What is a Core Conversation?

A Core Conversation is a moderated, panel discussion about a chosen topic. For this single presentation, everyone attending BarCamp will be in one room. All of the BarCamp’ers are welcome to join in the conversation as it unfolds. The topic of conversation is kept on path by a moderator who will have specific questions for the panel, however the overall direction and tone of the conversation is determined by you, the BarCamp community.

What’s the topic of conversation?

For our first annual BarCamp Jonesboro Core Conversation topic, we have chosen “Turning Friend Requests into Real-life Communities“. By use of Social Media, we are able to form lasting community groups quicker than ever. These groups can be formed online through a group of like-minded people who have come in contact through a series of online networks based around grouping people according likes and dislikes, geo-location, brands of clothing we prefer, where we buy our coffee and many more things which we openly share. However, recently these communities have begun to form real-life community organizations which get together for large events, often spontaneously. We’ll explore how and why this is happening and how you can get involved; not only as a community member, but also from the perspective of both consumers or business owners.

Panel Members

For this Core Conversation, we are honored to have a group of people who have been involved in not only Social Media, but also community building for quite some time with great success. Our panel members come from different backgrounds, professions and markets, as well as a range of locations including Memphis, TN to Northeast Arkansas and even down into Central Arkansas.

Learn more about the Core Conversation & Panel Members»

Amy Bradley-Hole

Cotton Rohrscheib

Dave Barger

Keith Crawford

Steven Trotter