019. This proved out to be a great success, with 100% participants voted Yes on “Will you come back to this types of event?”. From on our experience, it is by far the best meetup format we have ever tried. The unique new knowledge - real world practical stories - you learn through is compared to no other event. The actual experience is incredible and a definite no-miss event.

= How did it look like in your first UnMeetup back in 2019?

Take a look for your self in this short 2min summary video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTg373XcXsg).

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