Learn Do Share NYC

A SOCIAL SANDBOX

for RAPID PROTOTYPING OF DESIGN FICTION & SOCIAL GOOD

Learn Do Share (formerly known as diy days) returns to the New School for a day full of talks, workshops, labs, hacks and networking. The event is focused on how storytelling, play, design thinking and creativity can be harnessed as an engine for social innovation and civic engagement.

This year's theme for NYC is DIY Urbanism

Join us as we explore how local communities are embracing DIY culture to change their neighborhoods. Every year hundreds of grassroots projects are initiated in an effort to reimagine and re-create the city. From transportation to health to education to disaster preparedness, citizens are rolling up their sleeves and coming together to design the world around them. At Learn Do Share NYC we’ll explore how collaborative action, design thinking, storytelling, play and technology can be used as tools for civic engagement and social good.

The day is split into a 3 act structure

LEARN (keynotes, case studies and fire side chats)

DO (workshops, labs and hacks)

SHARE (a collaborative action by the day's participants)

Program Highlights (full program coming by May 12th)

It takes a Village - a look at how storytelling, play and design are revitalizing one of the poorest neighborhoods in Philadelphia. A community comes together to shape their own future.

From idea to action - Learn Do Share has helped to incubate projects that have reached millions of people. A look at how can you move from an idea to an action and ways to harness the collective intelligence of the crowd.

Code Play - Step into the world of Beta where students learn to code in a playful way that empowers them to build their own platform games. Come find the game designer within you.

ArtHome - Join the team from ArtHome as they share how artists and their communities can build assets and equity through financial literacy and self-sufficiency.

Creative Entrepreneurship - step into a rapid prototyping session designed to help connect and amplify 100 ideas to improve NYC.

Wish for the Future is a framework for collaborative problem solving and design fiction. This session will be for adults but designed by and run by youth.

Lyka's Adventure - a look at how a little robot with a big heart is teaching students 21st Century skills.

Finding and telling stories with data - NYC Open Data has over a 1,000 data sets. Come explore how can they be harnessed in a way that creates empathy and emotion.

Special immersive experience - Throughout the day step into a futuristic NYC imagined and designed by a 13 year old game developer. This special ARG blurs the line between a present and future NYC.

And much much more...

Workshop, Lab & Hack Ideas Wanted
We’re looking for a few additional workshop, lab and hack ideas that match the DIY Urbanism theme of the event. If you know of interesting people or projects that are helping to make the city better through collaborative actions of citizens, we’d love to hear about it. Our focus is how purposeful storytelling, play and design thinking can be used as tools to build better cities.

CLICK HERE to submit a proposal

SPECIAL PRE-LAB EVENT FOR 40 PARTICIPANTS

Prior to each Learn Do Share event we run a special two day think & do lab called a Reboot Stories Lab.

On June 12 and 13, two days prior to Learn Do Share NYC, we'll come together for a 2-day intensive Reboot Stories Lab, in which we'll explore how local communities are embracing diy culture to change their neighborhoods. Join us as we explore how collaborative action, design thinking, storytelling, play and technology can be used as tools for civic engagement and social good. We are limited to 40 participants and will get back to those selected. The slots fill quickly so if you'd like to join us please apply early.

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VOLUNTEERS WANTED

Thanks to those who share their time and talents, we’re able to offer an amazing event for FREE. We’re looking for volunteers to help us with…

Speaker Coordination
Social Media / Social Stream support
Technical Support (helping speakers to get setup on the day)
Registration Help
Photographers
Folks to shoot video

CLICK HERE to contact us. Tell us what your interested in and a little bit about yourself.

ABOUT THE EVENT

Learn Do Share is a social innovation hub and 
a vehicle for creative sustainability. It is
 an internationally roving event for those who create, free to participants and run
 by volunteers in the spirit of collaborative culture. Reboot Stories designs these gatherings around sharing ideas and resources that help move inspiration to action. Experimental elements that explore the future of social innovation are complimented with talks, networking and playful activities that are meant to spark the imaginations of many. To see a listing of all our events visit www.events.learndoshare.net