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create experiences worth sharing

everything is betterIN COMMUNITY

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Introduction:

SEARCH for COMMUNITY

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A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

I was walking along looking

for somebody, and then

suddenly I wasn’t anymore.

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INTIMACY

must be

EARNED

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Chapter One:

the STORY of DINOVEMBER

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ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?

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Everything you can

imagine is real.

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Pablo Picasso

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INTIMACY

MUST BE EARNED12

MOST IMPORTANT MEAL

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INTIMACY

MUST BE EARNED13

DON’T WORRY

THEY’RE ORGANIC#BetterInCommunity

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WHAT WERE YOU SAYING

ABOUT MY TINY ARMS?

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Chapter Two:

SEEDS of COMMUNITY

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INTIMACY

MUST BE EARNED19

YOU DO NOT LOOK LIKE

DINOBOTS TO ME#BetterInCommunity

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MOM AND DAD

WOULD NEVER DO THIS

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NOTHING CAN STOP US

WELL, ALMOST NOTHING

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CREDITS before DEBITS

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• 50 countries

• 268k likes on Facebook

• 6k messages, posts, comments

• 3.5 million readers on Medium

• 2.8k recommendations

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Chapter Three:

CONTEXT creates MEANING

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As humans, reality for us is

largely based on other

people’s perceptions.

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Dan Harmon, Community

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Other people’s thoughts

and feelings have to be

communicated somehow

because your own are so

immediate, urgent, real.

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David Foster Wallace

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Chapter Four:

EXPERIENCES are

better in COMMUNITY

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MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES to SHARE

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At the end of the day,

communities own themselves.

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Sarah Judd Welch, Loyal

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TAKE A PART and

LEAVE A PART

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Creating Meaningful Shared Experiences

1. Have an idea worth spreading

2. Share ownership with the community

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3. HAVE FUN

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If you’re not having fun, you’re

doing something wrong.

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Groucho Marx

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TODAY’S DELIGHT is

tomorrow’s

EXPECTATION

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COMMUNITY BUILDING

is EXPERIENCE

DESIGN

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