PKN13 Hawrelak Amphitheater June 5th

NextGen members and volunteers took part in Volunteer Edmonton's Fair at West Edmonton Mall. Over 2,000 people came through to find out about volunteer opportunities in Edmonton. NextGen was a partner with Volunteer Edmonton for this event.

Pecha Kucha Night 12 (PKN 12) at the Garneau Theatre featured a wide array of presentations. With a sold out crowd of 527 people in attendance, PKN 12 was an amazing night! Thanks to all the presenters, our volunteers, the PKN organizing committee, Metro Cinema, our sponsors Capital Power, Graphos, the City of Edmonton and our drink sponsors Wild Rose Brewery and Steam Whistle. And all the drink proceeds will be donated to FAVA, Edmonton Bicycle Commuters and the Edmonton Food Bank. PKN 12 Presenters: -Joseph Ahorro, GA Joe, U2: Adventures in General Admission - Chris Falconer, Foodie/HR Guy & Owen Petersen, Baker & Miller A Stave of Life -Ben Henderson, Edmonton City Councillor, Ward 8, WinterCity Snaps: My Trip to the Arctic Circle -Sue Huff, Alberta Party Candidate Creative Politics -Duncan Kinney, Writer/Credit Union Enthusiast, Bank Local -Dawn Lamothe, Yoga Instructor & Stephen Visser, Software Developer Touching the 21st Century -Erin Monaghan, Streetwear Photographer, Street Fashion -Steven Sandor, Editor, Avenue Edmonton, The push for an SCTV monument -Leroy Schulz, Photographer, The Ongoing International Adventures of Miguelito’s Little Green Car -Michael Walters, Community Organizer, Building a Local Food Hub for Edmonton All photos taken by Jeff Nelson. stormwarning.ca/

Edmonton Next Gen invited Old Ugly Recording Company to curate a one-day festival showcasing some of the Edmonton's best independent musical artists. The festival was named Tip Of The Iceberg to show that there's a lot more talent where this lineup came from! All photos by Alistair Henning. www.AlistairHenning.com

From January 26 to 29th, Edmonton’s NextGen was proud to be programming partner of the Community Centre Pavilion at METROPOLIS, Edmonton’s newest celebration of winter culture. With a focus on engaging Edmontonians, ages 18 – 40, in making the City of Edmonton a place they choose to work, live, learn and play, the four days of programming feature a Best of NextGen schedule of events plus a variety of creative collaborations with next generation community organizations. All photos by Alistair Henning. www.AlistairHenning.com

MEÆT is an Edmonton initiative to bring people together for a meal, and together fund home-grown projects. You can: (1) apply to have a project funded and come enjoy dinner, and present your project or (2) come enjoy dinner, experience the presentations, vote for your favorite, and donate $10 to fund something awesome. The best presentation (as determined by the votes) receives the night’s funding. On January 27, 2012, Edmonton's Next Gen hosted MEAET 1.5 as part of their programming of the METROPOLIS winter festival. Over $800 was in the pot of money donated by attendees. Congrats to Ryan Spotowski who had the best pitch on his Light Transmitting Concrete Project. All photos by Alistair Henning. www.AlistairHenning.com

From January 26 to 29th, Edmonton’s NextGen was proud to program the Community Centre Pavilion at METROPOLIS, Edmonton’s newest celebration of winter culture. Pecha Kucha Nights have become one of Edmonton’s NextGen’s most popular and enduring public events. Japanese for the phrase “the sound of chitchat”, Pecha Kucha Nights feature presentations on local ideas, projects and musings in the 20 slides x 20 second per slide format made popular world-wide by Klein Dytham Architecture. At METROPOLIS, the public the invited to attend Pecha Kucha: Metropolis featuring “best of” presentations from the past 11 installments of the event plus fresh ideas. All photos by Alistair Henning. www.AlistairHenning.com

After a succesful pilot project in August, Edmonton’s NextGen presented MEÆT1.0 – MICRO-FUNDING TOGETHER, November 26, 2011, 6:30 PM at Latitude 53. A project of ENGAGE, producers of the popular DIYalouge forums, MEÆT brings local creatives and new philanthropists together for an evening of short proposals followed by a shared meal. At the end of the meal, all diners vote on which proposal receives the pot of funds to move forward with their project: immediate funding for awesome ideas! MEÆT1.0 is hosted by Nate Box of Elm Café. For more info on MEÆT, visit www.meaet.com. For more info on Edmonton Next Gen, visit www.edmontonnextgen.ca. All photos by Alistair Henning Photography (www.AlistairHenning.com).

