Community Genius: Leveraging Community to Increase your Creative Powers

Shelly D. Farnham, Ph.D. Waggle Labs Ignite, April 29, 2009 Community Genius: Leveraging Community to Increase your Creative Powers

What is Community?
"I define "community" as networks of interpersonal ties that provide sociability, support, information, a sense of belonging, and social identity.”
Barry Wellman (2001).
Seattle Cupcake Society

Community is to Social Capital as Love is to Babies http://www.how-to-draw-funny-cartoons.com/image-files/cartoon-babies-3.gif

Community Groups Enable Transitive Relationships Hey I’m in The Cupcake Society too ! Can I borrow some sugar? Sure! And try my special recipe!

Process of Creativity
novel ideas
Manifested into reality
Social!
Remixed!

Tip 1: Seek Diversity

Tip 2. Seek High Rotation in Weak Ties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_tie

Tip 3: Develop Colleagues/Friends with Good “Flow”

Tip 4: Get a White Board

Tip 5: Play Different Roles
Passive observer
Active participant
Leader

Tip 6. Play Nice
Reputation spreads like wild-fire
http://www.judiciaryreport.com/images/universal-fire-6.jpg

Tip 7: Hang Out a Lot in Bars Conversation drives creativity

Tip 8. Give Away Ideas and Knowledge Freely
The Love Cat Way
Be a Love Cat!!

Tip 9. Play the “Yeah, and“ Generative Idea Game Dudes, lets do something really geeky! Yah like with LASERS Yah and it plays music like a giant harp! Yah and like you’re inside a giant brain playing laser neurons!!! Yah like a Giant Robot Brain!!! Dudes this is going to be sooo cooool

Tip 10. Generate *Many* Ideas, but Pick Only a Few Ideas to Execute
Reality Checks:
Skills?
Passion?
Time?
Resources?
Venue?
Steve the Robot H.E.Ai.D. http://dbltht.com/ubergeek/

Tip 11. Have Place
Hangouts where you can do stuff as a group

Tip 12. Have Project Days
Saturday House
Art Day
Wednesday Night Project Night

Tip 13. Give up Control

Suggested Groups and Events
Dorkbot
Seattle Tech Startup
Seattle Robotics
911 Media Arts Center
BCWA (Burning Man, Ignition Northwest)
Seattle Mind Camp
BarCamp Seattle
Hackerbot
Ignite!
Thingamajiggr
Frayed Wire

Frayed Wire
July 11th
One day event
art , technology, community
Presentations, workshops, discussions

Community Genius: Leveraging Community to Increase your Creative Powers

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