An InnovationCamp is an ad hoc gathering of people who want to learn about innovation by doing rather than listening.  Andrew Jones, Julie Gomoll, and I hosted the first ever InnovationCamp, in Austin in the summer of 2008.

We were joined by at least 109 attendees from a diverse pool of independents, entrepreneurs, developers, designers, artists, writers, academics, businesses, startups, non-profits, the coworking community… This wasn’t just technology and cool product ideas (although that was there too). It was about innovation as a tool to create value, to improve our lives, to improve our community, and to serve the needs of our world.