What happens at the Do Lectures in Wales?

For those of you yet to know about the Do Lectures, it's something special that you may love. Think of TED.com with loads of organic matter and authenticity added in a Welsh (and now Californian) setting.

On the weekend, I attended the Do Lectures at Fforest in Wales. It was an amazing experience. One best experienced for yourself (apply for next year: http://www.dolectures.com/the-event/ - scroll to the bottom of the page). 

Amongst the food, the generative Welch scenery and clever people, I gained great knowledge, insight, and belly-laughed a lot with new friends. Really. Lovely. People. 

And the venue Fforest is a truly remarkable showcasing of design and Wales.

Here are the "Do" comments and quotes I loved...

The Do Lectures Founder, Dave Hieatt, introduced the talks on Day 1, commenting on a few key and insightful aspects of Do:

* The talks create talk.

* The theme was difficult to articulate at the start - essentially the theme of the talks is "Eclectic".

* When bright people come together it brings about stuff & ideas 

* Don't let things/ideas go. Sometimes they have difficult births. Just start. 

* The biggest investment of all is your time 

Here's other quotes from the 4 days at the Do Lectures: 

"Make big stuff happening quickly."

"Capture the world's imagination."

"If you are authentic and doing great things your brand is safe. "

"Fear is your heaviest bag."

"Make great products and associate with appropriate ambassadors."

"An adventure, collaboration and a mistake."

"We don't always know how amazing we are."

"Start thinking of yourself as the only one who can deliver [whatever you can uniquely deliver]." (express your uniqueness)

"Bring out inner fool to engage others emotions." 

"Everything's an offer."

Better than PR - "develop relationships with people who understand what you do."

"I catalyze people."

Have a look at the current talks on the Do Lectures site here: http://dolectures.co.uk/lectures/

I highly recommend David Allen's and Alice's.

Here are the photos I took from Day 1:

It's all good :)

Posted via email from By Samantha Bell