As everyone is gearing up for the next Camp Organic, it reminded me of how cool my experience was at Camp. I had a blast. I had the chance to experience a little bit of what we do first hand (as I’m in the corporate group), meet people from all of our offices, and have two fun nights in Vegas.

In a nut shell, Camp Organic is an empathy excersize around personas focusing on the Seven Sins in Sin City. We were given an idea and 18 hours to create a persona and presentation. We did this by observing, talking, and finding the unexpected–and we did just that.

My group (me, Scott, Mauro, Joe and Trevor) met an interesting character named Father Tyme (pictured above with me in the reflection of his glasses). He was surprisingly charming and warm and he let us in on the sordid side of Vegas. It was great watching people watch us, watching him. It’s interesting because we realized that greed, attention, and excess is contagious. People want what they (whoever that is) have. What tickles me most is that Father Tyme has kept in contact with Scott either by phone, or drops a letter in the mail, and tells Scott to tell me hello.

It was also a bonding experience. I really got to know and like the people in my group. I hope everyone has as much fun as I did. I did say I was going to knit everyone skullies and I still need to do that.

Kari Girarde