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- 1. Lucky Door Prizes donated by:
- 2. WHERE DID I START?
- 3. GOOD IS A VERB
- 4. WASTE HAS AN ECONOMIC VALUE
- 5. THE MARRIAGE OF OFFCUTS & DIGITAL FABRICATION ACTIONS SUSTAINABLE PROCESS
- 8. LESSONS LEARNT FROM MY USA TRIP
- 9. TEACH TINKERERS TO TEACH
- 10. REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH 1. Students must have some control over the direction of their learning. 2. Students must be able to learn through experiences of touching, moving, listening, and observing. 3. Students have a relationship with other children and with material items in the world that children must be allowed to explore. 4. Students must have endless ways and opportunities to express themselves.
- 11. USE PROVOCATION TO INSPIRE PROBLEM SOLVING
- 12. BACK ENTHUSIASTIC MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY
- 13. IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST GO ALONE, IF YOU WANT TO GO FAR GO TOGETHER
- 14. NO EXPERIENCE, NO WORRIES
- 15. MAKE INFORMATION EASY TO ACCESS
- 19. APPLICATION IS VITAL TO A MEANINGFUL UPTAKE OF TECHNOLOGY IN YOUR ORGANISATION
- 20. LAUNCH AND LEARN
- 22. FIND OUT WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY MAKES
- 23. RECORD YOUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCESURE AS YOU GO
- 24. MAKING COMES IN MANY FORMS
- 25. WHATS NEXT FOR US?
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- Working with Joy – She has taught me a lot of things along the way Little Bird Three Farm Manon All of our speakers Warren for coming all the way from Townsville Exciting to see people here from a diverse range of orgs Wifi Hashtags Facebook Who am I – Personality Motivated Generalist Not exceptional at one thing but ok at a lot of things Energetic / Dyslexic / Open What orgs do I represent Three Farm – More about them soon Makers Place – More about them soon Today I am going to tell you my story, in doing so share with you some golden lessons I have learnt from my fairly short career.
- Where did I start? St Clair Mum and Dads involvement in Camp Quality/Lions Club My first job was at KFC – My sister (assistant manager got me a job there when I was 13) Played a lot of sport Graduated in Year 12 I have a great careers adviser enrolling me into 2 TVET courses (Design/marketing) Selected to go the Enmore Design Center - Diploma of Digital Media. I thought I wanted to be a graphic designer! EXPLAIN IMAGE OSS Digital - sweeping floors and trimming posters here in Leichardt. Mentor Greg Greg convinced me to get an education on the job For a whopping $35K I became a large format printing making huge graphics. I loved making things. It helped me with process, systemizing and determination Production Manger Sandwiched between account managers, designs and the makers. When I started in 2006 we had 5 staff When I left in 2013 we had 42 staff – 28 of them were makers or designers and they reported to me. I loved my job I loved my bosess and team One major problem! It was all kind of shallow. Constantly surrounded by picture of modles and brands Tired and weary I had a awakening I started questioning to our suppliers about materials How is this made, what are the raw materials, where do they come from? After hearing for myself The penny dropped I was playing a part in an industry that had no regard for its impacts Sometimes these graphics would only go up for 1 day! So much, resources, time and money
- I had a very good relationship with Greg he was my mentor I told him how I was feeling. His quick and simple response was “Good is a Verb” I took it that as yes Mel I understand your moving on. For the next year Greg let me “moonlight” and literally rummage through the sometimes perfectly good post production waste. REFER TO IMAGE
- I worked at OSS Digital with co-founders of Three Farm, Grace Turtle and Yasmin Smith. Collect the decent off cuts Resize them Make some cash by selling them Save OSS some money too REFER TO IMAGE
- Grace started getting a little more creative We use FREE software OSS’s state of the art cutting machine And Offcuts Major interest in Digital fabricaton. A form of Digital fabrication is 3D printing REFER TO IMAGE + Quote
- Grace and I decided we were going to buy our own printer We bought the printer and had to wait for it to arrive In the meantime we would spend countless nights chatting about the potential of this technology Third Industrial Revolution Democratization of manufacturing Subtractive vs Additive REFER TO IMAGE Makerbot arrived April 2013
- Three Farm was born! Three Farm works from a philosophy that supports lateral power structures that are formed when the lines between designer, maker and consumer are blurred, meaning that anyone can and should be able to produce their own goods, customised to their own personal needs and wants. It is Three Farms mission to empower individuals with the confidence, knowledge, skills and tools to design, change and be proud of their own futures and environments. But doing this meant I needed to UPSKILL! So I booked flight to the USA Enrolled in a certificate of Design Entrepreneurship NEXT SLIDE
- Just before leaving to the states in April 2014 I went to a 3DP conference in townsville I met Warren Meeting Warren at that time was the best thing that could had happened. He had just done a trip t American libraies Thanks to Warren I got lost of insights I didn't’t just go to libraries Not enough time to talk about them all. Picked some insights I thought could be most valuable to you all Just before moving on them. Everywhere I went I would ask why is this movement so prevalent in America. The responses I got were quite interesting; STEAM (Science, tech, engineering, arts, math) Activities had been eradicated by the Bush government Alternative learning environments where being pushed by parents American an passionate about Made in America Renowned for their manufacturing ability Until China took the cake!
