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Denver: June 9 Gathering – Mile High Passions & Collaborations w/ Jessica Bergthold

Published on June 4, 2009 in Denver Events and Meetings+Events Calendar by Taj Moore. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Wedding Photographers: hopefully they don’t get a lot of repeat business.

I kid … but seriously, when your livelihood is built on referrals & “hittin’ the bricks”—and in a time when the economy has people looking at spending less—you might think photography is a cutthroat profession, but not so in Colorado. The Mile High Photographers have been practicing an abundant form of professional collaboration for over a year.

“This is a group of photographers in the Denver area who strive to create a great network of gifted, talented and caring professionals working together for the gain of each individual and his/hers respective business.” —MHP Website

Mile High Photographers features monthly meetings with members presenting their expertise in photography, business, and the photography busines. They also organize photo shoots and professional workshops for members. What I most admire about their work is the collaboration I see among people doing what they love to do.

This month we bring you Jessica Bergthold to present the Mile High Photographers group, how it connects to people’s passions (not always photography), and how it positively affects the communities of photographers and Colorado businesses. (We love local business.)

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Denver April Confluence: Todd Siler PhD & Metaphorming, a Process of Creativity & Innovation—Tue 4/14 @ Hooked on Colfax

Published on April 10, 2009 in Abundance, Denver Events and Meetings+Events Calendar by Taj Moore. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .
Todd Siler, PhD

Todd Siler, PhD

For the April confluence I am excited to introduce Todd Siler, PhD who will be leading us in a process he calls Metaphorming. Todd has developed this over many years, working with people of all types & ages, from school children to top executives at Fortune 500 companies.

He tells us, “this interactive presentation will provide you with some key tools, methods, knowledge, and experiences for discovering and applying your creative potential in new ways … the Metaphorming process provides a global common language that enables people to conceptualize, visualize, express and present their ideas, viewpoints, knowledge, and experiences in ways that effectively communicate the essence and details of their thinking.”

—-IMPORTANT UPDATE AFTER THE BREAK—-

I was particularly pleased to read Todd’s goal for this exercise… Continue reading ‘Denver April Confluence: Todd Siler PhD & Metaphorming, a Process of Creativity & Innovation—Tue 4/14 @ Hooked on Colfax’

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SF April Meeting: Calling All Gardening & Local Food Nerds

Published on March 29, 2009 in Meetings+Events Calendar and San Francisco Events by Neal Gorenflo. 3 Comments

snail1This is your signal. Like Batman’s bat sign in the night sky, you’ve been called. But instead of a bat, you’re called by the silhouette of a SNAIL! It’s time to put seed in soil, so we’re gathering to share our gardening knowledge and inspire each other to create a sustainable urban food system. Not to mention that our deteriorating economy and environment give us ample reason to take control of our own food supply!

Three experts are kickstarting this month’s Abundance League discussion on gardening and local food. The discussion will be focused on practical gardening tips and how we can support a sustainable urban food system through politics and our participation in the food economy. Our panelist this month are:

-Tarka Sanchez: botanist, ethnobotanist, cook, sustainability consultant, and international cuisine and garden design entrepreneur. Learn more about Tarka here.

-Jen Dalton: food consultant, food journalist, Slow Food organizer, editor of the City Slicker Eats series on the groundbreaking food politics blog Civil Eats, cookbook collector, and gastronome. Learn more about Jen here.

-Olin Anderson:  urban planner, habitat restorer, eco-landscape architect, designer of therapeutic and edible garden spaces, and recent prize winner at the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show for a demonstration landscape entitled, “11:44AM, Friday.”  You can learn more about Olin’s work here.

The combined experience of our panelists is truly dazzling. It includes communing with shamans in the Amazon rainforest to learn plant medicine, selling authentic distrito federale-styled Mexican food in a London market stall, helping launch the Slow Food movement in the US, designing a prize-winning therapeutic garden for disabled veterans, and decades of hands on gardening experience.

We hope you’ll bring your own experience to share. As well as some yummy local food for the potluck.

MEETING
When: Thursday, April 16th, 6:30-10:00pm
Where: Citizen Space , 425 Second St., #100, San Francisco

AGENDA
6:30 – 7:00 Arrive, mingle, nosh
7:00 – 7:45 Member announcements: come prepared to share your passions, needs, gifts & favorite food or gardening experience
7:45 – 8:15 Break – share knowledge, mingle, nosh
8:15 – 9:45 Panel discussion
9:45 – 10:00 Clean up, and as an option, take the discussion to the 21st Amendment, a nearby bar

 

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Denver—March Confluence, Taj Moore Speaks on the Postmodern Photosafari (Tue 3/10 at Hooked on Colfax)

Published on March 4, 2009 in Denver Events and Meetings+Events Calendar by Susan C. 0 Comments

Join us for our next Abundance League gathering this Tuesday, March 10th, when we will share our passions, needs, and gifts and hear about social innovation through photography from presenter Taj Moore.