Ever dream about... Becoming a concert and events promoter? Connecting artisans and designers? Launching a magazine? Starting a talk show? Curating an art exhibit? Let’s talk. Edmonton’s NextGen presented DIYalogue. Edmonton’s NextGen presents DIYalogue, a speed-dating cultural mix-and-mingle in the style of NextGen’s popular Candi{date} series. Looking for a collaborative space to share ideas and gain advice on launching them into action? DIYalogue connects Edmonton's established cultural entrepreneurs with emerging, young, creatives in 15 minute one-on-one mentorship mini-dates. DIYalogue explores the potential for individual success in the creative industries through unique partnerships and community support. DIYalogue took place on Wednesday, November 9 at the Yellowhead Brewery, 10229 105 St NW. Participating speed mentors included: {{ Operation Fruit Rescue - operationfruitrescue.org/ {{ Brian Webb Dance Company www.bwdc.ca/ {{ Edmonton Folk Music Festival www.edmontonfolkfest.org/ {{ City and Dale - cityanddale.com/ {{ YEG Live - yeglive.ca/ {{ Fish Griwkowsky - twitter.com/#!/fisheyefoto {{ Unknown Studio - theunknownstudio.ca/ Thanks to all the mentors and everyone who attended.

Over 600 people attended PKN 11 on Sept 14 at the Myer Horowitz Theatre. There was a great diversity of presentations which made this PKN one of our best yet. Thank you to all the volunteers for their hard work in organizing PKNs and to our sponsors, the U of A Alumni Association, Capital Power Corporation and Graphos. And thanks to our photographer Dave DeGagné for capturing the event! www.dbphotographics.ca More than 110 presentations have been given at Edmonton Pecha Kucha Nights to-date on wide reaching topics, from botanical walls to winter city living and everything in between. PKN 11's presenters were: 1.Jeremy Derksen, Adventure Writer Infrastructure, Adventure and a Cultural Model of Healthy Risk Twitter: @outdoorsinsider outdoorsinsider.wordpress.com/about 2.Chris Samuel, Lawyer/ Starcraft Enthusiast Starcraft: More Than Just A Game Twitter: @chris_samuel 3.Ryan Saunders, PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering and Co-Founder of ABCampusTec Students Driving Cultural Change Twitter: @JRyanSaunders www.abcampustech.ca/ 4.David Papp, Technology Advisor The #BirdCam Social Media Experiment Twitter: @DavidPapp www.davidpapp.com/ 5.Darren Wagner, PhD Student, University of York Showing Nature’s Naughty Bits www-users.york.ac.uk/~dw605 6.Wendy Caplan and Wade Kelly, Educators 4000 friends and 140 Characters: Redefining our Social Lexicon 7.Larry Retzlaff, Senior Planner, City of Edmonton Transit Oriented Development 8.Joshua Le, Business Student, University of Alberta Raw Denim Twitter: @joshyle www.research.ualberta.ca/en/VP%20Research%20News/2011/01/... 9.Jeff Senger and Paul Cabaj, Serial Social Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of SPARK; and Cooperative Addict and Co-Founder of SPARK The Cooperative as a Tool for Community Resilience www.sparkyourpower.ca/why_spark/whos_behind_spark.html Twitter: @Spark_YourPower 10.Karen Unland, Journalism Educator and Consultant What Journalism Needs Now Twitter: @KarenUnland brainalbum.tumblr.com/

On Sunday, June19, ten established and two dozen would-be cultural entrepreneurs filled the main room of the ARTery with the chatter of DIYalogue - a speed-dating style mentoring event. Participants - ranging from fashion designers, to magazine publishers to festival organizers - shared strategies and lessons learned on getting creative enterprises off the ground. For those who weren't able to make it out, another edition is already in the works for November.

Saturday, June 11th was NextGen's debut in the Edmonton Pride Parade! We were excited to be one of 60 entries - up from 35 last year - in the parade downtown along 102 Avenue and to participate in the celebrations on Churchill Square with 20,000 people. Thank you to all those who joined in on the fun and helped us show our support. NextGen plans to be a part of it again next year in an even bigger way, so watch for information in Spring 2012.

NextGen hosted a special speaking engagement with Peter Kageyama at Latitude 53 on June 21, 2011. Peter is a co-founder and producer of the Creative Cities Summit, an interdisciplinary event that brings together practitioners around the big idea of the city. He has traveled abroad learning and speaking about issues of local community development, talent attraction and retention and creative industries development. He's also worked with contemporaries such as Richard Florida and Charles Landry. He recently wrote a book called "For the Love of Cities" and he will be speaking about this and his insights about creative cities.

NextGen Participated in City Chase on May 28, 2011 for the first time as a host for one of the Chase Point Challenges. Our challenge required participants to unscramble words from our website and then use the words in a song which teams had to sing in specific music genre (rock n roll, rap, country, opera). It was a fun day and we hope to be part of City Chase next year.

