And when Matt graduated, we invited a bunch of friends and family members.
We invited a panel of experts to each select a favorite; here are the four they chose.
We invited a bunch of neighbors over to share the power, and also to gloat a little bit".
Around the same time we invited a journalist to participate and report on a creative ideas session with top designers and creative agencies.
"With Zingzillas, we invited a number of toy manufacturers to see the show as it was being filmed, to see the project at a very early stage", says Hollis, adding that there are certain criteria that manufacturers need to fulfil.
So we invited a small group of journalists, Wikipedians and Wiki enthusiasts to nominate the highlights: the Wikipedia articles that they find the most informative, the most entertaining or — frequently!
He describes one session in which 25 executives gathered to forge a strategy for emerging markets: "We invited a powerful analyst for consumer goods, who was openly critical of Unilever's performance," he recalls.
"At our very first meeting, we invited a bunch of people who were running the Twitter accounts at their museums and arts organizations but had never met in person, even though they live in the same city and interact with each other," said Ms. Kaganskiy, who is global editor of the Creators Project.
To prove that you can fit plenty of Shakespearean pathos into 15 seconds — the maximum length of an Instagram video — we invited a professional actor, Michael Urie, to The New York Times to perform a few lines from the play: If you are a high school or college student, use Instagram to record one short video of your performance of lines from "Hamlet".
"By collectively exploring where we had gone wrong in the past, we were able to take steps in the business planning process," says Jones. "We also then did this outside of the confines of our office – we invited a number of [external professionals] to contribute too by offering an external perspective on the business".
We invited a dozen friends or so.
