coffee stories
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What is Coffee Stories?A collection of
stories gathered from a diverse group of people, or crowdsourced
Stories of events that occurred while in a coffee shop
Events made a significant impact on the person’s life
Types of StoriesAt the coffee
shop◦ Reconnected with
family◦ Fell in love◦ Started a business◦ Closed a sale◦ Made a new friend◦ Had a brilliant
idea◦ Changed life’s
direction
Example Story #1I met my husband at a coffeehouse. I had just moved over to the US from the UK and knew barely anybody. On the weekends I would walk over to the local coffee shop and sit outside watching the world go by with a cup of coffee and a book. One Saturday I was being hit on by an annoying idiot when my husband saved the day. After hearing my accent he asked if I had heard of a town called Helston in Cornwall, UK, which happened to be his last name. The conversation continued and four years later we are happily married!
Example Story #2I learned to play the board game Risk at a coffeehouse near where I live. Sounds odd, learning something like that while at a coffeehouse, the atmosphere doesn't really fit. It was a long game, but I don't think the owners cared since we kept ordering more coffee. Overall it was a fun experience, I learned a new game and got to play it with people I did and didn't know, so I also made a few new friends. Now we play whenever we've got a good group of people together and have nothing better to do.
Final ProductsStories will be
compiled into a book
Free e-books for download
Coordinating website will be available
Other creative, business microventures
Making this Project PossibleSince 2006,
Lifebushido has posted Human Intelligence Tasks, called HITS to the Amazon Turks website
A global workforce, Amazon mechanical turk members, complete tasks for a small fee
Making this Project Possible
Possible tasks include◦ Designing flyers◦ Producing short
films◦ Assembling power
points◦ Providing
feedback◦ Sharing coffee
stories
Marketing the ProjectPost adsPass out flyersE-mail previews
of coffee storiesPost a facebook
pageLink lifebushido
website to other webpages
Word of mouth
Getting InvolvedSign-up for free e-
mail updatesVisit site regularly to
look for updatesProvide feedback on
a regular basisConnect with the
leaders of Coffee Stories
Contribute your own coffee stories
How can you help?Make an Amazon
Turks Account◦ Make flyers◦ Produce short films
on Coffee Stories◦ Assemble
Powerpoints about Coffee Stories
◦ Provide original ideas
◦ Share your coffee stories
Further Information
Website: www.lifebushido.com/coffee
E-mail: [email protected]
http://turkshido.wikispaces.com/