Guidelines For Participation

 

1. Respect for the individual

   The #1 guideline for Cre8Camp participants is respect for other participants.  Mostly this means respect for diversity--of opinion, age, background, ethnicity, job, company, hobbies, sexual orientation, spiritual beliefs, etc.

    

    

2. A variety of topics, obvious and not so obvious is encouraged

   If you’ve ever wondered “Would people think I’m less of a Creative because I'm into _______”—worry no more. Cre8Camp is a perfect forum to discuss anything that other creatives mght be interested in. Because there will probably be another participant who share the same passion, and the magic will happen when you both connect.

    

    

3. Share your skills and passions

   Sure, you can talk about the finer points of creating award winning campaigns within your agency. But when you set your own type (the lead variety, mind you,) know every strategy to triumph at Rock Band, or urban farm in your backyard, why not have discussion sessions on those?

    

    

4. Typically, discussion works better than presentations.

   It’s not so much about the topic itself as it is about the ability for participants to have a conversation around it.  Typically the person who came up with the session will lead, but this is much more of a roundtable-type discussion than a presentation.

    

    

5. Try to contribute

   It’s best to participate in sessions that excite you, so you can speak your mind and add thoughtfully to the conversation. Sitting at the back of the room and taking it all in works too if that is more comfortable for you. 

    

6. Feel free to move around

   If a session turns out to be less than what you desired, you’re most welcome to change sessions midstream or take a break.

    

    

7. Collaborate and mashup

   If you see that someone posted a discussion on John Baskerville, and you planned one on Eric Gill, why not mash it up and have one delicious discussion around English typography and its sexual tendencies?

    

    

8. Share and learn from each other

   Sure, most of us have a day job, and talking about work and networking are typical at garden variety events. But people who come to Cre8Camp do their it because they love their creative discipline or hobby, not just because it’s their day job.  This is a great chance to learn from people who might be already doing something that you aspire to or want to change our career to.

    

    

9. Leave some room for the unexpected 

   Keeping the sessions open and free-flowing is the best way to learn new things from each other. Damage control by discusion leaders should be kept to a minimum. The reward: you will most likeylearn something new from the participants at each session. Everyone benefits.

    

    

10. Document, document, document

    If you take pictures, blog, tweet or simply have the propensity to strike up good conversations around your company's kitchen (or beer tap,) do it voraciously before, during and after the event. The more, the better.

     

     

11. Tag it

    Use “Cre8Camp” and/or "Cre8Camp[location]" (e.g. Cre8CampPortland) as a tag on Flickr, blog posts, Twitter hashtags and other things, so you and others can find every last bit of information relating to the event.