WELCOME TO: WIGGLE WHILE YOU WORK

~INVITING IMAGINATION & PLAY INTO YOUR WORKDAY~

LIVE AT THE MEET CART

EMILY HOPE DOBKIN | @BETTERISH | DENVER CO

 ZOOMKEEPING
+ GALLERY VIEW
+ VIDEO CAMERA ON
+ MUTE (but feel free to use the chatbox!) WHEN WE GO INTO BREAKOUT ROOMS, UNMUTE.
+ OPTION: CHANGE YOUR DISPLAY NAME TO SHARE YOU NAME, CITY + INSTAGRAM HANDLE (find your
name in the participant list > “MORE” > “RENAME”
+DID YOU DO YOUR HW? Please cut 3 pieces of paper, a pen and a notebook
HOW THIS IS GONNA WIGGLE OUT…
 ALL THE THINGS
PRESENTATION BY ME
> STORY TIME + BACKGROUND ON BETTERISH
> MEET CART 101: CRAZY IDEA TO CART ON WHEELS
> A PANDEMIC, A PIVOT +LOTS OF PARTIES & PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS
> WHY IT’S IMPROTANT TO WIGGLE WHILE WE WORK AKA TAKE CREATIVE BREAKS

PARTICIPATION BY YOU
>….THEN WE PLAY
> ~WE WILL WIGGLE~
> 7 SECOND STORIES
>WIGGLES THAT WORK FOR
YOU
• CURRENTLY: Denver, CO (by way of
Simsbury > Baltimore > Philadelphia
> Eugene > Santa Cruz

• HYBRID: community organizer, arts

educator, creative entrepreneur

• BACKGROUND: educational + public

programming via summer camps,
after school programs, galleries,
marketplaces, museums & various
community spaces

• LOVE: ice cream (what’s your favorite

flavor?)

• @BETTERISH @THEMEETCART
WORKSHOPS
PARTICIPATORY
INSTALLATIONS
POP UP EVENTS
STORYTELLING
(ENTER A WILD & CRAZY IDEA CALLED THE MEET CART)
TAROT TIME AT
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CONFERENCES: National Society for Histotechnology, AVMA
COMPANY HAPPY HOURS: architecture firms in Portland (Lever, Bora), copywriting agency (Thread), small
business lending non-profit (Colorado Lending Source), cyber security company (LogRhythm), marketing agency
(Match Marketing), global branding agency (Artemis Ward), consulting agency (Canopy Creative), neighborhood
associations, public finance consulting firm (S.B. Clark), pharmaceutical company

KICK OFF EVENTS: CBCA, EforAll, Fordham School of Business

PUBLIC EVENTS + PARTNERSHIPS: Colorado’s 144th Birthday (History Colorado), TEDxMile High
Adventure, Denver StartUp Week, TARRA: Failing Forward…

LEARNING + EDU: MSU CVSA, McCornack Elementary, EforAll Longmont, MSU Women’s
Entrepreneur Week

OTHER OCCASIONS: Retirements, Retreats, B’days, Baby Showers, Remembrances, Meetful Mondays…

SOCIAL JUSTICE: Let’s Talk About Race, Connect Before We Elect, Let’s Keep the Momentum Going

TAROT TIME: with Natalie Karneef

PLAY ~ CREATIVITY ~
CURIOSITY ~
IMAGINATION ~
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO WIGGLE
WHILE WE WORK
• Increases productivity
• Improves mental well-being
• Boosts creativity
• Helps you process and retain information
• Allows you get a better sense of the bigger
picture
“Energy isn’t unlimited, and just as
athletes have halftime to rest during a
game, employees need to rest so they can
do their best work.” -Jennifer Deal, Senior Research Scientist, Center
for Creative Leadership
“You must have a room or certain hour where you don’t
know what was in the newspaper that morning,
you don’t know who your friends are,
you don’t know what you owe anybody,
you don’t know what anybody owes you.
This is a place (or time) where you can simply experience
and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This
is the place of creative incubation. At first you may find
nothing there. But if you have a sacred place (or time) and
use it, something eventually will happen there.” –Austin Kleon,
Writer Who Loves to Draw, author of Keep Going
“The phone gives us a lot but it takes
away three elements of discovery:
loneliness, uncertainty and boredom.
Those are always been where creative
ideas come from.” -Austin Kleon, Writer Who Loves to Draw, author of Keep
Going
“Being alone is quickly called
‘loneliness’ in the media these days,
but it is very important to be able to
discover your own inner world.” – Garrit
Breeuwsma, Developmental Psychologist, University of Groningen in The Netherlands
“We need more rambling, daydreaming, pursuing, looking,
existing, allowing, ambling, opening, listening…because it
teaches us what we’re capable of…

When we constantly fill up all of our ‘empty’ time with

stimulation in the form of electronic devices, games and
distractions, our brains become disengaged and the
thinking process is effectively halted. We never get to hear
our own inner voice---we don’t develop a relationship with
ourselves and our minds. – Keri Smith, Author of The Wander Society
LET’S WIGGLE~
LET’S EXPLORE
WIGGLES THAT
WORK FOR YOU...
WIGGLE (HOME)WORK
• CHOOSE YOUR TOP 5-10 ACTION ITEMS/WIGGLES

• MAKE A WIGGLE DECK OR LIST

• SET A TIME OR TIMES EVERYDAY TO BREAK, THEN

CHOOSE FROM THIS DECK/LIST
WIGGLES OF WISDOM:
• FINISH YOUR WIGGLE (HOME)WORK

• FOR MANAGERS + LEADERS: DEMONSTRATE AND ENCOURAGE

PLAYFUL BREAKS

• FOR ENTREPRENEURS, SOLOPRENEURS, FREELANCERS,

DESIGNERS, ARTIST: SET A TIME FOR PLAYFUL BREAKS; GET AN
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER
STAY TUNED
“We don’t stop playing
because we grow old;
we grow old because we
stop playing.”
-Bernard Shaw, playwright, activist
THANKS FOR
WIGGLING ALL
THE WAY
Emily Hope Dobkin
thebetterishmailbox@gmail.com
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