International Collegiate Free Hugs Day – Participating Schools
Today marks two weeks until the International Collegiate Free Hugs Day on 11/10/11! Steadily over the past two months, schools have been signing up and pledging their hugs. Here’s where we’re at… 97 Schools Committed 63 Schools Pledged Hugs 44,442 Hugs Pledged 438 Individuals RSVPed on the Facebook Event Haven’t pledged yet? There’s still time. […]
Before I Die… [BLENDER EVENT]
Walls are usually a boring addition to buildings. However, with the right creative idea, walls can turn into something so much more. Artist, Candy Chang, converted a seemingly “dead” wall in a neighborhood into an engaging work of art that pushed people to think about themselves and their life. Meh –> Hmm. Campus walls are […]
Creating a Journey [BLENDER EVENT]
Car-Class-Car students are a known thing on commuter college campuses. Meaning, they go from their car, to their class, and back to their car again. In terms of outside-the-classroom engagement, this group tends to be the hardest to connect with. Watching the video below gave me the idea of what if you turned the CCC […]
Say Something Nice [BLENDER EVENT]
Improve Everywhere is known for creating scenes, which is probably why we love so much of what they create. In their latest scene, they strapped a megaphone to a podium and placed it in the middle of Union Square in NYC with a sign that read, “Say Something Nice.” Imagine if your campus created a […]
Blender Events Brainstorming List
If you follow our blog, you probably noticed we started a new segment called ‘Blender Events‘ where we highlight possible Blender Events student leaders could run on their campus. If you’re a DFT alumni, you should already know the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of Blender Events. If the term is brand new to you, click here to […]
Post-It Note War [BLENDER EVENT]
3M may have intended Post-it notes to help us remember everything from a meeting to picking up extra milk, but when artists stepped in, they took Post-it notes, and art, to a whole new level. Imagine if your campus created a Post-it note war between Residence Halls where each floor, or building, had one week to […]
The KLM Surprise [BLENDER EVENT]
KLM leveraged Social Media to creatively engage their traveling customers with a pattern interrupt of happiness. Imagine if your campus had a Social Media Prize Patrol that would track students down via public tweets and deliver them a pattern interrupt of happiness. ** To learn more about Blender Events, click here. To learn more about our Dance Floor […]
Introducing: 1st Annual Collegiate International Free Hugs Day (11-10-11)
After seven years of helping colleges create their own events on a campus-by-campus basis, we thought it was time to step up the game. This year we’re bringing together 10,000s of student leaders and student groups from all over the world to participate in one single event on one single day. Introducing the 1st Annual […]
When a Hug Is More than a Hug
Last week I did our Dance Floor Theory and Free Hugs training for an Army BOSS conference because, just like schools, the Army has an extremely hard time engaging their single Soldiers. According to a 2005 Leisure Needs Survey, 80-95% of single Soldiers never participate in BOSS sponsored activities. As usual, I set up the idea […]