I'm the co-founder of OtherInbox, a hacker, Ruby on Rails developer, SproutCore neophyte, and improv theater director based in Baltimore, Maryland
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"Our culture inculcates several behaviors that harm creative, entrepreneurial people: we're taught to avoid conflict and real, open honesty with one another, and we're taught to fear failure. This may work for creating a polite, civil society, but it doesn't serve the individual who is trying to make a difference. But there's hope! Improv theater actors have devised many techniques for overcoming these tendencies which enables them to create inventive stories extemporaneously. Mike will share ways to combat creative inhibitions gleaned from six years of teaching and performing improv theater."The slides are below.
Labels: creativity, Ignite, improv
I'm really interested in these events because they are a great way to connect with others interested in technology and digital culture, and learn new things while I'm doing it. See you there!SocialDevCamp is a real user-powered unconference with no commercial agenda -- the entire purpose is to CONNECT the leaders who will shape the next wave of tech innovation on the east coast. Come see how dynamic a truly user-powered conference can be!
Labels: conferences, Ignite, SocialDevCampEast
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