DaVinci’s Faire & BarCamp

The DaVinci’s Faire is held one day a year at the beautiful Manatee Technical College.
Share. Learn. Grow.

In February 2009, Sara Hand made a few phone calls for a friend in Tampa inviting several people to an informal lunch to discuss what they saw as needs in the tech business community. Eight people met that third Friday in February. By April, Sara with 2 cofounders on board took ownership of a nebulous conversation that within months would include an after-hours conversation as well as the lunchtime one. With no firm agenda the conversation took on its own life and became what we initially known as BarCamp Sarasota.

Now called DaVinci’s Faire & BarCamp, since the first 2 day unconference in 2010, the community organized and run initiative has help 18 days of unconference events, and well more than a hundred lunch & learns, after-hours and special education events. Original cofounders Sara Hand and Stan Schultes with their company Spark Growth (the former tagline for BarCamp Sarasota) still spearhead this effort.

Currently DaVinci’s Faire is held one day a year at the beautiful Manatee Technical College. With the current tagline: Share. Learn. Grow. DaVinci’s Faire & BarCamp brings in hundreds of people each year with attendees representing all ages and many different interests. What unites them all, though, is the desire to learn.

See DaVinci’s Faire & BarCamp 2016 Highlights here.

Learn more at BCSRQ.com. Do note the sponsors, who yearly help to keep this event FREE to attendees.

Think Big.

What can you really do? You can change the world! That may sound scary, but it starts by showing up, taking action, making your voice heard.

At Spark Growth – we start by showing up. It’s funny how much success in life comes simply by showing up. If you don’t show up, you don’t get to play.

We take action. Thinking big doesn’t mean you have to start big – by starting small and building trust, you can do bigger things. You may have heard the old adage, “How do you eat an elephant?” And the answer is, “One bite at a time.”

Read our post on 5 Often Overlooked Issues That Can Keep You from Reaching Your Goals.

We participate in the conversation. This is the conversation of collaboration, asking “What Could We Do Together?”

By thinking big, you can reach for your ultimate. Your Massive Transformative Purpose is the higher, aspirational purpose of your organization. With your MTP big enough to rally around, it inspires and it moves people and hearts. Start small, build trust by doing little things, and move forward toward BIG!

A Massive Transformative Purpose (MTP) is the higher, aspirational purpose of the organization, capturing the hearts and minds of those both inside and (especially) outside of the organization. (Don’t miss this video about MTP)

“Most people overestimate what they can do in two years and underestimate what they can do in ten years.” Bill Gates, entrepreneur and philanthropist

After years of working across business, technology, education, funding, community, government, arts and non-profit sectors; we at Spark Growth aren’t constrained by the silos that many people live and work in. Our global context and consortium of thought leaders provides us with a unique vantage point for creative problem solving. At Spark Growth we Think Big, and we can show you how too.