A Story about Smart People Collaborating to do Stuff that Matters Told by Sarah & Lisa On Tuesday 14th March 2014 At Antenna, Nottingham At the invitation of First Tuesday

1. A STORY ABOUT SMART FOLK … DOING STUFF THAT MATTERS
TOLD BY SARAH & LISA
ON TUESDAY 4TH MARCH 2014
AT ANTENNA, NOTTINGHAM
AT THE INVITATION OF FIRST TUESDAY

2. GOOD FOR NOTHING – WHAT’S IT
ALL ABOUT?
HOW WE GOT INVOLVED
#GFNNOTTS – THE STORY SO FAR
STUFF WE’VE LEARNT
HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

3. HAVE YOU HEARD OF
FRANK R.BERNARD & THE 1921
PRINTERS INK JOURNAL?

4. OUR GOOD FOR NOTHING
FOREFATHERS SWAPPED
SHAMPOO AND AIR-
CONDITIONED OFFICES FOR
NATURE AND DOING GOOD

5. GOOD FOR NOTHING IS A COMMUNITY OF
THINKERS, DO-ERS, MAKERS AND TINKERERS,
APPLYING THEIR SKILLS AND ENERGY TO
ACCELERATE THE WORK OF CAUSE-LED
INNOVATORS AND CHANGE MAKERS
TQ TO @GFNCOLCHESTER FOR THESE SLIDES!…

6. OR …

7. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
HAVE SOME FUN
USING THEIR SKILLS TO
HELP CAUSES THEY BELIEVE IN

8. WHAT
IS A
CAUSE?

9. AN ENTREPRENEUR
A CHARITY
A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
A COMMUNITY ORGANISATION

10. OUR
ROOST …

11. (FUN, LITTLE GET-
TOGETHERS)
(WHERE REAL THINGS
GET MADE AND DONE)
GIGSSOCIALS OR

12. PREVIOUS
CHALLENGES

15. SOME
MATHS …

18. #GFNno's
AND WHAT DOES THIS
HAVE TO DO WITH
NOTTINGHAM?!

19. C
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CM
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GFN-Notts_24Hours copy.pdf 1 14/11/2013 10:09
ON 28TH & 29TH NOVEMBER 2013,
WE HAD OUR FIRST GIG … FOLLOWED
BY A SOCIAL IN JANUARY 2014

20. OUR FIRST HACK WAS WITH
@SECRETKITCHLADY
@ECOWORKSNOTTS

21. SUPPORTED BY ALL
OF THESE
INCREDIBLE FOLK

22. JUST SOME OF THE
#GFNNOTTS ‘FIRST GIG’
CREW!

23. HTTP://GFNNOTTINGHAM.TUMBLR.COM

25. STUFF WE’VE
LEARNT

26. STUFF WE’VE
LEARNT

27. STUFF WE’VE
LEARNT

28. FIND WAYS TO TAP INTO THE
INCREDIBLE CREATIVE CAPACITY
OF YOURSELF AND THE
PEOPLE YOU KNOW … WE
GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE
ASTOUNDED

29. WHY
GET
INVOLVED?

30. YOU’LL MEET NICE PEOPLE
YOU’LL HELP GOOD CAUSES
IT’S FULFILLING
YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF
IT’S JOLLY GOOD FUN

31. SO IF YOU CAN …
THINK, WRITE, DESIGN, CODE,
PHOTOGRAPH, FILM, MAKE, DO, HACK,
IDENTIFY CAUSES, FIND SPONSORS, FIND VENUES,
ADD UP, SUBTRACT, MAKE WORDS SOUND COOL,
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, MAKE TEA OR CAKE, SMILE,
SPREAD THE WORD
… THEN YOU’RE GOOD FOR NOTHING!

32. ARE YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING?
SIGN UP ON AT OUR ROOST:
WWW.GOODFORNOTHING.COM/CHAPTERS/
NOTTINGHAM
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @GFNNOTTINGHAM
SPREAD THE WORD WITH CAUSES AND DO-ERS
AND COME TALK TO US!