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Written by Michelle Haimoff
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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.
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Written by Michelle Haimoff
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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:
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Written by Michelle Haimoff
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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
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Written by Michelle Haimoff
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Pop!Tech was a little like the Sundance Film Festival and a little like three days of business school.
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Written by Michelle Haimoff
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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:
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Written by Michelle Haimoff
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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:
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Written by Michelle Haimoff
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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. |
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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It’s quiet in the Twin Cities today, quiet and cold.
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Written by Jeanne Roberts
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Last night, at around 5 p.m. journalist Amy Goodman was arrested in St. Paul.
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Written by Michelle Haimoff
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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." |
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Written by Michelle Haimoff
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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.
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