How to start your own incredibleurope cell for kickstarting creative and social change
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How to start your own IncrediblEurope John Griffiths June 10 th 2011 Vienna An evaluation session for starting new movements
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a workshop run at IncrediblEurope 2011 an annual gathering of business angels. entrepreneurs and creative people to kick start creative startups in Europe to keep competitve with the US and Asia. The workshop was designed to evaluate/measure what had worked at the conference and to equip and enable delegates to start their own seed groups when they got home.. So its also useful (I hope) for explaining simply how social entrepreneurship works
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How to start your own IncrediblEurope
John GriffithsJune 10th
2011Vienna
An evaluation session for starting new movements
The Influence of One … starting your own group
What we’re going to do..
Think about what we can take from the conference to discuss or action
In pairs choose something said or discussed that connects with a value that matters to you.
Turn it into a possible activity you could run yourself.
Identify motivations that might draw in new people who weren’t here at the event
Think about a goal your activity and your new people might move towards
Topics
Values
Activity
Motivation
Goal
Put them up on the wall
How to grow your own groups..from the bottom up
Group Motivation
Groups grow out of NOW
Values – activities – immediate motivations
Prioritise cohesion
The power of things: Social objects
Social objects bring groups together
Groups work together to create social objects
When you share social objects you attract and draw in new people
How the group grows By enriching the group experience Ask for helpers.. they become insiders
The more momentum you want to build.. the slower you need to start; 2-3 people is enough!
Make room for unpredictable events –they are signs of growth
Tips for you enablers
Model the behaviour you expect from the centre
Facilitate the running of the group from the edge
Find an audience for your experts and enthusiasts
Find a voice and role for those who are new and those on the edge
Leader
Goals..
Are Future oriented.. So less relevant than motivations for Now
Expect goals to change – and the group to find new goals to move towards
Storytelling Weave a shared story for the group –
why it exists and where it is going Include other storytellers not just your
own version Lay down markers of progress. Report
and celebrate each one.
What group could you start?
Nurture creativity and creative people Equip investors to become better at
spotting and harvesting creative opportunities
Celebrate the most creative initiatives you discover
Trade resources with creative entrepreneurs in Africa – Co-operation Africa
Or what else can you think of?
