Found vs. PostSecret - Notes for Final Exam

On November 16th I drove to Ann Arbor to see Found vs. PostSecret at the Michigan Theater.

It was a great experience to hear Frank Warren talk about the project and how it has progressed since he started it 3 years ago.



Notes from Frank Warren's presentation:

• Frank Warren has received over 175,000 secrets over 3 years.
• Thinks we all have secrets. We can choose to keep them in a "box" and bury them, or open that "box" and share our secrets like gifts.
• Frank receives over 1,000 secrets a week from around the world. They come in bricks. He literally has a ton of mail.
• The secrets people share show a common humanity and a deeper wholeness that makes us feel connected.
• Frank created the blog to share the secrets with the world. He believes that the blog is a technology for new communication.
• When posted on the web, the secrets become "living secrets". Someone at that time is actually experiencing the secret.
• Frank arranged the books as an archive. The secrets are arranged in a way so as to be connected and tell a story.
• The internet is like the "wild west" it has an anything goes policy. He can post all of the secrets that come to his mailbox. The books on the other hand face copyright issues and not all secrets make it.

I had the opportunity to meet Frank Warren and get my book personalized.




I also taped a lot of the presentation. The part I want to post is 17 minutes long, too big for Blogger. I'll post it elsewhere and link it here.