“But what exactly do you do?” I wail at the poor bastard standing in front of me. I’m ensconced at the Communications Department desk at Burning Man HQ, blogging for the upcoming GLC, when I make eye-to-eye contact with a real live “Meta”. More than just a “Meta”, Peter is Meta Comms, and he’s talking […]
06Apr
GLC 2016: Volunteerism, the Backbone of Burner Culture
At the 10th annual Global Leadership Conference this past weekend, volunteerism was the main topic of two workshops. Why were volunteers the focus of so much discussion? Because incredible, transformative, art-filled cities of weirdos don’t build themselves. A “do-ocracy” is “an organizational structure in which individuals choose roles and tasks for themselves and execute them. […]
04Apr
GLC 2016: A Little Less Conversation, A Lot More Action – Burners Without Borders Awards Grants
On Sunday, Burners Without Borders (BWB) helped four Burner projects put their money where their mouths are by announcing the winners of the Walk the Talk Grant Program. At the closing session of the GLC, Christopher Breedlove, the BWB Program Director, and Eli Peterson, Burning Man Arts Programs Services Manager, announced $3000 worth of grants […]
01Apr
GLC 2016: Money, Art and Burning Man’s Future — It’s Time to Talk Hurty
Today, GLC participants are rocking up for their first day in the land of plenary. With two unconference sessions, four plenary sessions, and 41 breakout workshops, there are many juicy topics planned and even juicier topics and conversations that are yet to reveal themselves. How could they not? Take 500 Burners from the around the world, […]
31Mar
GLC 2016: Bubble, Bubble, Roll and Trouble — Making an Impact with a Default Derby
Devin Breen is here to burst your bubble. Devin is the co-founder and president of Chicago’s CHIditarod, the love child of an unholy matrimony between a food drive, dodgem shopping carts, wacky races, a bar crawl, street theatre and all-round chaos generator. He’ll be talking bubbles and making the right kind of trouble when he […]
30Mar
GLC 2016: Calling Out Around the World
Each year, we put more of the Global in GLC by gathering our growing tribe from far and wide. This week, we have representatives from an ah-mazing array of countries jetting into San Francisco for the 2016 conference, which begins on Thursday. For those scratching their head over these three little letters, the GLC — […]
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