CongRegation returns for 7th time, Cong Mindmesh, November 22nd, 24th

Community Explored at Cong Mindmesh

• 7th Year of ‘MindMesh’ festival of ‘Community’ in Cong
• 100 speakers, 8 events, 3 days, 8 different venues at #cong19
• Earned entry call open
• Problem Solving Muse ‘Thypia’

The 7th annual CongRegation ‘Mind Mesh’ in Cong Village

from November 22rd to 24th will debate and share the thoughts of 100 Irish and international speakers in the village of Cong in Co Mayo from Friday Nov 23rd to Sunday Nov 24th.

Consisting of 8 separate events over the weekend in 8 different venues the conference features an evening of ‘Community Talks’ in Ashford Castle, Adults Maker Meets, Full Day Unconference, Children’s Engineering, Electronics and Drama workshops, a learn the tin whistle music workshop, poetry recitals, music premiere and finishing with a Mindfulness walk in Cong woods.

The centre piece of the weekend is the unconference which sees coffee shops, book shop, art gallery, restaurants and shops in Cong Village turned into mini conference centres or ‘huddles’ with attendees debating the theme of ‘Community’ from the how future colonizing space missions communities will look like, how to build online communities through to what we can learn from bee hives.  Spread over four 1 hour huddles 100 ten minute presentations will be delivered by the attendees.

As part of the festival a problem solving muse is being offered to attendees.  Simply enter a problem at www.thypia.com and a creative muse will deliver an anonymous personalized response.

The price of entry to the 3 days of the conference is a 600 word unique article on the theme of ‘Community’ that is posted on the conference website.

“CongRegation is designed to create an atmosphere of deep learning, sharing and collaboration through the unique peer to peer structure and multiple events.  The fact that this years theme of community is being held in a small village community makes it even more special and relevant.” commented organiser Eoin Kennedy.

Speakers at the Ashford Castle evening of ‘Community Talks’ include Professor Pat Dolan, NUIG on ‘The Quiet Man …. and the not so Quiet Man’, Leadership and Development Coach, Nadine McCarthy on ‘ Weaving the thread of Community – From I to We (…whilst still including me)’,

Author Kevin McDermott on ‘Belonging’, Semantics Expert Alastair Herbert, LinguaBrand on ‘Why Listening Beats Talking’ and Community Builder, Tracy Keogh, BOI/Grow Remote on Building a Community from Scratch.  This evening will finish with a ‘Maker Meet’ session with Pamela O’Brien and Hassan Dabbagh, where the attendees will literally try their hands at engineering and electronics challenges.

While the adults are enjoying the mind mesh in Cong Village on Saturday 23rd their children will be enjoying a series of work shops including a Maker Meet with Chris Reina and a drama workshop in the Crossroad Centre.

After the conference dinner on Saturday attendees will be taught how to play the Tin Whistle from scratch by Jenny Mulvey in Danaghers Hotel followed by the revealing of new music by Max Hastings.

CongRegation will finish with a Mindfulness walk in Cong Woods on Sunday morning.

“We are looking for open minded people with a curious mind, from very different backgrounds and a unique insight on ‘Community’ to submit their thoughts via the entry on the website,” added Kennedy.

The event is proudly sponsored by Mayo.ie (www.Mayo.ie), the Advanced Productivity Skillnet (https://icbe.ie/skillnets/advanced-productivity/) MKC Communications ((www.mkc.ie) and Blacknight https://www.blacknight.com.

About Congregation.ie

The 7th CongRegation takes place in Cong, which is a small village in Co Mayo and home to The Quiet Man and Ashford Castle.  Throughout the day coffee shops, bars and restaurants will be alive with people sharing stories and insights on this years’ theme of Community.  Each session or huddle lasts one hour, with two in the morning and two in the afternoon and is moderated by a chairperson.  A free ticket is delivered to attendees once they produce their submission paper and teas/coffee/lunch will be provided during the day.

As each attendee is also a speaker means everyone who goes is a stakeholder and central to the event.  Special breaks are built into the day to facilitate social interaction along with special creative, music and mindfulness workshops planned.  Attendees can also send their children to the specially designed day long workshops.  This the 7th year of the event.  Full eBooks on previous years are available to download.

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