- REFER TO IMAGE Jean founder of the Exploratory She had may lessons One that stuck was teach tinkerers to teach Use an approach to education (This comes in many forms) Reggio Emilia Approach The Reggio Emilia philosophy is based upon the following set of principles: Children must have some control over the direction of their learning; Children must be able to learn through experiences of touching, moving, listening, and observing; Children have a relationship with other children and with material items in the world that children must be allowed to explore; Children must have endless ways and opportunities to express themselves.
- The Reggio Emilia philosophy is based upon the following set of principles: Students must have some control over the direction of their learning. Students must be able to learn through experiences of touching, moving, listening, and observing. Students have a relationship with other children and with material items in the world that children must be allowed to explore. Students must have endless ways and opportunities to express themselves.
- Jean form the Exploratory – Use provocation to inspire problem solving “Create something to make the world a better place” A story that has stuck with me is TICKLE MACHINE Warning its actually kinda sad!
- Chattanooga Public Library in Tennessee Meg Backus Create a safe space were people can just play, then back them when they want to contribute. REFER TO IMAGE Topographical Sandbox made by Jake young frequenter of the library Elements Sandbox Projector Sensors Program You move the sand (earth moving) the sensor can read the depth. The blue areas represent below sea level, the red is mountainous peaks.
- Scrap DIY – Its all about DIWO – Do it with others Chicago Public Library – Innovation Lab REFER TO IMAGE They really help each other out In tern help their embers out They have a maker bus that takes community members on field trips to other local Makerspaces The art of asking is a powerful thing They have a maker bus that takes community members on field trips to other local Makerspaces Connect with other local Makerspace – This movement is not competitive its collective
- Innovation Lab Chicago This Pedro is a librarian His boss approached him and said, this is happening do you want to play a part He had no prior knowledge in 3DP laser cutting, he learnt with others, by getting stuck in making stuff Of course online communities
- REFER TO IMAGE – What are they looking at? Open up information so people can be autonomous They were really good by putting white boards around the room We are yet to do this for ourselves; What is in the pipeline that is urgently needed is the skill share wall Badge system Member Contact Details We make it clear at sign up that there is An obligation of our members to support other makers. This may just be writning something on the notice board or giving their time to teach somone something.
- MAKER FIAR SAN FRAN - Enable If you can’t think of at least 5 meaningful objects to print using 3D printing, then don’t buy one This goes for schools also So many schools have 3D printers they don’t use I believe this is because the haven't thought about what problems they will solve Have not empowered their students Became very frustrated with failed prints This goes for all technologies not just 3DP APPLICATION AT MAKERS PLACE MENTION CAITLIN printing prosthetics Disability support gadgets We have plenty of printers and people we just need problems Fix broken stuff
- EXPLAIN IMAGE If you are going to launch and learn let people know that’s what you are doin This way you can get contribution from them Got home from USA Renew gave us keys This space was not occupied for 5 years The refurbish + launch cost us $3000 Incl some equipment We started with 1 Makerbot – look what we have now LEAN Startup teaches you to be frugal and in tern more innovative Most of our equipment has been donated are loaned – Never pay rent – there is enough empty space that need vitalization. A Makerspace gives back to a community enough to warrant support of this kind. SHARING ECONOMY
- Interactive market research
- FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE MAKE
- Do find yourself in a tangled mess Record SOP is crucial for you to be able to take a holiday! Your team is not autonomous if its all in your head. I am speaking from experience
- Your Makerspace will have its own flare Let is happen organically Help people understand what is possible in a makerspace. Sharpening knives Compare the cost of all the equipment to sharpen a knife vs membership
- MAKERS PLACE Get our revenue streams in order Put on a GM – At the moment we are ran from volunteers, which is ok but not a long term thing Find a corporate sponsor that aligns with our values Package up or learning's and strategy Consult other organisations Pop up in other places of Australia – We are currently building community in Wollongong THREE FARM Build a network if design and technology experts and teach them how to to teach