Update 10/14:
The event had to be postponed. We are looking at sometime in early 2022 and will announce a new date shortly. If you already purchased a ticket, expect a full reimbursement within the coming two weeks (usually takes 5-10 days, depending on your bank).
Thanks again to our partners and sponsors and to everyone who had expressed interest. See you (and meet you) in a few months!
The OFU21 Team
The Online Facilitation Unconference (OFU) is an annual online learning exchange on the art and practice of facilitating in virtual environments. We bring together facilitation practitioners from around the world and from a wide variety of backgrounds to share, learn, and make new professional connections among peers. Happening alongside and as part of IAF’s Facilitation Week.
OFU is an unconference, meaning the vast majority of the program will be created by the participants on the fly based on everyone’s interests and needs. This year, the unconference sessions will take place Friday through Sunday, October 22–24. Session planning will begin earlier in the week on our main event hub. All attendees are welcome to suggest topics and add sessions to the calendar.
Please reserve time in your calendars for these main session windows (all times Pacific Time):
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OFU is a BYOT (bring your own technology) event, meaning the session hosts are in charge of choosing the tools and platforms that best fit their needs. In the past, this has worked out very well as it allows participants to experience, over the course of the event, a variety of new, improved, or otherwise interesting technology options in context.
While OFU doesn’t prescribe how to run the sessions, we do provide a central collaboration hub for attendees to introduce themselves, discuss topic ideas for the unconference, manage the schedule, and document outcomes. Registrants will receive their personal invite to this venue before OFU21 gets under way.
OFU events bring together facilitation practitioners from all over the world and from a rich diversity of backgrounds. Anyone tasked with leading groups to meaningful process outcomes is welcome to join and share their experiences.
Sponsors of OFU21 receive the following benefits:
In return, we are asking for a contribution of $300 (can be adjusted/waived, particularly for startups).