Hakuna Matata Night
April 25th, 2007
As part of our contribution to collective intelligence, we think hosting an “unconference” would be a good step forward. This Saturday, we’ll (TRNLab) be hosting Hakuna Matata Night - a space for social entrepreneurs or socially-minded individuals to meet, network and show their work in public. The presentations are very solution-oriented. Speakers present their solutions to existing social and/or environmental problems. These solutions can either be current work, projects or simply ideas.
So as to avoid boredom, each presenter is allowed a maximum of 20 images (Yes, I mean images as in pictures, diagrams, etc. NO bullet points allowed). The challenge here is for each speaker to translate their stories into visual and grapical presentations. Each image would only be shown for 20 seconds - giving a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds for each presentation. This keeps presentations short, interesting and allows more speakers to participate.
Hakuna Matata is actually a Swahili phrase that means “there are no worries here” or “no problem”. Hakuna Matata Night is a forum that is meant to inspire with solutions and not depress with problems. It is meant for us to showcase our ideas and efforts to change the world in a more realistic and practical way. We hope the event can inspire more parties as such, and spread virally across the globe. If you would like to set up your own Hakuna Matata Night, please get in touch with us.
If you’re in the area don’t forget to check it out!
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April 25th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
presentation without text and a total presentation time of less than 7 minutes! wish we could have the same in the conferences that we frequent…
(–>> had attended a presentation with more than 80 slides)
April 26th, 2007 at 7:30 am
sounds demanding eh? many unconferences try to employ various styles. here’s an interesting description of what exists:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference
May 5th, 2007 at 5:45 am
Hey, how’d Hakuna Night go?
May 5th, 2007 at 7:18 am
Really well!!! Lots of people came. The speakers were exciting. We’re in the process of uploading the video.