Re: TransitCamp anniversary and news!

[Mark Kuznicki]

(cc'd to TorontoTransitCamp)

Chris,

I will point you to the HBR article and the accompanying wiki page:

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/flatmm/hbrextras/200802/list/index.html

http://toronto.transitcamp.org/ttc/show/hbr

No routes were reconfigured based on the first TransitCamp, as far as I'm aware.  The effects were more subtle, but perhaps more powerful in the long-run.  I think of these things as cultural interventions as much anything else.  It's about a change in the relationship between producer and consumer.  But it mostly depends on a producer/brand/public agency/whatever that is prepared to engage in a new way and willing to be transformed by the experience.

Consider last year's event the prototype, this year is the proof of concept.  The stars are uniquely aligned for some real change in 2008.

Mark

On 5-Feb-08, at 5:45 PM, Chris Wheeler wrote:

Sounds wonderful. In the past year, aside from more requests for camps, what improvements to transit have come as a result of these camps? Is there something I could read that would link results to these camps? I ask because I love the idea of the camps for other venues outside of technology, and would like to experiment with them in other places as well, but would like to know if they result in tangible benefits.

Chris.

On Feb 5, 2008 11:19 AM, Mark Kuznicki <mark.k...@gmail.com> wrote:

Big news in TransitCamp land!  It's been one year since the first
TransitCamp, which introduced the BarCamp/unconference idea to new
audiences passionate about the role of transit and the city.

We'll be doing a LOT of TransitCamp stuff this year.  Read the post
for more background: http://remarkk.com/2008/02/05/accelerating-the-transitcamp-community/

Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/transitcamp/
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8155408598
Twitter: http://twitter.com/TransitCamp

- Mark
http://remarkk.com/