Date:    Oct 10/27/15 6:40 PM
Subject: BNUG meeting This Tuesday November 3rd 6:30pm - Wellesley - Coolhunting, Coolfarming, and Swarmcreativity
From:    Steve Isenberg

Gentlepeople,

We are delighted to present a thought-provoking talk by MIT research scientist Peter Gloor
at our November meeting, this coming Tuesday night November 3rd.

Coolhunting and Coolfarming through Swarmcreativity

Every disruptive innovation is not the result of a lone inventor, but of a small group
of likeminded individuals, working together in close collaboration to get their
cool idea off the ground. They are leveraging the concept of swarm creativity, where
this small team - the Collaborative Innovation Network (COIN) - empowered by the
collaborative technologies of the Internet and social media, turns their creative
labor of love into a product that changes the way how we think, work, or spend our
day.

The presentation introduces the concept of coolhunting, finding new trends by
finding the trendsetters, and coolfarming, helping the trendsetters getting their idea
over the tipping point. It describes dozens of case studies done with companies
around the world, analyzing the new idea creation process through tracking human
interaction patterns on three levels.

This Tuesday November 3rd, your Boston Network Users Group, BNUG, will meet at Mass Bay Community College in Wellesley Hills.
As usual, admission is FREE and open to all.  Munchies and Intermingling (M&I) starts at 6:30pm,
the meeting will start by 7pm and must end by 8:30pm.

About the speaker:  Peter A. Gloor is a Research Scientist at the Center for Collective Intelligence
at MIT's Sloan School of Management where he leads a project exploring Collaborative Innovation Networks (COIN).
He is also Founder and Chief Creative Officer of software company galaxyadvisors where he puts his academic
insights to practical use, helping clients to coolhunt by analyzing social networking patterns on the Internet –
spot the next big thing by finding the trendsetters, and to coolfarm – make the cool trends succeed on
online social networking sites.  He blogs about Swarm Creativity at swarmcreativity.blogspot.com.
Contact him at pgloor@mit.edu .

IMPORTANT: You need to have a (free) parking permit and directions.
These are located online (print yours) at http://www.bnug.org/parkingpermit --
you can park right next to the building (flagpole area) if you want and display this permit.

Please let me know if you plan to come or even if you may come so we can have enough space and munchies.  Thanks.


Regards,

-steve
Steve Isenberg
President, BNUG


PS: MBCC Students and faculty and friends are encouraged to join us!
PS: We may be recording the meeting for later broadcast and YouTube posting.
PS: Join us on Meetup -- http://meetup.com/b-n-u-g
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