LIFT || A conference about technology in our society.

LIFT || A conference about technology in our society.

Just completed the 1st day at LIFT07 and what a wonderful day it was. Attended 2 workshops and met thought-provoking and interesting people.
The 1st dealt with DYI evaluation and monitoring methods. It was moderated by Glenn O’Neil, a swissified Australian of his own admission. Glen’s approach to the workshop was very practical. I like that. He presented a theorethical overview and quickly moved on to interactive activities that allowed us to split up into smaller groups to implement some of our new-found knowledge on what turned out to be live projects, ranging from a health education project in Brazil to an HR project in the school system in Vaud and others. Undoutedly those who submitted their projects to the methodology presented by Glen have come away with some useful tips for improvement. It was a well run workshop which has left me wanting to find out more about E&M. Thanks, Glenn.

In the afternoon I attended a workshop on creativity which really got my juices going. The workshop was moderated by 2 people. Dannie Jost started it off by presenting a thought-povoking introduction of a model of creativity based on work done on the subject by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Creativity, ISBN: 0-06-092820-4). This was followed by practical tips on how to foster creativity led by Henriette Weber. A wining combination that has kept me thinking about the process of creativity for several hours afterward. Thanks, ladies, for solliciting so many interesting comments from the people in the workshop and for breaking the mold of my preconceived notions on what creativity might be.

I’m looking foward to tomorrow’s adventures at LIFT.