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Being Relevant in a Constantly Changing World: BarCamp Singapore 4 and #NCT
Here is something different on this blog. My experiences, thoughts and learning over the last week.
#BarCampSG4
Last Saturday (21 Nov), I attended BarCamp Singapore 4, organised by Preetam Rai and Kelvin Quee. Sponsored and held at IDA Singapore (also co-sponsored by Yahoo! SG and Hackerspace.SG), BarCamp was open to all. This being my first attendance at a BarCamp, I was not too sure what to expect although I had some ideas, having read some accounts on previous BarCamps.
What is BarCamp? Read on Wikipedia.
BarCamp is Crowdsourcing
Just like the concept of crowdsourcing in social media, most of the topics of the day were suggested by the attendees (pasted on IDA’s wall as shown on photo to the right), then voted by attendees and eventually presented by the attendees. Anyone was free to present on any topic they fancied (technology, social media, creative arts, culture and social sciences) and there were really off-the-wall submissions including ‘How to Present Difficult Concepts to Lesser Beings’ by Coleman Yee (which I thoroughly enjoyed) and one that I rued I missed: Adrianna Tan’s ‘How to Hack Your Own Travel Channel Life’ (thank God for Slideshare). All in all, I enjoyed the sessions I attended, the learning and the impromptu discussions.
Learning about me
I am currently finishing up on the BA studies, majoring in Marketing Management (I’ve just realised how little they actually teach you in college.) Part of the final dissertation/professional project submission is to assess my learning styles and the personality that comes with this person. Very interesting results. Major points to consider about self:
- I am exceedingly multi-modal, which means I use a complete combination of visual, aural, kinesthetic and read/write to learn.
- My dominant personality functions are: Extraverted Intuitive and Introverted Feeling. Not bad for this geezer.
- In Belbin’s Team Role Test: I’m a Plant, Specialist and Evaluator Monitor.
Of course, there are dark sides to all of this. You can find out below. Bottomline, with all these tests, I am much better able to judge myself and certainly capitalise on all my strengths and work on those niggling deficiencies. It will help in the long run.
You may also wish to experience the slide set below in its ‘glory’ via .pps.
