A look back at Barcamp Des Moines 2011 (Photos)

Once again, Barcamp Des Moines took over the Des Moines Central Public Library on Saturday for the 2011 iteration of the event. More than 80 participants converged in the meeting room suite for presentations from 18 speakers in three tracks: Technology, Creative and Entrepreneurship. The event was bookended by a social the evening …

Sayer Martin leads a session on “Stocks won’t get you there – why not entrepreneurship?” All photos courtesy of Greg Hauenstein.

Once again, Barcamp Des Moines took over the Des Moines Central Public Library on Saturday for the 2011 iteration of the event. More than 80 participants converged in the meeting room suite for presentations from 18 speakers in three tracks: Technology, Creative and Entrepreneurship. The event was bookended by a social the evening before at the Des Moines Social Club / Kirkwood Lounge and a luncheon hosted at StartupCity Des Moines.

Attendees gather in the hallway during the initial call for presentation sign ups. 

Frequent PrairieCast guest, Sam DuRegger of Charming Beard Productions schedules his presentation “A transmedia experience via enhanced ePubs”

BitMethod’s Scott Kubie presents “Making Writing + Editing Easier”

Two attendees follow up on a discussion topic.

Disclosure: Barcamp Des Moines is an independent event organized by community members including the author of this post, Geoff Wood of Silicon Prairie News.

This story is part of the AIM Archive

This story is part of the AIM Institute Archive on Silicon Prairie News. AIM gifted SPN to the Nebraska Journalism Trust in January 2023. Learn more about SPN’s origin »

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