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Sessions by topic

About the AF: Everything pertaining to the then and now of the Awesome Foundation.
IHAS: The Institute on Higher Awesome Studies.
Meta: The current state of affairs for alternative philanthropy and the AF.
Operations: Everything you need to know to run a successful chapter.
Summit 2013: Looking towards next year's summit.
Tools: Shared materials for chapters.

Saturday

Saturday Schedule

Time	Session
9:00am-10:00am	Registration/Mingling (coffee will be served)
10:00am-10:15am	Opening Remarks/Welcome
10:15am-11:15am	Chapter Introductions
11:30am-12:00pm	Origin Story: the founding members tell the history of the group
12:00pm-12:30pm	State of the Awesome
12:30pm-1:00pm	WTF is IHAS
1:00pm-2:00pm	lunch
2:00pm-4:00pm	Working Groups
	Track 1: State of the Awesome
	Track 2: Press Materials
	Track 3: Summit Planning 2013
4:00pm-4:30pm	Break
4:30pm-5:15pm	Discussion Groups
	Track 1: Dean Support Group
	Track 2: More Engaged Trustees
	Track 3: Open Track
5:30pm-6:30pm	Important Organizational Decisions
7:00pm-???	Dinner and Drinks

Sunday

Summary of discussion groups

What got accomplished?

Sunday schedule

Time	Session
10:00am-10:30am	Balloon group portrait
10:30am-11:14am	Discussion Groups
	Track 1: Awesome Event Ideas
	Track 2: Helping Fellows w/ More than Money
	Track 3: Open Track
11:15am-12:00pm	Discussion Groups
	Track 1: Getting Great Submissions
	Track 2: Painless Deliberations
	Track 3: Open Track
12:00pm-1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm	Working Groups
	Track 1: New Chapter Orientation
	Track 2: Graphic Design and Art
	Track 3: Website Hacking
2:30pm-3:30pm	Summary of Discussion Groups
4:00pm-5:00pm	The Future of Awesome
5:00pm-6:00pm	Pitches and Awarding of the Metagrant
TBA	Awesome Boston grant party

Monday

Monday sessions

Time	Session
8:30am-9:00am	Registration
9:00am-9:30am	Connect Opening Remarks
9:30am-10:30am	The Slow Funds Movement
10:30am-11:30am	Lightning Talks
11:30am-12:30pm	Lunch
12:30pm-1:30pm	Decentralized Organizations and Open Brands
1:30pm-2:30pm	Giving More Than Money
2:30pm-3:00pm	Break
3:00pm-4:00pm	The Age of Peak Guilt
4:00pm-5:00pm	Attendee-decided sessions
5:00pm-6:00pm	Collaboration, not Calcification
6:00pm-6:30pm	Wrap Up/Closing Remarks
6:30pm-???	Cocktails and Dinner off-site

Closing remarks

Hopefully ending on a high note!

Working Group Summaries

What are we wrong about?
Kickstarter Session
- How do you make the social media explosion happen? Ask at the after-party
How to bring the Slow Funding to Political Movements
- Lessons from Kickstarter & Awesome Foundation can work as models
Shout outs to Kara Brickman from AF-Boston, Lori from Civic Media, everyone who live blogged & Erdhart for being the event host

Pages in category "Summit 2012"

The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.

