Another World is Possible: Building Fictional Worlds to Inspire Real-World Change
July 23 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am CDT
Virtual Workshop – Live/Online
Fee: $50 for MCN members / $70 for nonmembers
Every nonprofit is built on the belief that the world can be better than it is. To mobilize durable support for your mission, people in your communities need to join you in that belief. So you need to help them imagine the world where your mission has been accomplished and your vision has been made real. In this highly interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to to use the powerful literary tools of science fiction and fantasy to communicate about your organization’s work in visionary new ways. Please bring a favorite fictional world to talk about, and a notebook or computer to write with.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn specific fictional worldbuilding techniques for reimagining real-world problems
- Identify successes and failures of worldbuilding in past Minnesota campaigns for change
- Build a prototype fictional world for your nonprofit’s mission
Event Details
This virtual event will take place on the Zoom platform. Your access link will be emailed to you the day before the event after 12 p.m.
This session will be recorded. The recording will be made available to registrants for 14 days after the live event.
Captioning is provided automatically through Zoom. For information on requesting CART, ASL, or another accommodation, please visit our Registration Policies page.
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Speaker Information
Ash Chudgar, Ph.D., helps people and organizations communicate more skillfully in diverse communities. As a consultant and coach, he aims to help people communicate more freely every scale—out in the world, in groups and teams, and within themselves. Ash’s work draws on his experience as a cultural historian, a teacher of fiction and poetry, and an Internal Family Systems practitioner. You can visit Ash in Northeast Minneapolis, where he lives with his husband and two cats, or online at chudgar.com.
