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Fixing Conferences: Six Lessons From the Designers Accord Summit

A new way to organize small groups, a focus on a deliverable, and declaring the conference a Twitter-free zone were a few successful elements of a recent meeting of design educators.READ»

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GridWeek

There's a lot of disagreement about how best to move toward a sustainable future, but most everyone agrees on one particular point: our electricity grid, as it stands, is outdated and horribly, horribly inefficient. D.C.'s GridWeek ...READ»

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Register for TWTRCON 09: 20% Discount, Year Subscription to Fast Company

TWTRCON SF 09--Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, May 31, 2009--is the first conference entirely focused on Twitter as a business platform: how to use Twitter to reach and engage customers, influence opinions and activate ...READ»

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Ideo Redesigns the Icebreaker

One of my least favorite activities of all time is the icebreaker. You know how it goes: Throw together a bunch of people--six, eight, more than two is too many--and force them to tell each other something silly, secret, anything that ...READ»

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People Are My Priority for BlogWorld 2008

Okay, as a speaker/writer/blogger type, I'm happy that I'll be there gabbing and sharing opinions, but what I'm really looking forward to most at BlogWorld this year are the connections that the event will bring. Where else can I ...READ»

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Socially Secure - What I Learned at BlogWorldExpo '07

I attended BlogWorld Expo last year for my company, BlogTalkRadio (I'm VP, Business Development) and enjoyed a number of solid sessions and prime networking. My focus in terms of what I wanted to learn about from the event, ...READ»

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Blog World 2008

It's fall again and while summer's valiantly trying to extend its tenure, pretty soon our shadows will get longer and our days shorter. For bloggers though, while posts about drinking outside, losing iPhones on the beach, and walks ...READ»

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RASH IV

The final installment of Rash IV closed PUSH 2008. Jenni began by speaking about her third year in Rwanda - she was based in the capital, Kigali. Things were worse then they had ever been and the gap between reality and her ...READ»

Empowerment through Technology - Michael Furdyk

Michael Furdyk, one of North America’s leading technology entrepreneurs, closed out the presentations for PUSH 2008 discussing the challenges we face and how technology can empower us to improve health, the environment and ...READ»

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Technology Advances Rwanda - Antoine Bigirimana

Rwandan-American Antoine Bigirimana, co-founder and managing director of Thousand Hills Venture Fund (THVF), kicked-off the technology section of PUSH 2008 by discussing how technology has started to advance Rwanda into the 21st ...READ»

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The Polarizers and the Unifiers

"Who are the polarizers?" asked Anthea Butler, an Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester who specializes in African American religious history, American religious history, and women and gender ...READ»

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Challenge Day at PUSH 2008

In an extraordinary hour after lunch, Rich and Yvonne Dutra-St. John, founders of the Challenge Day, gave participants a taste of the transformative experience, which is now practiced with youth in almost all US states and ...READ»

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Youth, Religious Pluralism - Eboo Patel

  Dr. Eboo Patel followed the Redeemer Kids perfectly with his discussion on the importance of religious pluralism and its significance for the future on Tuesday morning to start the last day of PUSH 2008. Patel is ...READ»

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Al Jazeera's Mark Seddon

Heading up the political segment of PUSH 2008, "Leaders in Reverse: Playing Short-Term Gains against Long-Term Needs," U.N. correspondent for Al Jazeera English Mark Seddon decided to speak from the platform of personal ...READ»

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Clyde Prestowitz - Leaders in Reverse

Clyde Prestowitz, author of Trading Places, Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East, and current member of both the Intel Policy Advisory Board and the U.S. Export-Import Bank Advisory Board ...READ»

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"The Soul of Nairobi" - J.D. Steele

J.D. Steele closed out the first full day of PUSH 2008 on Monday evening with a performance about what he has been doing in Africa. He entertained the audience with a cultural experience and music. A little background: Steele ...READ»

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Consumers leading Institutions - Nate Garvis

Nate Garvis, Vice President of Government Affairs for Target Corporation, spoke in the political section of PUSH 2008 about leadership in reverse. He is responsible for political, legislative and regulatory affairs at the ...READ»

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"Flatness: Realities and Myths" - Katherine Marshall

After a half-hour break, Katherine Marshall closed the section on economics at PUSH 2008. Marshall, a senior fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs and a senior advisor for the World ...READ»

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"An Economy of Integrity" - Jonathan Greenblatt

Entrepreneur in socially responsible business, chief executive officer ofGOOD and co-founder of Ethos Water Jonathan Greenblatt brought his business ethos to his Monday morning talk.   Greenblatt began speaking ...READ»

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A Zone of Discovery

Cecily Sommers, futurist and founder of the Push Institute, addressed PUSH attendees Monday morning to set the tone and pace for the next two days. She prodded complacency and demanded future-oriented questions for the duration of ...READ»

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Behind the Scenes: A Peek at Reality - Chandron Nair

Internationalist Chandran Nair opened the economics section of PUSH 2008. He is the founder and chief executive of the think tank, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), based in Hong Kong. His work is defined by the questions ...READ»

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Singer, Songwriter Wilson opens up Push 2008

Dan Wilson, a local Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter, helped open the 2008 Push Conference on Sunday evening by playing six songs. He successfully entertained the audience with good music and humorous stories. Wilson ...READ»

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RASH 1

Activist, writer, performer and executive director of WITNESS Jenni Wolfson kicked off The Push Institute’s 2008 Conference with the first installment of her play RASH that will be performed in four sections over the course of ...READ»

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PUSH 2008: The Fertile Delta

Facing the future is about asking the right questions, not about trying to find the answers. The Push Institute is a non-profit think tank that hosts an annual conference for organizations and individuals who wish to influence ...READ»

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Networking Social

Design conferences are enjoyable and effective venues for networking. It was great  to catch up with old friends and colleauges at the IIT strategy conference in Chicago recently. The conversations and presentations centered mostly ...READ»

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