TEDXSeattle

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 »

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.

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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 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 »

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 »