This Friday, Dec 16th, at 9pm ET, we will be hosting our 2nd Annual SkeptiCamp Virtual Post Mortem! What is that you say? Well, let’s copy&paste in the words of SkeptiCamp’s creator, Reed Esau (from the SkeptiCamp wiki site):

On December 16th, a panel of SkeptiCamp organizers will meet in an online video conference to discuss lessons learned from the past year of events. This is an open event where anyone is welcome to attend. This is the SECOND such event. Our first one was in November 2010 mp3 audio.

SkeptiCamp focuses (in part) on producing substantive events within the reach of informal groups of skeptics anywhere around the world. These events most often are put together by inexperienced organizers who must build upon the experience of others who have successfully hosted events of their own. To develop those practices we must collaborate; we must share our experiences of organizing events so that others can benefit.

All the lessons learned that we discuss at the Virtual Post Mortem should find their way into this wiki.

We’d like to recruit one organizer from every city to serve on the panel, where we ask each to offer two notable items from their event that went well, and two things that went wrong.

For those things that went wrong, we’ll discuss the ways we might avoid them in the future.

See the What Went Right and What Went Wrong pages for past examples. Duplication is okay, as it indicates recurring problems.

So, If you’ve organized or helped organize a SkeptiCamp, anywhere in the world, during this year (2011), or if you just want to learn from those who have, join us!

Here’s the chat link:
http://connectpro30341441.adobeconnect.com/skepticamp20111216/