Hello! Im Ashleigh Weeden . I ask a lot of questions, talk pretty - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Hello! I’m Ashleigh Weeden . I ask a lot of questions, talk pretty fast and I care about communities. I work with awesome people to imagine rural futures - and then make them reality. Find me on Twitter: @ashleighweeden

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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. - Inigo Montoya

In Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way. - Tom om Fres reston

Develop relati lationship ips Beyond Enhance cu cultu lture the Create ca capacity ity Buzzword Empower co communit ity

EXAMPLE: TWO PROJECTS, ONE smart GOAL CONNECTED COUNTY (intellig ntelligent ent SWIFT (inf nfrastru astructure) cture) comm mmunity) nity) Im Impossib ible le with ithou out Regio ional HOLISTIC, ADAPTABLE, SCALABLE = Colla ollaboratio ion comm mmunity nity value

We are all on the hook for dealing with the hard stuff.

pose: why hy are are you you doi doing ng th this? s? ▧ do it on pu purpo ed: un unicorn rns exist xist (they’re just fat and we call ▧ be ope pen-mind inded th them em rh rhinoc nocero roses and and nar narwhals ls) ▧ no one is going to care more than you: stop stop wai aiti ting for for pe perm rmis issio ion htful: th this s is s sup supposed ed to to be be fun fun! ▧ be de delig ightfu ”The doing is the thing. The talking and worrying and thinking is not the thing.” (Amy Poehler)

Innovation requires tools + channels that create conversations + relationships . ▧ leverage your networks ▧ play with the people who love you (and learn to receive the gift of honest feedback) ▧ don’t discount old school methods exchanges ≠ engagement It’s not ju just st transactions ≠ talking ab about out te technolo logy. . meetings ≠ meaning

"V "Vuln lnerabil ilit ity is is th the birt irthpla lace WE CAN DO of inn of innovatio ion, , HARD THINGS creati tivit ity an and d change." ." (Brene Brown)

Get messy. Be excellent and be excellent to each other.

Thanks! Let’s jam! Find me on Twitter at @ashleighweeden Email me at weedens@uoguelph.ca Find out more about the work at www.ruraldev.ca