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Much to the credit of The Idea Camp, last night’s main session was filled with so many great ideas that it was hard for slow-blogging me to keep up… So, this is my almost-live blog from the session! The live Twitter feed is definitely worth following — instant feedback on what’s resonating with people, shared insights and interesting responses.

A huge part of my experience so far has been listening to people’s stories.  There really is a collective wisdom happening here, and it was great to share a nice dinner at In-N-Out with friends, among them LT, Eugene Cho, Paul from Vox, and Todd Hiestand.  Got to hear a little more about the International Justice Mission story from Daniel Li.  The need for justice for the oppressed in the world is overwhelming; may God continue to guide the faithful work of IJM to serve those in greatest need for justice.

First, we heard from the people behind Deidox — “short films telling true stories of an active God.”  The Dei refers to God, the dox to documentaries. Interesting approach, especially the Radiohead-esque pay what you want strategy.

Next, Dave Gibbons spent some time talking about innovation, and brought John Park (from Google) and Maxim Carp to the stage to interview. Dave talked about the disequilibrium, and its associated fear and stress, cause a person to go laser in focusing on a perceived threat.  It helps a person deal with the immediate problem, but limits one’s macro-perspective.

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If you’re not able to join us face-to-face, you can view the live stream for The Idea Camp here.

There is also a great live Twitter feed at The Idea Camp mobile site here (the mobile site also has a printable schedule — going green by putting the schedule online!). Already great tweets and insights going out…

Here at NewSong in Irvine – just had a great lunch with Laurence Tom, Dawn Carter, Dave Ingland and Idea Camp web guru Daniel Li and starting the first main session of The Idea Camp!

The ethos of the Idea Camp is collaboration, friendship and innovation.  We just watched a short film, Benched, about ways we can practically benefit and bless our neighborhoods.  Charles Lee is interviewing Jeff Shinabarger about dreaming for our communities and then acting on those dreams.  For example, Gift Card Giver took about two years to decide if it was going to be worth pursuing (which, it turns out, it was!).

Questions are coming in already via text — “Did you get any pushback from the city when planning for the benched project?”  Response, “Sometimes you ask for permission, sometimes for forgiveness!”  But since they’ve launched out, there haven’t been any problems.

More to come!