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-== Saturday ==
+The 2012 Awesome Summit consists of a 2 day [http://proximate.ly/awesome_summit_2012_assemble internal summit] and a 1 day [http://proximate.ly/awesome_summit_2012_connect external event]. It was held from July 21 - 23, 2012 in Cambridge, MA, USA.
-=== Opening remarks ===
-This is the third birthday of the Awesome Foundation. It's like "a sperm donor family reunion" - everyone is loosely connected. Why are we here? To get together, meet each other, make new friends, and make connections across chapters. We also have people from all five continents!
+== Sessions by topic ==
+* [[:category:About the AF|About the AF]]: Everything pertaining to the then and now of the Awesome Foundation.
-What are we going to do? We don't have rules. If something isn't happening and you want it to happen, do it. This includes photography and and live blogging.
+* [[:category:IHAS|IHAS]]: The Institute on Higher Awesome Studies.
+* [[:category:Meta|Meta]]: The current state of affairs for alternative philanthropy and the AF.
+* [[:category:Operations|Operations]]: Everything you need to know to run a successful chapter.
+* [[:category:Summit 2013|Summit 2013]]: Looking towards next year's summit.
+* [[:category:Tools|Tools]]: Shared materials for chapters.
+== Saturday ==
 === Saturday Schedule ===
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 === Sunday schedule ===
-== Sunday sessions ==
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 == Monday ==
-=== Opening remarks ===
-* We just celebrated our third birthday
-* Super quick intro to the Awesome Foundation
-* Christina is sharing that our logo is 8 in webdings
-* Sharing last 2 Boston grants as examples
-* Sharing most recent grant: Portland's Free the Billboards
-* Last 2 days have been Awesome Summit Assemble
-* 47 chapters, people from all over the world
-==== What makes us Awesome ====
-What makes the Awesome Foundation awesome?
-# Low barriers to entry, for both applicants and participants
-## Trustees aren't philanthropists, don't see themselves that way
-## Makes philanthropy accessible
-## Easy app for grantees, people who don't think of themselves as grant recipients
-## "I don't have an $100,000 idea, but everyone has a $1000 idea"
-# P2P giving from one average person to another
-## Grant recipients have become trustees, it's interchangeable
-# Constant experimentation
-## We all innovate on the model
-## Unofficial motto: "what's the worst that could happen?"
-## Anyone can start an AF, huge amount of biodiversity
-# Fun
-## It's actually fun to be in the Awesome Foundation
-==== IHAS ====
-[[IHAS]] is a backend for the Awesome Foundation that allows the AF to maintain its nebulous, loosely organized nature. IHAS does things so that chapters don't have to. Basically, IHAS is [http://c2910532.r32.cf0.rackcdn.com/84779-4f0f896236e5c-large.jpg Kitten Voltron].
-==== Awesome Summit: Assemble ====
-* 26/45 active chapters
-* 4 fledgling chapters
-* 5 continents
-* We have exactly exponential growth so far
-* Most of the time spent in working groups, one of the most productive Christina has ever been to
-* Meta-Awesome grant - winner Ponzi Awesome
-==== Awesome Summit: Connect ====
-Goals:
-# Build community
-# Cover unique issues
-# Build organizational APIs
-Spirit of the conference: JFDI (Just .. Do It)
 === Monday sessions ===
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-| 9:00am-9:30am || [[General sessions#Opening remarks 2|Welcome and Introductory Remarks]]
+| 9:00am-9:30am || [[Connect Opening Remarks]]
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 | 9:30am-10:30am || [[The Slow Funds Movement]]
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 ** Lessons from Kickstarter & Awesome Foundation can work as models
 * Shout outs to Kara Brickman from AF-Boston, Lori from Civic Media, everyone who live blogged & Erdhart for being the event host
+== Other documentation ==
+=== Photos ===
+* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/davefishernc/sets/72157630715631774/ Pictures from Dave Fisher (Columbus)]
+* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcn/sets/72157630696187794/ Pictures from Jesse Chan-Norris (NYC)]
+* [http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=84979541@N00&q=%23awesummit Pictures from Lee-Sean Huang (NYC)]
+* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/regtiangha/sets/72157630740103892/ Pictures from Reg Tiangha (Calgary)]
+* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157630740554460/ Pictures from Mitch Altman (SF)]
+=== Blogposts ===
+* [http://brosephstalin.com/2012/08/15/some-remarks-on-awesome-summit-2012/ Reflections from Tim Hwang (SF)]
+=== Illustrated Notes ===
+* [http://prezi.com/aeh3pevn5g8p/meta-awesome-foundation-pitches/ Prezi of Metapitches by Willow Brugh (Seattle)]

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