The Feast Workshops August 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 AM (ET)
New York, United States
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THE FEAST:
“The
Feast” is a cross-disciplinary series of programs addressing
social
innovation and new ways to make the world a better place.
Our secret
sauce lies in a healthy combination of passion, creativity,
and
entrepreneurship to shift the way things are done – thereby
changing
individuals, industries, and ultimately the world.
As part of "The Feast Summer Series," All Day Buffet will be
hosting different salons, workshops, and dinners leading up to
"The Feast Conference" on October 1st in New York City.
THE FEAST WORKSHOP:
Two words: hands on. For those who want to roll up their sleeves, and
turn their learning
and inspiration into application and action.
By
signing up for a workshop, you'll have access to an all day playground
with others looking to change the world. Plop down and knock out some
work in the co-working space, collaborate, and have fun!
Friday, August 7, 2009
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
MEET at the Apartment
101 Crosby St, New York
Each workshop is limited to 20 people.
WORKSHOP HOSTS & TOPICS:
HOW TO BUCK THE SYSTEM AND CHANGE THE WORLD,
DOING WHAT YOU LOVE
DOING WHAT YOU LOVE
Hosted by Stephanie Redlener, Head of Strategic Talent at The Talent Business
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
"Now more than ever, the world needs smart
and creative people to shake things up. Despite the crumbling economy, there has
never been a better opportunity for people to create the career they want.
In this workshop, Stephanie will take you through a series of exercises, with
the hopes that it will inspire you to think differently about your career, give
you tips on how to position yourself in the market and network with the right
people, and go after what you’ve been dreaming about all along."
Bio
Bio
Stephanie Redlener is a born connecter. She is currently head of strategic talent for the Talent Business, a global talent management company for the creative industry. There, she is responsible for forging relationships between people and companies, and vice versa.
With over a decade of experience working in the creative and non-profit industries, in NY, LA, and London, she has an eclectic range of experiences to pull from. From producing music videos, to developing strategies for Fortune 500 companies, and helping to launch a crisis response effort in the Gulf Coast, Stephanie’s mission in life is figure out how to bring the creative and social good worlds closer together. For now, it’s about helping people figure out what they want to do and make the decisions they need to get there. From CEO’s to interns, people turn to Stephanie to help them create and build the career they want.
With over a decade of experience working in the creative and non-profit industries, in NY, LA, and London, she has an eclectic range of experiences to pull from. From producing music videos, to developing strategies for Fortune 500 companies, and helping to launch a crisis response effort in the Gulf Coast, Stephanie’s mission in life is figure out how to bring the creative and social good worlds closer together. For now, it’s about helping people figure out what they want to do and make the decisions they need to get there. From CEO’s to interns, people turn to Stephanie to help them create and build the career they want.
RACISM AS A RESOURCE: HOW TO AGREE TO BE OFFENDED™
Hosted by Kyra D Gaunt, 2009 Ted Fellow and Associate Professor at Baruch College-CUNY
Hosted by Kyra D Gaunt, 2009 Ted Fellow and Associate Professor at Baruch College-CUNY
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
"Race may be a “pigment” of our imagination, but when faced with
conversations of race, we often get stuck. We avoid and separate.
Learn how to transform your view of race throught the freedom to be
offended and stay in the conversation. Youʼll revisit how you first learned
about race, weʼll share those experiences, and see how to turn racism into a resource, into a tool for a new kind of leadership."
Bio
Kyra D. Gaunt, Ph.D. aka Kyraocity (Kyra-of-the-city pronounced like curiosity) is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and Associate Professor at Baruch College-CUNY where she teaches anthropology, ethnomusicology, and black studies. She specializes in transforming conversations of race and racism in 3 minutes or less. She is the author of Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-hop, winner of the 2007 Merriam Prize for the most outstanding book in ethnomusicology. She is a NEH Fellow, a Ford Postdoctoral Fellow, and a 2009 TED Fellow (Technology, Entertainment and Design). Her music is available on iTunes. Follow her tweets on race and more @kyraocity and find her on Facebook at Kyra Gaunt. http://www.ted.com/index.php/profiles/view/id/27884
My TED Fellows Wish
By 2019, all people are ready, willing and able to embraace and be empowered by ANY communication, eye to eye with the remarkable onesness of humanity, and prejudice, bigotry and discrimination will be a superstition of the past like the earth being flat. To this end I offer workshops to executives, lawyers, educators, college/universities and school leaders so they can spread the FREEDOM to be offended and stay connected for a future that works for all.
By 2019, all people are ready, willing and able to embraace and be empowered by ANY communication, eye to eye with the remarkable onesness of humanity, and prejudice, bigotry and discrimination will be a superstition of the past like the earth being flat. To this end I offer workshops to executives, lawyers, educators, college/universities and school leaders so they can spread the FREEDOM to be offended and stay connected for a future that works for all.
Ways of Seeing: Instructions for Getting Lost
Hosted by Liz Danzico, Chair, MFA Interaction Design, School of Visual Arts
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
At a time where boundaries are blurred and things unfamiliar, we’re grappling our way through media unfamiliar and unchartered. We’re lost. Feelings of fear, isolation, and even panic set in as we grapple with strategies for making our way out of out situations. Yet what is often overlooked is the simple value of being out of one’s element. With being lost comes increased awareness, heightened perspective, and the potential for experience. John Dewey described this as "having an experience," writers describe it as "being objective," and designers describe it as "getting perspective."
