December 2009
32 posts
The Top Moments of the Decade in Social... →
#8: Andrew Zolli Joins Pop!Tech (2003) and TED Talks Move Online (June 2006) - As I argued in my #3 Trends Shaping Social Entrepreneurship in 2010 prediction, social innovation is an increasingly…
VIDEO and MP3s: Zee Avi, John Forté, and Zoë... →
This week, new videos and the accompanying mp3s from Zee Avi, John Forté, and Zoë Keating, three of the talented musicians who graced the PopTech 2009 stage in October. Find out their…
COP15 and Biochar | re:char →
Great post from PopTech 2009 Social Innovation Fellow Jason Aramburu on what’s next for biochar after Copenhagen.
Co-working for Social Good →
Editor’s note: Heather Fleming is a 2008 PopTech Social Innovation Fellow and the CEO of Catapult Design, an organization that develops “human-centered products” for BoP (bottom of the pyramid)….
Project H Design: Design Revolution Road Show, VIP... →
2009 PopTech Social Innovation Fellow Emily Pilloton’s Project H Design road show preview event on January 30, 2010 at 3, Stable Cafe in San Francisco.
VIDEO: Balance of Systems: PopTech 2009's Nocera,... →
“You’ve got to start from the bottom and work up. And if you don’t, I guarantee it will always be too costly.” Dan Nocera, PopTech 2009 With global leaders in discussions about climate change,…
New York Designers Propose Ideas for New York... →
Two weeks ago, GOOD and CEOs for Cities held a Manhattan event where Alissa Walker, a design writer, and Scott Stowell (of NY design agency Open) moderated six design teams proposing…
Investing in You, Inc. →
Editor’s note: PopTech Fellow Kushal Chakrabarti of Vittana has a similar project to Ashni’s Enzi, that she discusses below. Find Vittana gift certificates here. How many times have you heard…
"Good" go-to gifts for people you forgot to put on... →
Great post from Kristin Ivie on Case Foundation blog about six gifts you can keep at the ready during this season that everyone really will like (and will do social good).
Top Trend 2010 #5: Online Action Beyond Donations... →
Nice post from Nathaniel Whittemore on the trend toward online action in the online giving, including PopTech Fellow Kushal Chakrabarti’s Vittana (online school loans for the developing world).
Frieder Weiss on Light Design, Creative Process,... →
This year at PopTech, choreographer Gideon Obarzanek, who directs Chunky Move (an Australian dance company) spoke about designing movements for dancers that play with light. To play with light,…
Winter in Camden →
Editor’s note: Beth Cohen is PopTech’s Director of Media Production. She made the below video to give everyone a taste of winter in Camden, Maine, where PopTech holds its annual ideas summit and…
VIDEO: Steve Barr, Ashley Merryman, Dennis Littky... →
This week in PopTech 2009 video releases, find out the difference fifteen minutes can make to a child’s cognitive performance in parenting guru Ashley Merryman’s presentation, why school…
Tracker News: Health, Humanitarian and Tech... →
Great way to find PopTech 2009 content - thanks to Tracker News for building this.
30 Entrepreneurs Who Are Saving the World →
A look at 30 entrepreneurs who built successful businesses that were also driven by a social mission. Because, let’s face it: There’s more to life than simply making lots of money.
B is for B Corps →
Last week, Lucy Bernholtz, president of philanthropic consulting firm Blueprint Research & Design, spoke with Marketplace (download the audio from the link) on “Philanthropy’s Big Buzzwords of…
DARPA Balloons and #scoutsforgood →
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet, today DARPA released ten balloons for the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition in online and social network cooperation with a $40,000 prize. “The…
Philanthropy's big buzzwords of 2009 | Marketplace... →
LUCY BERNHOLZ: We’ve got quite a bit of very business-orientated buzzwords for you this year. So the first one will be impact investing. Ryssdal: And what is that? BERNHOLZ: Well, it’s the term of…
wait... what?: FLAP Power for the Basics:... →
Global Voices Online » Namibia: The role of new... →
Why Measure? →
from Katie Hill, India Portfolio Manager, Acumen Fund. She explores the importance and challenges of measuring performance for social enterprises.
WatchPopTech Speaker 2008 Frank Warren (watch his PopTech talk) has a great new video asking 50 strangers to share their deepest, darkest secret.
What’s yours?
PopTech speaker Nick Felton has a new print to...
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In Radiolab We Trust is a limited set of prints to benefit Radiolab and WNYC, New York Public Radio. Five prints by myself, Frank Chimero, Nicholas Felton, Meg Hunt and Impactist. Available now!
VIDEO: Gideon Obarzanek, Neri Oxman, and Reuben... →
VIDEO: Gideon Obarzanek, Neri Oxman, and Reuben... →
Where does design meet nature, technology meet dance, and kinetics meet sculpture? This week, new PopTech videos are on interactions: biomimicry architect Neri Oxman shares her favorite natural form,…
World AIDS Day 2009: An Update on PopTech's... →
6 Characteristics of Successful Social... →
A post summarizing David Bornstein’s traits for successful #socents (from his How to Change the World).
World AIDS Day 2009: An Update on PopTech's... →
Editor’s note: Leetha Filderman is the Director of the PopTech Accelerator. For World AIDS day today, she gives an update on Project Masiluleke, the collaborative PopTech mobile health…
Books to Read (And Give) Now § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM →
PopTech 2009 speaker Ashley Merryman co-wrote the parenting book, NurtureShock, listed in this group.
Aspen Design Summit Report: CDC and Healthy Aging:... →
Robert Fabricant of frog design (a PopTech Social Innovation Faculty member) led this session at the Aspen Design Summit. “Because these prevention measures are repeated — often on an annual basis —…
The power of positive deviants - The Boston Globe →