The act of reading and writing poetry empowers designers to develop a vocabulary for empathy, an eye for opportunity, and an equal appreciation for the mundane and the magnificent through introspective observation and reflection. Our session will begin with a look into the impact poetic practices can have on innovation as well as a series of poetry-writing methodologies geared toward designers and social innovators that have been developed to cultivate new perspectives on the development of innovative solutions, and the discovery of societal problems. Finally, the session will culminate in a guided activity that will enable each attendee to create their own collaborative poems.

About Innovate Pasadena's Connect Week 2015

Innovation takes more than just smart people-it takes curiosity and drive to challenge convention. Attend Innovate Pasadena’s Connect Week events- mostly free- to level up your knowledge, skills and mindset in the areas of design, science, technology or business. Visit innovatepasadena.org/connect-week-2015 for details!

INNOVATE PASADENA is a community organization committed to advancing greater Pasadena as a center of technology and design innovation by promoting collaboration across business and education to attract companies, entrepreneurs, innovators and capital to the broader community.

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