We hosted Pecha Kucha Night X on Friday, June 17, 2011 to a sold out crowd of 400 people. The presentations were certainly thought-provoking and inspiring. Thanks to all the presenters that took part in PKNX. And big thanks to the PKN organizing committee and our sponsors who made PKN X happen in Edmonton. All photos by Alistair Henning Photography (www.AlistairHenning.com)

Community leagues from all over the city participated in the NextGen Edmonton Community Challenge presented by Boardwalk Rental Communities from June 3 - June 5, 2011 to win prizes and 3 community funds. Thank you to everyone who participated and volunteered at the event. Congratulations to the winning Community Leagues: 1st place: Southwood Community League (won $5,000) 2nd place: Rosslyn Community League (won $3,000) 3rd place: Prince Rupert Community League (won $2,000) 4th place: Beacon Heights (won the Community Cup) The funds will go towards a Community League project that benefits the local neighbourhood! Thank you to all our sponsors including the lunch sponsors: Subway, Battistas Calzone, and Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. And one last thank you to the Glenora Community League for donating the use of their hall for the weekend.

We launched our new logo, designed by the Advertising Club of Edmonton and our website at the Muttart Conservatory on May 12, 2011. The Mayor also proclaimed Next Gen month taking place in June where we celebrate a number of organizations that aim at engaging next geners to be involved in our city and to make a difference. Thanks to everyone who came out and celebrate our launch and Next Gen month. Check out our new website and logo: www.edmontonnextgen.ca All photos taken by Michel Feist.

Thanks to everyone who attended CANDI(DATE) on April 20, 2011. The event featured Edmonton Centre federal electoral district candidates from the: Conservative Party of Canada (Laurie Hawn), Green Party of Canada (David Parker), Liberal Party of Canada (Mary MacDonald), Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada (Peggy Morton), New Democrat Party of Canada (Lewis Cardinal), and the Pirate Party of Canada (Mikkel Paulson). And special thanks to InterVivos who partnered with us, NextGen on this event. We heard lots of positive feedback from attendees, both candidates and voters, about the opportunity to "date" and meet face-to-face, and the conversations and dialogue that these dates started. Stay tuned for future NextGen events to engage in the conversations about the issues that matter in our community.

Next Gen hosted Pecha Kucha Night 2 on Sept 11, 2008 at the Trans-Alta Arts Barns in the Westbury Theatre. This was a sold out event!

We hosted a volunteer info session for all our current volunteers and members at the Art Gallery of Alberta on March 23, 2011. After the session, we treated the volunteers to a private tour of the AGA. Thanks to all our volunteers who help implement Next Gen's projects and events!

Next Gen hosted an info session on March 21, 2011 at City Hall to learn more about the Edmonton City Centre Airport's Redevelopment. Executive Director Phil Sande provided a great overview on the future of the development. Public consultations for this project will begin in the fall once a design concept has been chosen and approved by City Council

Pecha Kucha Night 9 took place on March 4, 2011 at the Royal Alberta Museum Theatre. There was truly a wide range of interesting presentations from storytelling to Edmonton's local arts scene to urban planning and zombies and the importance of local food and much more. 400 people attended PKN9! Thanks to our sponsors Capital Power Corporation, The City of Edmonton, Graphos and Molson Coors. Thanks to all the great presenters. Massive thanks to the Co-Chairs of PKN, Ryan Stark and Brian Murray and Christine Causing from the Next Gen Office. A big thank you to all our volunteers and members: Karla Barron, Greg Berry, Reed Clarke, Stephanie Enders, Michel Feist, Robert Piercy, Yuri Wuensch, Doug McLean, Heather Chisholm, Erika Madsen, Kristine Doiron, Ryan Jesperson, Thomas Scott, Avi Thiessen, Stephanie McDougald Jordan Elias, Carol Neuman, Yuk-Sing Cheng and Tegan Martin-Drysdale. See you all at PKN 10 on June 17, 2011.

From time to time Next Gen and our members attend events to engage the community.

Edmonton's Next Gen hosted a candidate forum on Oct 6, 2010 at Grant MacEwan University. The idea of the event was to give next gener's and young voters the opportunity to meet candidates running for City Council and Mayor. Candi{date} offered a speed-dating format that involved small group discussions with voters rotating to candidates every twenty minutes.

Edmonton's Next Gen hosted a candidate forum on Sept 29, 2010 at the U of A. The idea of the event was to give next gener's and young voters the opportunity to meet candidates running for City Council and Mayor. Candi{date} offered a speed-dating format that involved small group discussions with voters rotating to candidates every twenty minutes.

Hosted and organized by Next Gen, PKN 8 took place on Sept 23, 2010 at the CCIS Building during the U of A Alumni Weekend.

Photos taken by Alistair Henning and Christine Causing

Edmonton Next Gen's sixth Pecha Kucha Night. Theme: Psst... It's a Secret Photos by Eric Duffy www.ericduffy.com

Over 50 interested young people came to meet with 30 seasoned community league executives in a session facilitated by the Edmonton Next Generation Special Projects Committee and the EFCL. Discussion was focused around helping leagues become more welcoming and more engaged with people under 40- a target demographic identified by leagues last year in the CLIPS survey.

more photos to come soon.

Pecha Kucha Night 5 at Myer Horowitz Theatre