A poll is easy. I think there is even a content type “poll” already in Drupal Commons. But beware: if you do a poll, then you have to accept the decision of the voters!
I’m not good with names and titles, but Epicfail sounds like abismal fail, doesn’t have the lightness of “fuckup” or the looking up in “failing forward” or “rebound”.
The Edge of Failure I like. I would also propose WeFail as a positive to overusing the “we” in communities (see also WeWashing).
I like this title because it’s about fixing something that is broken. We had a chat about this during the retreat and my feeling was that in order for the event to be attractive it needs to offer a path from failing to succeeding:
Keynotes from different organisations active in relevant fields/projects relevant to working with refugees and care (fails- learning what mistakes to avoid/ how not to do it)
Practical workshops on methodology held by keynote presenters (wins- learning new tools/skills/knowledge for how to do it right)
I added both you and Irene as editors of our facebook page.. no permission from any of us needed for things you think need posted.
Sent you the twitter pass.
Prepared a newsletter to go out tomorrow - and regularly starting Nov, should you want something in it go ahead and make edits. I can send the newsletters to not overload you.
I do not think we need ultratight coordination. I put out a first tweet already, but we will retweet the Antiheroes stuff too. Let’s just stay with the #LOTE5 hashtag.
It goes without saying that I like the subject of failing and that we should be comfortable with it and try to provoke the chance of failure by doing things, like this post. But if we want to get things right, more or less, we should learn from failure. So I dare to bring in a new title, Learn EpicFail - what is to fail? what does it mean? how can we move on from it? what does it bring new? and the solution is in the title
unFail I like because of the two reasons Nadia pointed out but it does not offer an solution, in the title. The “un” makes me stay away from failure and the idea, as I see it, is to get in it :).
I also have a quote that I like about failure:
Thomas J. Watson - CEO of IBM
“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.”
"Ik sta alweer overeind en zeg: vooruit dan maar, zonder supporters!" Paul Van Ostaijen, 1927
It’s by a Flemish poet who during his life was considered a total loser, but long after he died got recognized as one of the most brilliant minds of his time. He wrote this to a friend after another one of his publications was shred to bits by the media. It means something like ‘Again I stand up and say: okay then, without fans!’
