Bayo Akomolafe said “The Times are Urgent, Let Us Slow Down”.
At the verge of global institutional collapse we invite you to design, craft and prototype with us social games for creating win-win outcomes in our world. We believe that the power of playing can give us profound perspectives on how to move forwards out of this global mess.
What happens when the success of each party involved in the game depends on the success of every other party? How these games can inform us for designing post-entrepreneurial models, mutual care systems, and untapping on different forms of investing and producing generative value. How can we heal the fabric of our society?
Whether it is a canvas, a card game, a software, a business model, a video-game, a party game, an art installation or a social experiment or whether you’re joining alone or with your team you’re welcome to spend two days crafting games and approaches that are simple, replicable, suitable for different context.
YOU CAN COME ALONE OR WITH YOUR TEAM
AGENDA
SATURDAY
�8.30 – we open door�s
9.00 – we close doors
we gather for a small breakfast at 8.30 am and we start sharp at 9am
9.00—14 Deep Work
we’ll spend the morning of Saturday trying to step back from the problem-solving mind and seeing the full picture
14—15 Lunch break
15.30 Check-in getting back from lunch
In the afternoon we’ll dig into deep sharing and mixing of models, projects and approaches
16—17.45 First Round of Working Tables
17.45 tea break / stretch
18—19.30 Second Round of Working Tables
19.30 Break and Eating together
20 Cacao Cerimony and Celebration
We’ll celebrate in the night with an in-house party with cacao and nice vibes 
~ SUNDAY ~
– we start at 11am harvesting the learnings from the previous day and continuing refining our experiments and helping each others to document and produce them. We’ll have a moment to gather feedback from other people and then hacking on projects and incorporating feedback. We’ll go on untill 17.30/18
Dinner on Sat night included!
➤ Supported by an online community of 5000 activists, developers & designers we want to help you to get to the next steps of building a working Minimum Viable Product, sustainable revenue, and getting more funding from the NGI program and beyond.
This event is for you alone or you whole team and it is not only for building software. It’s not a competition, but a collaboration.
This is a community created event where we help each other with the expertise we can share to kickstart new projects into the world.
A nice team of facilitators will guide you through a journey to connect with yourself, your team, your community and your project’s purpose.
@BlackForestBoi @MariaEuler @inge @anon82932460 @nadia …and YOU!
Frequently asked questions
How do I get an invitation/ticket to this workshop?
- Create an edgeryders.eu account
- Tell us about your proposed project here.
- Look at the list below and pick one or more tasks that you can help with, and leave a comment here if there is a way for you to contribute. Very much appreciated!
How is this event being organised?
This event, and the festival it is part of, is coordinated on the edgeryders platform (where you are now) and co-curated through a series of community video calls. We have allocated a collaboratively managed budget for the festival and operate on a solidarity basis. Participants who need some financial support to organise or be able to participate in the festival are eligible provided they contribute towards making it a meaningful and generative experience for all - in the run up to, during and/or after the event. If you would like to join us but are unsure as to how to contribute, don’t worry. Create an edgeryders account, then tell us a bit about yourself here and we will guide you along from there.
How is this all financed?
This event is part of the NGI Forward project Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, launched by the European Commission in the autumn of 2016. It has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 825652 from 2019-2021. You can learn more about the initiative and our involvement in it at https://ngi.edgeryders.eu
Does getting involved mean I endorse the funders views or actions?
No. What you are doing is contributing to an open consultation on the topic of how to build a next generation of internet infrastructure, technologies, business models etc that promotes the wellbeing of humans and the natural environment. The consultation methodology is designed in such a way as to allow for diversity of views, premises, disciplines, themes and contexts. We employ open notebook science principles and the results will be presented in the form of a research report accessible to everyone after the event. You can follow the process, review the methodology and open source tech we are using and engage directly with the research and coordination team here: https://edgeryders.eu/c/ioh/workspace
What is the code of conduct?
It is important to us that everyone in the room feels welcomed and safe; if you have any particular concerns or needs just send me a PM here on the platform or write to nadia@edgeryders.eu .
The Edgeryders online platform technology and activities are intended for people to cooperate within and across projects trying to build a better world. The word “better” has here a fairly broad range of meaning. These Community Guidelines are here to help you understand what it means to be a member of Edgeryders. Don’t forget that your use of Edgeryders is subject to these Community Guidelines and our Terms of Service.
What happens with my data?
You can read about our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy here. Also:
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)
- Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data
- Handbook on European Data Protection directive
- European Commission website - Protection of personal data
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