This workshop teaches intentional strategies for gaining perspective—the same strategies one might use when you get lost—giving you insight and critical perspective. Take that perspective back to your work so you can achieve a fresh and close way of viewing the world.
At a time where boundaries are blurred and things unfamiliar, we’re grappling our way through media unfamiliar and unchartered. We’re lost. Feelings of fear, isolation, and even panic set in as we grapple with strategies for making our way out of out situations. Yet what is often overlooked is the simple value of being out of one’s element. With being lost comes increased awareness, heightened perspective, and the potential for experience. John Dewey described this as "having an experience," writers describe it as "being objective," and designers describe it as "getting perspective."
This workshop teaches intentional strategies for gaining perspective—the same strategies one might use when you get lost—giving you insight and critical perspective. Take that perspective back to your work so you can achieve a fresh and close way of viewing the world.
Bio
Liz is chair and co-founder of the new
MFA in Interaction Design Program, starting in Fall 2009 at the School
of Visual Arts. She’s an independent consultant in New York and is
sometimes found teaming up with Happy Cog Studios, on the editorial
board for Rosenfeld Media, and the advisory board for Design Ignites
Change.
Liz's intention has always been not to have a plan (a plan itself), leaving open each day for possibilities to emerge. While she's organized information for sites across a variety of industries, including retail, publishing, media and entertainment, nonprofit, and financial services. In the past, she's directed experience strategy for AIGA. Before that, she directed the information architecture teams at Barnes & Noble.com and Razorfish New York. She’s been editor-in-chief for Boxes and Arrows, the editor-in-chief for A Brief Message, and has served as a board member for AIGA/NY, and as an advisory board member of the Information Architecture Institute.
Before SVA, Liz taught design at the New School University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and guest lectured at universities from Columbia to Carnegie Mellon.
How to be Fearless in a Fearful World and Embrace What Scares You
Hosted by Ishita Gupta of fear.less & Clay Hebert, President of Tribes Win
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Ishita and Clay will talk about their experiences creating fear.less, an online magazine chronicling stories of overcoming fear from leaders in the arts and business. They'll talk about the stuff no one wants to talk about: fear and anxiety. These feelings are universal and come part and parcel with being human. From students to CEO's to actors to Sept. 11th survivors, everyone feels fear at some point in their lives. Ishita and Clay will reveal what they've learned from interviewing more than 40 people about how they've overcome their fears, provide tools on how to apply the lessons in your own life to start embracing your fears, and will have interactive exercises involving participants overcoming their fears.
Enough with fear. Onward with possibility and fulfillment.
BIO
Ishita Gupta is co-founder of fear.less,
an
online magazine dedicated to stories of overcoming fear. She uses
multimedia
tools including photography, documentary video, blogs, and ebooks, to
spread
stories that matter. She's produced a documentary short for a Nobel
Peace Prize winner and recently finished the Alternative MBA Program, 6
months working with entrepreneur, Seth Godin. Ishita focuses on empowering
people to fulfill their true potential.
Brand-Building a Better World
Hosted by Benita Singh, Brand Strategist at BBMG
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
"Brand
Strategist and Entrepreneur Benita Singh will share BBMG's 5 Laws of
Branding and 5 Principles of Branding, revealing the power of
sustainable branding to transform your organization, your industry and
the world. Participants will learn from BBMG's proprietary research and
thought leadership, explore the best practices in communicating social
innovation to investors and consumers, and take part in interactive
exercises to hone their own branding and messaging as they pursue their
personal, professional and entrepreneurial paths."
Bio
Benita Singh is an entrepreneur, brand strategist and social investor. As a Brand Strategist at BBMG, Benita works with leading non-profits and mission-driven businesses to elevate their messaging, advance their sustainability practices and innovate new triple bottom line business models. She is the co-founder of Mercado Global, a non-profit fair trade organization currently providing employment to 300 women in rural Guatemala, and a new internet venture to streamline the sustainable design supply chain. Benita sits on the Board of Directors of the International Youth Foundation and other non-profit organizations in the US and India. She has been named one of the world's "Best Emerging Social Entrepreneurs" by Echoing Green and one of the "15 People Who Make America Great" by Newsweek Magazine. In 2006, Benita received the Leadership in Social Innovation award from the Social Enterprise Alliance.
SPONSORS:
MEET at the APARTMENT
Meet at the Apartment is a two-story, 2,500 square-foot,
highly stylized open loft in the Soho district of New York City.
Fully engineered for creative thought to flourish, Meet has been
intuitively outfitted with idea-generating essentials: a library stocked
with art, design and photography reference books; a kitchen pantry
filled with goodies; and breakout rooms that could double as private
rooms in the trendiest NY clubs.
highly stylized open loft in the Soho district of New York City.
Fully engineered for creative thought to flourish, Meet has been
intuitively outfitted with idea-generating essentials: a library stocked
with art, design and photography reference books; a kitchen pantry
filled with goodies; and breakout rooms that could double as private
rooms in the trendiest NY clubs.
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