The first time I met the selected team members as an undergraduate and presented the idea to them, I admitted to being anxious in a previous DARE newsletter. I did, however, distribute printed copies before the meeting. All of us expressed our opinions, and they all seemed to come from the same viewpoint. I suggested the idea of a "design conference," to which we would invite prominent designers from around the world. I hadn't given much thought to finances until I realized that as students we couldn't afford such a budget. I insisted that we should draft a proposal for sponsorship because I was still committed to the idea. We did this and sent it to both small and large organizations, but no one responded. One of us recommended that we conduct a smaller event that wouldn't cost us much, like visiting secondary or high schools, as we were attempting to choose the best course of action. Let's try it out because I thought that was a really good idea. We had a challenge when determining what kind of content to offer, which I thought about for a few days in an effort to identify a topic that everyone can relate to while maintaining the original intent of the concept. Since I was considering a topic focused on "Creativity," there is, in my opinion, no way to discuss "Design" while disregarding it. The term "The Creativity In You" was then coined.
Everyone agreed to it, we delivered letters to different secondary schools in the city, and we all contributed to the contents. Interestingly, we received some approvals. It's important to emphasize that this is my first time planning something so personal, but our first outing left me in awe. The school provided the hall, the pupils, some teachers, and the acting principal were in attendance. One of the exercises we did that day has stuck with me to this day; we offered the students blank A4 sheets to do anything they wanted with it, and some of the students penned poems, some wrote stories, others made crafts, and some even drew on them. After the event that day, the acting principal called me to share his remarks. He said he didn't realize the seminar would be as educational as what he had just witnessed. When he asked who our resource person was, I replied that we had just funded the event ourselves since it was our first outing. After he excused himself, he returned and gave me an envelope. There was some money in it, as you correctly predicted. The action was incredibly motivating, and the money helped with other outings.
When it comes to executing an idea, I will say start with what you have where you are, and you won't remain where you are.
I came up with a sort of flow to Innovating/Inventing
Creativity — Design — Innovation
…………………………… |
…………………..Technology
where; Creativity is the idea
Design is the process
Technology is the tool
Innovation is the end goal
I will next share on Creativity and Innovation: The Bridge.
I have been looking into the myths that affects us from harnessing our innate abilities. For both Developing and Developed Countries.
Developing Countries
People believes the environment isn't suitable for their idea.
Nobody will support their idea especially the government.
The idea will be ridiculed and won't be accepted by the community.
They don't have the necessary resources to execute, hence they dumped the idea and their creativity remains dormant.
Developed Countries
The idea may not be worth the time for execution.
The problem has been solved or it's similar to what someone else is working on.
Idea execution is meant for the rich.
There are other important things to focus on, hence they dumped the idea and their creativity remains dormant.
Kindly share other myths you know for both Developed and Developing Countries, it will be helpful.
The 'Technology' in the flow is meant to be under 'Design'