Taj Moore will present “postmodern photosafari: the influence of social photography on perspective, place + purpose”.  Taj has been conducting “postmodern photosafaris” since 2005, beginning with a simple idea: gather people to take pictures in places they wouldn’t normally have access to, would normally not think to go, and see what happens. What does a place look like when a dozen people photograph it? How do they see a familar place as if for the first time?

Nearly a dozen photosafaris later, Taj now organizes Denver gatherings around Colfax Avenue and the ranching lifestyle, while photosfaristas in San Francisco continue to explore the Bay Area’s hidden treasures.

For some examples of photosafaris, look at these:

www.flickr.com/groups/pomophotosafari
www.colfaxlove.com
www.rodeorange.com

WHEN:  Tuesday, March 10th, 6:30 – 9:30 pm (come and go as needed)

WHERE
Hooked on Colfax, 3215 E. Colfax Denver, CO

http://denvercoffee.blogspot.com/2005/09/hooked-on-colfax-coffee.html

AGENDA
6:30–7:00 pm — Mingle and Eat
7:00–7:45 pm — Member Announcements: Your Passions, Needs & Gifts
7:45–8:45 pm — Presentation
8:45–9:30 pm — Eat, Mingle, Exchange Support, Clean Up, Clear Out

BRING

  • Yourself, friends, and food! This is a light-fare potluck, so please bring finger foods to share.  Also, please support Hooked on Colfax by purchasing a drink.  We’ll supply plates and utensils.
  • Business cards, handouts, flyers
  • Share: books, CDs, DVDs or anything that you’d like to loan or gift at the meeting.

QUESTIONS? Call Susan at 303-455-0852.

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SF May Meeting: Lessons from the Global Creative Community

Published on March 1, 2009 in Meetings+Events Calendar and San Francisco Events by Neal Gorenflo. 0 Comments

Eric Poettschacher is coming to Abundance League San Francisco from Vienna, Austria to share his learnings from a two-year odyssey through the global creative community to found Shapeshifters.net.

Eric’s Shapeshifters world tour put him in touch with hundreds of  grassroots innovators on five continents and lead to one simple conclusion – we don´t know what we don´t know. There is an abundance of amazing ideas hidden in the cultural blindspots of our minds.  As a result, some of the most powerful innovations on this planet remain invisible to those who really need them.  

Shapeshifters is a new kind of innovation agency made to transform creative resources into practical opportunities. Eric´s talk and the discussion that follows will explore how Shapeshifters has been building bridges between different worlds of perception, why it pays to explore mindsets that exist beyond our own horizon of experience, what it takes to establish a working relationship between a Sri Lankan monk and a stage designer in L.A., and how you can use Eric’s learnings in your everyday work.

Eric will also explore his quest to make cultural exchange more sustainable and his vision of a new social hardware to take social software to the next level.  This vision includes the concept of “Local Worlds” i.e. physical spaces where creative entrepreneurs in remote places like Tajikistan, Vietnam and Nepal can connect with each other and the wider world.

We hope you’ll bring your experience and something for the potluck to share as well. 

MEETING
When: Thursday, May 21th 2009, 6:30-9:30pm
Where: Citizen Space , 425 Second St., #100, San Francisco

AGENDA
6:30 – 7:00   Arrive, mingle, nosh
7:00 – 7:30   Member announcements lightening round: share your passions, needs & gifts quickly
7:30 – 8:00   Break – exchange support, mingle, nosh
8:00 – 9:15    Panel discussion
9:15 – 9:30    Clean up, take the discussion to the 21st Amendment

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Denver—August Confluence (Tue 8/11, location TBD)

Published on January 26, 2009 in Denver Events and Meetings+Events Calendar by Taj Moore. 0 Comments
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Denver—July Confluence (Tue 7/14, location TBD)

Published on January 26, 2009 in Denver Events and Meetings+Events Calendar by Taj Moore. 0 Comments
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Denver—May Confluence (Tue 5/12, location TBD)

Published on January 26, 2009 in Denver Events and Meetings+Events Calendar by Taj Moore. 0 Comments
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SF, You’re Invited: Traveling on Purpose to Change Your World

Published on January 23, 2009 in Meetings+Events Calendar and San Francisco Events by Neal Gorenflo. 2 Comments Tags: , .

We all know travel can be transformative.  A great stretch of road, a deserted beach, unfamiliar food and customs, that guy or gal in the bar…these have the power to change us.

But what if you used travel on purpose to be transformative? What if you could design an adventure to change your life and the lives of others?

Traveling on purpose is changing the world of travel and personal development. It involves journeying to gain skills and experiences, hiking through landscapes that are different and demanding, working on a big project to increase your contribution to the world, and forming a community to support your growth. The convergence of adventure travel, personal development, and community building doesn’t need to be expensive or take you far away from home. You can design your own big project adventure close to home with friends and family.

Our speakers this month are Elizabeth Becker, principal of Becker & Company Consulting, a go-to-market strategy firm, and leader of The Machu Picchu Leadership Adventure; and Todd Sotkiewicz , general manager of Lonely Planet and a world traveler. Continue reading ‘SF, You’re Invited: Traveling on Purpose to Change Your World’

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