Unconf

This is discussion time that's intentionally unstructured.

  • Grab whiteboards or post-it notes
  • Give attendees a couple of minutes to submit their discussion topics
  • Allow submitters 10 seconds to describe their topics
  • Give attendees a couple of minutes to vote on the topics they want to discuss (1 or 2 votes each works well)
  • Take the top N topics
  • Send each topic to a different part of the room/venue

Having whiteboards on hand is nice because it lets someone take notes. You can also have one person take notes and post them somewhere.