Big Ideas, Big Action. Say hello to BIBA!
By Peter Corbett on December 2nd, 2009
Posted in
Community Development, Content Creation, Innovation Design, Interactive Strategy, Speaking Engagements
In keeping with the iStrategyLabs tradition of doing things differently, we decided to create a conference to help people generate new ideas, and bring them to life with others who can help. This is the kind of thing we do for our clients/ourselves everyday – and we want to teach you how to do it too.
A deeper explanation follows, but if you’re running short on time, here are the short cuts:
- Download the Overview PDF
- Visit the BIBA website (hand crafted by @zbgoodwin and @skeevis)
So…the details:
What is BIBA?
BIBA (Big Ideas Big Action) is a conference – soft of. Sure, technically BIBA is a conference. But it’s way more than that. BIBA is a place for big brains to explore big ideas and plan for big action. It’s one day you won’t want to miss.
Who is behind BIBA?
BIBA was created by iStrategyLabs for the sole purpose of helping people understand how to create new and important ideas and bring them to life. BIBA is co-hosted by FedScoop – a full-service government media and marketing company, specializing in government IT.
Who are the sponsors?
BIBA has been made possible by the generosity of our platinum sponsors Intel, Microsoft, and Citrix. Other sponsorship tiers are available. Please contact dj@istrategylabs.com for more details.
What else should I know?
The participants at BIBA will help you build something new, or refresh something old. You can attend, but you must share ideas and plan for doing something that matters.
You will leave excited, invigorated, and connected to a group of people that will support your .com, .gov, and/or .org initiative. This is an event that will help train you to think creatively, generate new ideas for your business/organization, and bring those ideas to life.
How do I register and what is the cost?
You can register to attend at http://biba.eventbrite.com. Government employees can attend for free (valid .gov or .mil email address required upon registration). 50 tickets will be available for $100. The remaining tickets will be $250. There are 265 tickets available.
What’s the format?
The Morning
The morning of BIBA is meant to teach and inspire you. You’ll hear about some “Big Ideas in the Wild” – these are stories of real doers who’ve brought something new to life and changed the world. You’ll also learn how Ideation (the act of creating ideas) works, and how to take raw ideas and shape them into robust concepts. The idea-focused sessions will be followed by “Big Action Planning” sessions meant to help provide insight into project planning, budgeting, and management approaches for digital and physical projects.
Lastly, participants from Intel and Microsoft will share with us their own internal innovation methods that help their companies remain at the forefront of the tech industry. By lunch time, you’ll be jumping out of your seat, ready to start sketching your ideas, concepts, and action plans with fellow BIBA participants.
The Afternoon
This is where the rubber meets the road. We’re going to split the massive and elegant Woolly Mammoth Theatre space into distinct sectors where participants focused on .com, .org/.edu, or .gov initiatives can collaborate together. You’ll also use a sticker to indicate if you’re generally an ‘idea generator’ or ‘idea needer’ – this method will let people find one another to help them think through specific issues and build new ideas, concepts, and action plans.
Mid-afternoon, you’ll check back in with the group in the main theatre – presenting initial concepts and connecting with new collaborators who will help you during the rest of the conference, and beyond. By 5pm, we’ll be a bit exhausted, but those ready for a second wind will venture out into Chinatown for happy hour and/or to grab a bite to eat.
What’s the schedule and roster of speakers?
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January 25th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Would you like MUSTart.org to put on an interactive activity
at your event? We have put on previous successful activities at
VOICE09, the British Library and The London Games Fringe.
Also would it be possible to present about Traidmark.org (a way of using
business profits to invest in innovation that solves social problems).
The main activity that we supply is…
1.
Free Art Giveaway.
Make art out of books and give them away.
Check our website for video clips of these events
We supply and give away hundreds of books and encourage the public to
make art from the books and then give them away to strangers.
This process is an artwork in itself and responds to the people, place
and materials/books we use.
DESCRIPTION
Take one free book, read/write/draw on it, give the book away as a free
art piece to a stranger. Its a great ice breaker and you will make
someone else’s day. This is a collaborative artwork that is about the
process rather then the product and empowers everyone to create art and
selflessly give it away in so doing changing their behaviour and the way
they live for the better. Its subversive art and has existed in an
undercover way for a while now.
We are always developing new activities and are looking for a permanent
space to facilitate longer term projects too.
Video clips and images at MUSTart.org