✏️Assignment

Choose 1 (or several!) activities:

• [x] Act-Listen-Engage
• [x] Dialogue/Sense of Urgency. Engage with your community and have a dialogue (group discussion and/or individual interviews) with diverse stakeholders exploring points of alignment (and misalignment) and motivating change.
• [x] 🌟Document these events with photos, videos, sound recordings, and written descriptive text.
• [ ] 🌟Whiteboard Flashmob. Have an event where your community members can share their ideas on a Communal Whiteboard and have a discussion about them.
• [ ] Shared Vision of Success. Emphasis on “shared” in 3-5 years.
• [ ] 🌟 Collect Data from Stakeholders (What you learn and how to make it possible) and Document in 1 Slide

🔧Homework

In continuation of the previous assignment focusing on the 5W and the How, we have reached a stage where we have identified a clear pathway for a potentially impactful project. Before proceeding in that direction, I have chosen to assess the existing network of networks within our organization to actively listen and engage with the current state of the network and its impact.

This is how FAB Month was born: https://fabfoundation.org/blog/fab-month

As someone who frequently organizes the Fab Lab Annual Conference and Symposium, I recognize the significance of community events. This year's conference will highlight the progress of nine different initiatives that have been implemented since 2001.

FAB Month Overview

FAB Month, held in April 2024, served as a dynamic online platform to honor the 23-year journey and accomplishments of the Fab Lab movement. With the theme "People, Places & Projects," the month-long event highlighted the Fab Lab Network’s enduring impact on technology, education, and societal development through a series of engaging sessions.

Read more on the overview here: https://fabfoundation.org/media/fab_month_2024