futures specialists helsinki: how to build a community?
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How to build a community? !!
Futures Specialists Helsinki!!
Pauli Komonen & Minna Koskelo Brussels 6.11.2014
Futures Specialists Helsinki: !!• founded 2012 • organizer of LaFutura 2012 in Helsinki • ca. 100 members • monthly meetings !• an informal network coordinated by Minna Koskelo
and Pauli Komonen!!“We are a freewheelin' professional network for people interested in futures thinking, trendspotting and service design.”
What kind of members do we have?!!• Different professions and fields: researchers, service designers,
business developers, ICT professionals, communication specialists, content producers, educators etc.
• All sharing “the futures mindset”: always looking for “what’s next”, scanning the environment, spotting trends, being one step ahead.
• Besides face-to-face meetings we communicate mainly in a private Facebook group.
• Ca. 100 members (30 active, 30 seen occasionally, rest passive or “web only” participants).
Events!!• Monthly meetings hosted by different companies: we
usually start with a presentation about one particular theme and then continue with group work and free discussions.
• Examples of themes: lean methods, femininity as an asset, visualizing futures, knowledge management, games and storytelling.
• Joint events with other networks (eg. Aalto University Women in Business, Service Design Drinks)
• Bigger events like the annual summer camp.
Summer Camps
LaFutura 2012!+ pre-event 2013
Thank you! !!Pauli [email protected] @paulikomonen !Minna [email protected] @MKoskelo !futureshelsinki.com