In the spirit of Follow Friday on Twitter, these are some of the people I met last week at the Summit of Awesome. Old friends, new friends, and many more I wish I'd been able to talk to.
Read MoreSummit of Awesome Class of 2011
What I Learned at the Summit of Awesome
Attending a conference is a great way to rejuvenate enthusiasm, meet new people and forge community. This is what I learned at the 2011 Summit of Awesome in Baltimore, Maryland.
Read MoreConnecting to Your Community: Part Four
Part Four in a series on Connecting to Your Community. After Setting the Stage, Identifying Your Motives and Becoming a Catalyst, it's time to Develop Synergy. In this article, I talk about putting yourself in the right place at the right time, finding your place among others, loving the ones that you're with, keeping the current running, and much more.
Read MoreTwitterdate: Victor Maldonado
I very quickly realized that Victor Maldonado has a great mind. And I happen to think he's a great artist, especially for being able to make nothing something that's nothing at all.
We twitterdated once with Kate Bingaman-Burt and Will Bryant (my first ever, which was all kinds of cool), but I knew that I needed to get him to myself. I did on August 16, at Heart Roasters on East Burnside. It was sweltering (for once) and the black iced coffee quenched my thirst while opening my mind. He talked my ear off about Community and Education. My scribbles:
The next page was devoted to "the pedagogy of Isaac," which is something I consider to be under development and not yet ready for the world.
Twitterdate: Bridget Benton
I pinned her down.
Creative Mastermind. Crafty Enigma. Bridget Benton.
Behold, my scribbles.
I have found a kindred spirit in a woman who earned a Master of Science in Creative Studies and all of the irony and circumstantial awesomeness that implies. Thank you, Bridget, for not canceling on me this morning and for successfully avoiding a brain dump. I look forward to reading your book.
Twitterdates are weekly (at best) meetings with one or more person from Twitter, with the sole goal of exchanging ideas. Interested in being my Twitterdate? Say so. Bonus points if you live in Portland.