- -: TEDxUTK - Chris Cherry - Eco-Transportation
March 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Chris Cherry is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Tennessee. In his talk, entitled "Eco-Transportation", he offers ideas on moving toward sustainable transportation and discusses his involvement in a one of a kind program called "Cycle Share" at th...
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- -: TEDxUTK - Gawan Fiore and Yoni Kalin - Activism
March 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Gawan Fiore and Yoni Kalin are 17 year old high school students from Washington D.C. In their talk, entitled "Activism", they discuss using "the art of perception" to discover potential in all things. Using their own experiences with their "Color My World" project, they map out the process of aba...
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- -: US Chamber of Commerce President Defends the American CEO
March 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/22/Thomas_Donohue_The_State_of_American_Business_2012 Responding to criticism of CEO pay, Thomas Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, makes the case for the high value of the American CEO. Donohue argues that CEOs have a tough job, ...
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- -: John Engler: Trading Tax Breaks for Lower Rates
March 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/22/Monitor_Breakfast_Business_Roundtable_Head_John_Engler Business Roundtable head John Engler discusses his group's proposal to eliminate tax breaks in order to lower the corporate tax rate to a flat 25%. "I think there is a willingness to be very crea...
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- -: Socken mit Sandalen? KEEN Shows You How
March 2, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/01/25/KEEN_Incs_Christa_DePoe Global Head of KEEN Online Christa Depoe shows that global branding is more than simply complying with laws and regulations. For shoppers in Germany, KEEN designed a 'see with socks' option, a fashion faux pas in America but a s...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Victoria Hale - The Nonprofit Pharmaceutical Sector
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The social innovator and founder of a nonprofit pharmaceutical company talks about her efforts to create bring low-cost medicine to women and children around the world. Hale talks about breaking down financial and business barriers to achieving nonprofit success. In the spirit of ideas worth spr...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Greg Van Kirk - Social Entrepreneurship: You are the Relative Expert
February 23, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Senior Ashoka Fellow talks about successful social innovation in the context of his efforts to found the MicroConsignment model -- a sustainable, replicable means of delivering health-related goods and services to remote villages using entrepreneurship and local empowerment. In the spirit of ide...
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- -: TEDxOU - Jeff Swearingen - Father of Fishermen : Happiness vs Pleasure
February 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Jeff Swearingen is currently the Senior Vice-President of Customer Strategy and Marketing for Frito-Lay North America. His team is responsible for Retail Analytics, strategy and marketing, as well as the Marketing Center of Excellence and Design. He is a 17-year veteran of PepsiCo, having joined...
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- -: TEDxFargo_Carl Peterson_The Challenge of Feeding a Growing Population
February 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Carl is passionate about the challenge of feeding the world's growing population. He is focused on bringing higher yielding corn and soybean traits and genetics to growers in the upper Midwest. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring p...
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- -: TEDxSMU 2011 - Peter Thum
February 21, 2012 (about 12 years ago)About Peter Thum Peter is the founder of Fonderie 47, a company transforming perspectives and saving lives in Africa by disarming conflict zones and remaking AK47s it destroys into jewelry, watches and accessories. To date, Fonderie 47 has destroyed over 3,000 guns in DR Congo. As the founder ...
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