One of the most common sayings about Failure is “Failures are stepping stone to success” but, what if we could learn important lessons from someone else’s failures.Most of the times,Failure is a exaggerated term which should otherwise be termed as “Failed Attempt” and wouldn’t be great to share your life experiences with others under one roof .FailCamp is one such wonderful initiative[better to call it as an initiative rather than an unconference] by Kiruba Shankar and his team.

The bottom-line of FailCamp -

We all make mistakes and learn from it to become a better person. Won’t it be great to learn from other’s mistakes so that we don’t make the same ones!

The focus is really not about the failure. It’s about why we failed and what lessons we learnt from it. Let’s not be ashamed about failing. Let’s celebrate failure. Let’s look straight into its eyes.

To be very honest,off late;I have taken lot of hasty decisions[which have taught me lot of things] and it would be really nice to share those learnings with the audience.Well,not to forget listening to other’s mistakes would be great learning for all of us !!!

So, interested in FailCamp:

Date and Time – 16th November 2008
Venue – Tenth Planet, Chennai. The venue was just finalized few days back and I am quite excited to meet my old unconference buddies
Registration - FailCamp Wiki

Before ending this article, I would like to share few lines from Paulo Coelho‘s book “Manual of the warrior of light“

A warrior of light shares with others what he knows of the path.Anyone who gives help also receives help and needs to teach what he has learnt.That is why he sits by the fire and recounts his day on the battlefield.

There are a couple of events that are scheduled in Bangalore as well as Chennai.Some of them are seasonal events – Open Coffee Club and Blogger’s meet , happening on the 1st & 2nd September,2007 respectively.Some of the other unconferences & conferences are listed below:

a. SearchCamp , Chennai:

After a series of unconferences – BlogCamp , BarCamp , Podworks , WiKi Camp , Proto ; the Knowledge Foundation has another feather in their cap – SearchCamp. As the name suggests, the crux behind the two day unconference is a single word – SEARCH.

What is SearchCamp:
SearchCamp is a two day event aimed to bring together the best minds from the Search Engine Marketing(SEM) space to talk about search engine advertising, including optimization and marketing issues. This event is the first of its kind in India and will feature workshops, debates and keynotes on the present state and evolution of Search Engine Marketing.

When & where is it held ?
6th and 7th October,2007 in Tidel Park, Chennai. The charges for the event is Rs 500/-

It would also be good learning for people like me who are not so much versed with the SEO fundamentals …..

Interested in SearchCamp ?
If you feel interested than follow the link to register for SearchCamp

b. Oota 2.0 (Let’s talk Technology over lunch) :

If you feel there is a typing mistake than think again Oota means food in Kannada language.Oota is an unconference loosely based on Lunch 2.0 in the Silicon Valley.

What exactly is Oota 2.0?
Oota 2.0 in simple terms is discussing technology over Oota(aka Lunch).So,along with the tasty lunch you also get to meet new and interesting set of people.In a nutshell, Oota 2.0 can be termed as Lunch 2.0 LAN(Lunch Area Network)

When & where is it held?
Friday, September 7th, 12:00PM – 2:00PM in Indiranagar (Venue yet to be finalized) … No charges apart from the your Oota bill

Interested in Oota 2.0 ?
If you feel interested than follow the link or send a mail to oota 2.0 to register for this Grand & Technological Oota

c. Silicon India leadership Summit (Conference) :

As the name suggests Leader Summit would showcase some of the industry leaders speaking on topics ranging from leadership to outsourcing.

The agenda of the summit can be found here

When & where is it held ?
August 31, 2007 at Taj Residency,Bangalore

Interested in the Leadership Summit?
If you feel interested than follow the link to register for the summit. Registration charges is Rs 1000, for more details refer the following

This ends a short round up of some of the Unconferences & conferences happening in Chennai & Bangalore.