Hanson Hosein – Introduction: Entrepreneurship, Engagement, & Empathy
April 27th, 2010Hanson’s Introduction Speech with CEO of Pacific Science Center.
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Debra Music and Joe Whinney – Doing Well While Doing Good; The Sweet Story of Theo Chocolate
April 16th, 2010
Can something as simple as a bar of chocolate make a tangible difference in the world? Theo founder Joe Whinney, along with Vice President of Sales and Marketing Debra Music, channeled his long-standing love of chocolate to launch the county’s only organic, fair-trade chocolate factory in 2006. The two discussed what it takes to build a successful, ethical brand. And they passed out chocolate– to which the audience broke out in applause.
Healthy planet and thriving farmers + delicious chocolate + happy chocolate lovers = Theo
Sarah Stuteville and Morgan Dusatko – America in 5
April 16th, 2010
What defines a journalist in this period of enormous technological and economic transition? Newspapers may be dying, but despite the institutional change, the need and desire for strong non-fiction storytelling remain. Sarah Stuteville and Morgan Dusatko, both journalists, present America in 5, an innovative way to deliver the stories America wants to hear. Meet the folks who do engagement with a Capital E: multimedia storytellers, Sarah Stuteville and Mogan Dusatko. Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Huh – Convening Community and Company Direction Through Life Goals
April 16th, 2010
If you’ve laughed at something funny on the Internet recently, chances are Ben Huh and his Cheeseburger Network are behind it. From LOL Cats to the Fail blog to the subjects of his new book, I has a Hotdog, Ben Huh understands how to tap into the power of community to create something compelling– and hilarious. But there’s business behind it too.
Only Ben’s not going to talk about business in his 18 minutes. And he’s not at TEDxSeattle just to make us laugh; he’s here to share the personal side of this success. Read the rest of this entry »
Eugene Cho – One Day’s Wages
April 16th, 2010
What you earn in one day may be a relatively insignificant percentage of your income, but that amount can make great strides in the life of an impoverished person in another country or in our own. It is with this principle that Eugene Cho and his wife, Minhee, started the international grassroots movement One Day’s Wages, an organization dedicated to ending acute poverty world-wide.
Amanda Koster – In Steve Biko’s Backyard: The Intrinsic Value of Show and Tell
April 16th, 2010
Show + tell = action. If content just sits there, on your computer or in your camera, it doesn’t exist. Professionalism is not important: the message is– take the earth-shaking amateur footage of the Rodney King beating, for example.
Amanda Koster is a photographer, author and the founder of SalaamGarage, an organization that connects citizen journalists with non-profits around the world. Her projects combine media and anthropology to raise awareness of human rights issues.. Read the rest of this entry »
Ron Krabill – Beyond the Bright Shiny New Thing
April 16th, 2010
Ron Krabill teaches media and cultural studies and is affiliated with the Department of Communication and the African Studies Program at the University of Washington. He is currently the Project Director of “My World Cup,” a transnational community media project aimed at producing and disseminating short media pieces made by South African youth during the hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He is also a recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Teaching Award. Read the rest of this entry »
Fiona Lee and David Edelstein – Innovation in Information Access: Harnessing the Potential of the Mobile Phone
April 16th, 2010
David Edelstein is the Director of the Grameen Technology Center (GTC) and the Vice President of Technology Programs at Grameen Foundation, an organization that provides the world’s poorest people with collateral-free banking services. Fiona Lee is the Africa Project Manager at Google. The two discussed how mobile technology can aid the poor by providing access to vital information and financial resources. Read the rest of this entry »
Sapna Cheryan – Stereotypes as Gatekeepers
April 16th, 2010
When you hear “police officer,” “nurse,” or “computer scientist,” what images comes to mind? Sapna Cheryan wants to challenge your assumption. Her research as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington focuses on how stereotypes influence people’s behavior and decisions, particularly in relation to membership in social groups.
Ignacio Mas – Everyone Needs a Safe Place to Save
April 16th, 2010
Ignacio Mas is Deputy Director in Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His impressive background includes degrees from Harvard and MIT and high-level positions at CGAP, interTouch (an NTT-DoCoMo Group Company), Vodafone Group, and Intel Capital–Intel Corp’s venture capital arm.
Ignacio Mas began his talk with a statement we’re probably not used to equating with survival: Everyone needs a safe place to save. By asking “How many of you have a bank account?”, he illustrated to TEDxSeattle attendees an overlooked fact—we have the luxury of an affiliation with a financial institution, in contrast to the more than 3 billion who don’t have access to a basic bank. Read the rest of this entry »
Greg Bear – Too Much Information
April 16th, 2010
Revised 17 April
Using word pictures like “the pig’s blood of technology,” award-winning science fiction author Greg Bear urged the TEDxSeattle audience to be mindful of our increasingly public and digitally-archived lives. “The web that knows who you are … do you want it to?” he asked.
Bear’s works include Mariposa, Quantico, City At The End Of Time, Eon, Blood Music, The Forge of God, and Darwin’s Radio. He often tackles issues pertaining to contemporary society in his work, and the issue he focused on today is privacy.
