Archive: August, 2011

Mission Zero: a tribute to Ray Anderson

 

 

 

Ray Anderson, sustainable business pioneer, dies aged 77 | Guardian Sustainable Business | guardian.co.uk.

John Elkington, Chair of Volans, co-founder of SustainAbility and creator of the ‘triple bottom line’, pays a moving tribute to Ray Anderson the driving force behind the transformation of Interface from being ‘just a carpet’ company to being, by head and shoulders, the best example of what the future of business needs to look like.

Ray’s energy was fired by pragmatism and passion as well as the need to make the profits that would continue to drive change.

Although Ray Anderson has passed, Mission Zero remains, and can be achieved in his memory.

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Wednesday, 10th August, 2011

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Be at the start

Before reputations are made.

Before word of mouth gets out there.

Before the nice articles get written.

Before the chatter on Twitter.

Before the plus 1 on google.

Before the awards are won.

The pioneers come.

Be at the start.

 

The First Do lectures USA. (Campovida. Hopland, California. Sept 22-25 2011)

 

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Tuesday, 9th August, 2011

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The ‘Do’ Day Courses Business model

The aim.

 

The aim of the ‘Do’ Day courses is to bring artisans/craftsman/entrepreneurs together with people who want to learn how to ‘Do’.

 

Why we ‘Do’ it?

 

The Do lectures is a not for profit company that’s in business to inspire people to go and make a change, to make a difference, to find a better way.

In order to provide talks for Free to the World, we have to find ways that help pay for Free. The ‘Do’ day courses are one of the ways that help us pay for Free. The good thing is it fits with our idea of inspiring people to go ‘Do.’

 

Why ‘Do’ will be good for you.

 

The Do Lectures will bring a new audience to you. They’re a progressive and influential bunch of people. We will market yourself via The Do Lectures digital platform (website, social media etc) which is a growing and influential crowd of people. You will get paid a fee for a days work. And we pay quick. And, apart from the day of teaching, we do pretty much everything else.

 

The Formula for a ‘Do’ Day course.

 

1, We only invite the ‘change makers’ to teach.

2, Keep it fun. People learn best while laughing.

3, Great food matters. (Local. Organic. Simple.)

4, Don’t make it stuffy. Create an irreverent atmosphere.

5, Stay small. Stay intimate. (10-15 people max.)

6, Passion is good to be around.

8, Real locations. Never, ever, from a conference center.

 

The ‘Do’ Day Course Business model.

 

We believe the ‘Do’ can be good for all parties. It can create income for the artisan and The Do Lectures and a great learning experience.

Expenses will be paid to the Artisan and The Do Lectures before anything else. These will include travel, materials and providing great food for our customers etc. All expenses will be agreed beforehand.

After deducting expenses, the split be the following:

Artisan – 70% of ticket price (After expenses)

The Do Lectures – 30% of ticket price (After expenses)

Work together on this stuff.

Together we will agree the pricing, the date and the format of the event.

If it doesn’t work for you, it won’t work for us or the customer.

So we will make sure you are happy with everything before we start.

And then it will fun for everybody.

The small Print.

Payment will be within 7 days of the course being completed.

All our prices exclude VAT.

If the course doesn’t achieve a 60% take up, together we can make a decision whether to go through with it.

Customer cancellations: Up to 3 weeks before, we will give a 80% refund. After that, we will not be able to give a refund unless we find someone else to take their place, which is fair.

Any customer who is not happy, we will simply refund their money. No questions asked.

The ‘Do’ will organize.

1, Promoting and Marketing the event to The Do audience.

2, Admin, invoicing and payments.

3, Directions to the event.

4, Great food (Unless the artisan has agreed to do it)

6, Inspiring venue (Unless the artisan has agreed to supply it)

7, Feedback to artisan from customer after the event.

8, Arrange for photos to be taken of the event.

What you will need to do?

1, Supply Bio.

2, Supply pictures, if possible.

3, Agree a ticket price, date/timing, format/food/ venue etc.

4, Turn up and inspire everyone. (No pressure).

Super simple cooling water system

More info here: http://quim.iqi.etsii.upm.es/botijo.pdf

(Thanks to Miguel)

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Friday, 5th August, 2011

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Learn. Each day.

Inspiring short film.

Each day learn a new thing.

Life is never dull.

Do Lectures featured on Flipboard

This week our twitter feed is being featured over on Flipboard.

We’re well chuffed, it’s one of the best iPad apps around.

You can find us in the science section.

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Wednesday, 3rd August, 2011

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Children teach you that…

“Children teach you that you can still be humbled by life, that you can learn something new all the time. That’s the secret to life, really — never stop learning.” — Clint Eastwood

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Monday, 1st August, 2011

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