community genius: leveraging community to increase your creative powers
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Shelly D. Farnham, Ph.D.
Waggle Labs
Ignite, April 29, 2009
Community Genius: Leveraging Community to Increase your Creative Powers
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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
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Community is to Social Capital
as
Love is to Babies
http://www.how-to-draw-funny-cartoons.com/image-files/cartoon-babies-3.gif
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Community Groups Enable Transitive Relationships
Hey I’m in The Cupcake Society too !
Can I borrow some sugar?
Sure!
And try my
special recipe!
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Process of Creativity
novel ideasManifested into reality
Social!Remixed!
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Tip 1: Seek Diversity
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Tip 2. Seek High Rotation in Weak Ties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_tie
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Tip 3: Develop Colleagues/Friends with Good “Flow”
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Tip 4: Get a White Board
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Tip 5: Play Different Roles
Passive observer Active participant Leader
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Tip 6. Play Nice
Reputation spreads like wild-fire
http://www.judiciaryreport.com/images/universal-fire-6.jpg
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Tip 7: Hang Out a Lot in Bars
Conversation drives creativity
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Tip 8. Give Away Ideas and Knowledge Freely
The Love Cat Way
Be a Love Cat!!
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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
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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/
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Tip 11. Have Place
Hangouts where you can do stuff as a group
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Tip 12. Have Project Days
Saturday House Art Day Wednesday Night
Project Night
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Tip 13. Give up Control
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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
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Frayed Wire
July 11th One day event art , technology, community Presentations, workshops, discussions