Listed below are all the workshops so far that have been been published for the 2011 Boston Skillshare.
For more information about the event as a whole, see the info page.
workshops to be scheduled
schedule for saturday, april 16th, 2011 (tentative)
10:30 am - 11:00 am: (breakfast)
- nothing scheduled yet
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Block A
- Barefoot Massage
- Cycling 101 - A discussion
- Financial Autonomy: Take Charge of Your Personal Finances
- Foraging for Edible Wild Plants
- How to Become a HEALTHY Vegetarian Eater
- How to Make Time for What's Most Important to You
- intro to embroidery! hand stitching
- Intro to Hoop Dance
- Using Social Media to Build an Engaged Community
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm: Block B
- "But you don't look sick!" - Invisible Disability Awareness, Accessibility, and Accommodation
- bike mechanics -- Fix-A-Flat
- Build your own Landless Garden
- GamesandFunandFunandGames Part IV
- Intro to Blues Dance
- Knitting 101
- mental health self-care
- Profit from Your Passion
- Slacklining
- The Art of PowerPoint: How Not to Make Your Audience Cringe and Snooze During Slideshow-Enhanced Presentations
- Veganism: Making the Transition
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm: (lunch break)
- nothing scheduled yet
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm: Block C
- Art of the Schmooze
- Data and Spreadsheets for Radicals: It's not that scary, I promise!
- Granny 101: Intro to Crochet
- Multilingual Justice & Simultaneous Interpreting
- Non-macho Chess
- Roadkill Arts and Crafts
- Slow Cookers: From Soup to Nuts
- So, You Want To Make A Documentary: Sharing Ideas And Hatching a Plan
- Storytelling: An Organizing Tool for Social Justice
- Supporting Trauma Survivors
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Block D
- Creating Collective Access: Careshifting, Dismantling Ableism, and Our Communities
- Fundraising: Getting Past the Fear of Asking
- Graphic design for anti-capitalists: free artsy computer apps like GIMP & Inkscape
- Lampwork: You Can Melt Glass without a Furnace!
- meditation is for everybody!
- Sewing Basics (Getting Started on a Machine)
- Spanish, Salsa, Cumbia & La Lucha
- Time banking in the Time Trade Circle (TTC)
schedule for sunday, april 17th, 2011 (tentative)
10:30 am - 11:00 am: (breakfast)
- nothing scheduled yet
11:00 am - 12:30 pm: Block A
- Acupressure
- Building a Portfolio Website for Artists and Writers-Free
- Gluten free kitties! Ways to help reduce allergies and IBD in cats
- How to be happy (er)
- How to Negotiate the Kind of Relationship You Want
- Intentional Communities: Co-ops, Cohousing, Communes, and Ecovillages
- Intro to rueda, bachata, merengue, and salsa
- No Space? No Cash? No Problem! Overcoming Obstacles To Growing Your Own Vegetables and Herbs
- Paleo/Cross Fit Revolution: How I learned to stop worrying and love animal fat/high intensity workouts
- You too -- yes, you --can write and improvise songs
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm: Block B
- A Star's Touch
- An Intro to Non-Violent Communication
- DIY Integrative Health
- Dr Strangelove or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Spending Money Online For Adult Toys and Learned To Love Home Depot
- Freestyle Hip Hop workshop
- Let's look at your Resume
- Nia Playshop - 52 Moves
- Recipe-Free Cooking: A No-Fear Guide to Using Your CSA
- Recycled Print-making for Artists and Educators
- Yes, You Can Break the Law of Gravity
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm: (lunch break)
- nothing scheduled yet
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm: Block C
- Easy and efficent urban composting and other good ideas
- EFT for Creativity: Boost Through Your Blocks and Uncover the True Voice of the Artist You Really Are
- Energy Medicine Daily Routine for Health, Vitality and Balance
- Fertility, Menstruation, and Natural Birth Control
- Guerilla Dance Squad: Adventures off the Dance Floor
- Home Brew it Yourself 4.0
- How to make Small Guitars, Ukeleles, and Your Own Crazy Instruments
- How to start a worker-owned cooperative, or turn your workplace into a co-op
- Intro to Bookbinding
- Introduction to Henna Body Art
- Zero to website in 90 minutes! A crash course in DIY web skills