Post by Patricia Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian at University of Michigan, instigator and co-conspirator on this event. Follow her on Twitter at @pfanderson and at her Emerging Technologies Librarian blog!

Please join us for the:

We Make Health Fest
Saturday, Aug 16th, 2014
University of Michigan
Palmer Commons, Great Lakes Rooms

“I don’t have time, tell me what it is in 2 sentences”

“A collaborative event for a local and virtual community interested in health, technology, and participatory design. Join us for a full day of health themed design and maker activities!”

“Ok I have some time, tell me more”

Many types of events are being triggered by the creativity of the Maker Movement — maker faires, mini-maker faires, maker camps, maker festivals, maker fests and makerfests, make-a-thons and createathons (also spelled makeathon or makethon), open make events, maker madness events, maker shows — and they come in all sizes, flavors, and themes.

What does that mean? Think of it as a mash-up of science fair PLUS Hands On Museum or Exploratorium PLUS do it yourself! It’s all about learning and creating and problem-solving through a combination of Show+Tell+Do!

Here at the University of Michigan, many people on campus are partnering on taking the “maker culture” energy and applying it through a lens focused on health to promote participatory and collaborative strategies in healthcare. Come, have fun, learn, make stuff, but more than that, meet other interesting and creative people who are interested in using what they have, know, and can do to Make Health!

How Can I Participate?

Your participation can be virtual as well as local!

Fill out this Google form to contribute (even it’s just virtual support!)

Website: http://makehealth.us/

Twitter: @MakeHealthUM

Google Plus: Make Health UM

The We Make Health Fest is a project of HealthDesignBy.Us; Email: healthdesignbyus@gmail.com; Twitter: @healthbyus; Facebook: healthdesignby.us; Blog: Introducing @HealthByUs

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