ImagineU: Friends Forums
Coming Soon!
Each ImagineU semester, in addition to an ever-growing array of fee courses for you to choose from, we'll also be offering a different taste of imaginal learning. Friends Forums will be free (the only cost of admission is that you bring a friend with you), and will be a combination of live chats, forum conversations, and conference calls (and maybe, when we get really daring, podcasts -- ooh, video!) with Imaginal Activists who will guide us in dialogues about cultural issues, ideas, challenges, and solutions that need imaginative approaches.
We've decided to use this friend's format for a couple of reasons. First, we're playing with what makes distance learning works, and are interested in finding innovative (and sometimes totally low tech) ways of blurring the lines between virtual and live connections. We figure if you talk a friend into joining into the conversation, you'll have an actual face and warm body to connect with about these ideas. So, you'll have the best of both worlds -- community that spans the globe electronically, and someone you already know with whom you can continue to bring these ideas to life. And, second, we figure that if we offer you an interesting experience at no cost, you'll be willing to help us spread the word by telling friends around you.
These Forums will be led by Institute Fellows and other Imaginal Activists who are working to change the world.
Upcoming Topics:
We're currently exploring a variety of different topics to share with you, including:
- Imagining Sustainability Series: Green Building and Beyond
- Virtual and Live Communities: How to Build the Best of Both Worlds Into a New World
- Imagining New Ways to Evaluate and Assess
- Bringing Imagination to Local Communities and Governments
- And many more!
If you're interested in these, and haven't yet joined our mailing list, please join us below!