10 Ways to Make Good Ideas Happen
Scott Belsky from Behance recently spoke at The Feast about making good ideas happen. The following 10 suggestions would be helpful to anyone in a creative field:
Why the World isn’t Over . . . Yet
There are a number of environemntal, political and financial problems in the world that its most resourceful, patient and intelligent people should address. Luckily, many of these people are on the case, as was evident at the 2008 Pop!Tech conference.
Surprising Advice from Pop!Tech Speakers
There were a number of suggestions the speakers at the 2008 Pop!Tech Conference gave the audience about leading a more socially- and environmentally-conscious life. Here are six particularly surprising ones:
13 Random Things I Learned at Pop!Tech
If you give American kids a tough math problem to solve and tell them they have fifteen minutes to solve it, they will give up on it after two, Chinese kids will still be working on it after the 15 minutes have passed. –Malcolm Gladwell
The Culture of Pop!Tech
Pop!Tech was a little like the Sundance Film Festival and a little like three days of business school.
12 Interesting Things I Learned at The Feast
Photo: Rachel Feierman, Creative Commons The Feast was a day-long social innovation conference that took place on Thursday, October 16th at Scandinavia House in New York City. There were 12 presentations and summarizing each one would make for a very long article, so I’m simply going to touch on twelve interesting things that I learned:
The Thomas L. Friedman Energy Revolution Infomercial
To see Thomas Friedman speak, as I did at The 92nd Street Y on Sunday night, is to witness a live infomercial. His product? The ET (Energy Technology) Revolution.
RNC Update: Fascist America?
It’s quiet in the Twin Cities today, quiet and cold.
Amy Goodman and Democracy in Action
Last night, at around 5 p.m. journalist Amy Goodman was arrested in St. Paul.
Green for All: Linking the PhDs and the PhDos
Van Jones, the evangelical founder of Green for All, gave an inspiring sermon-esque talk at the Personal Democracy Forum in NYC on June 23-24, 2008 addressing "How Social Technology Can Help Solve Global Problems."
Zipcar and the Economy of Sharing
At the Personal Democracy Forum in NYC on June 23-24, 2008, Robin Chase, the creator of Zipcar, talked about how we can use social technologies to tackle and solve social problems.
The Earth is Not Flat
The great thing about Arianna Huffington, besides everything, is that she practices what she preaches. She champions opinionated journalism and she herself is an unapologetically opinionated journalist. In fact, she probably would have been proud of that first line because it’s not objective and it doesn’t claim to be. To her, objective journalism is dishonest.
How Technology is Changing Politics
When I told a friend I was going to the Personal Democracy Forum she said, “Whoa.”
NetSquared Year 3 Conference, Part II
Day two was a little more mellow than day one. Many of the attendees had already met and connected, and the Cisco Systems’ Vineyard Conference Center started to feel a little like a college campus.
NetSquared Year 3 Conference, Part I
Photo: ReefRaff, Creative Commons, Flickr< I attended the NetSquared Year 3 Conference on May 27-28, 2008 in San Jose, CA, right after Memorial Day weekend. I had spent the weekend in Berkeley, CA at my friend Sammy’s wedding so I was a little shaky for the meet and greet on Monday night, but Jean Russell…
N2Y3 2008 Mashup Challenge
The N2Y3 2008 Mashup Challenge featured 21 teams competing for funding for initiatives ranging from saving endangered languages to ending genocide. On the first day of the conference each team was permitted two minutes to describe their projects, many of which focused on themes like government transparency and corporate accountability, and all of which rely…
Interview with Stephen Colbert at the Y
“I love playing a high status idiot.” Raucous laughter. It’s hard to tell if Stephen Colbert is being funny when a packed crowd of white people in flip-flops dies laughing at everything he says. Such was the scene at the 92nd Street Y last night where I heard him speak with New York Times columnist…
Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Products: What Would the EU Do?
If universal health care were a reality in the United States, would the regulation of harmful products be tighter since the government would have to deal with the long-term health (read: economic) consequences?
The WebbyConnect Conference in Laguna Beach
I just finished listening to none other than blog superstar, Arianna Huffington, give her keynote at the first annual WebbyConnect conference in beautiful Laguna Beach, CA. Prior to this appearance, I never really knew anything about her. I haven't spent much time at her site, www.huffingtonpost.com. Sure, I was familiar with her and of course…
Two Sides, One Voice
Photo:phauly, Creative Commons, Flickr Picture the Middle East, and you’ll most likely picture the persistent, drawn-out Palestinian-Israeli violence that has come to typify the region.
Revolution of the Nerds: WIRED’s NextFest
Normally composed of gadget obsessed, glasses-clad Gamers, the color of geek has suddenly gone green. This would account for the fact that this year’s Wired NextFest, the Future of Technologies Fair held at the Los Angeles convention center, devoted 18 of its 165 exhibits to "CleanTech." In fact, tucked in right next to booths on…
Construction, Pricing and Lazy Consumers
Photo:peterandringa, Creative Commons, Flickr I come from a family of construction and real estate gurus, so naturally the panel on green buildings at the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference not only intrigued me, I even knew a little bit about the subject. Luckily it took place on the first morning of the event. The take-away is simple.…
Just the Beginning
Most presenters at AlwaysOn’s GoingGreen conference agreed that we are just beginning to scratch the surface of green opportunities out there, whether referring to distributed power generation or water innovation. And there are many, many smart people scratching, scraping and digging away at the opportunities. While many of the presented ideas were longer term solutions…
Blondie Goes Green at the AlwaysOn GoingGreen Conference
I’d consider myself moderately “green.” I do what I can, when I can. I recycle. I choose environmentally friendly products like Method to clean my home (quick disclaimer: I also worked there). I have a local, organic farm share of fruits and vegetables delivered weekly to my apartment. I write to you from my abysmal…
Michelle Dow Bio
Michelle Dow: Director, The Corporate Citizenship Company Inc. Michelle leads the US operations of The Corporate Citizenship Company, a specialist management consultancy helping companies to succeed as good citizens worldwide. She leads client relationships across services including: corporate social and environmental strategy, reporting and benchmarking; social and economic impact assessment; stakeholder engagement; and communications. Recent…