TED is a global idea conference, and TEDActive is the project-based option that brings global thinkers and doers together around big ideas. This year, the TED Prize winner is the City 2.0, and idea. Because the Earth’s population is continuing to grow and concentrate in urban areas, we need new ideas for transportation, commerce, health, [...]
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TEDActive Attendees Hack Art with People Power
March 8th, 2012 
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Posted in Crowdsourcing, Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship 
Tags: city 2.0, Hack, Ideo, kinetic power, Make, TED, TED Prize, TEDActive 
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Global Learning Ideas That Harness the Cloud
August 25th, 2011 admin Houghton-Mifflin loves out-of-the-box ideas on how to create global-scalable initiatives that can improve student outcomes across the globe. To encourage truly unique ideas, Houghton-Mifflin has created a challenge to the world. Who can come up with unique and globally-scalable ideas for improving learning? To encourage serious participation, Houghton-Mifflin has recruited an all-star judge line-up and [...]
A Global Perspective on WikiLeaks
December 16th, 2010 admin Regardless of what you believe about WikiLeaks, if you’re living in the U.S., chances are you’ve developed your opinion based on what WikiLeaks means for the U.S. I’m not trying to change your opinion but I’d like to expand your perspective. Everyone around the globe is talking about WikiLeaks, whether or not Twitter acknowledges it. [...]
Posted in Blogs, Crowdsourcing, Global Issues, Weblogs Tags: Julian Assange, North Korea, Twitter, United States, WikiLeaks No Comments »The Future of Journalism Is?
November 6th, 2010 admin On November 5, 2010, the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fl asked those attending Social Media Day to tweet the ending to “The future of journalism is . . . ” When I first walked into the event, I felt unqualified to answer such an important question. Surely, the experts presenting that day were better [...]
