The Daily Show: Extended Interview: Malala Yousafzai. Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spread. Programs Overview. America Needs You: Connecting Ambition with Opportunity America Needs You (ANY) was founded by Robert Reffkin in July 2009, originally under the name of New York Needs You.
Due to our program successes, we launched a sister program in New Jersey in 2012. In January 2014, the New York Needs You name was changed to America Needs You, in anticipation of our national launch. All local sites operate under the America Needs You name and our next site will be in Illinois, which will begin programming in July 2015! America Needs You fights for economic mobility for ambitious, first-generation college students. Through the Fellows Program and Career Development Program, America Needs You - New York is making a difference for low-income college students. Fellows Program. New york young entrepreneurs. Scott Harrison, Founder & CEO, Charity:Water Shares his Story at LeWeb Paris 2012.
THE McKayla Maroney Vault London 2012. Marina Abramovic and Ulay. 100 Greatest Britons. 100 Greatest Britons was broadcast in 2002 by the BBC.
The programme was based on a television poll conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom public considered the greatest British people in history.[1][2] The series, Great Britons, included individual programmes featuring the individuals who featured in the top ten, with viewers having further opportunities to vote after each programme.[3] It concluded with a debate. All of the top 10 were dead by the year of broadcast. The poll resulted in nominees including Guy Fawkes, who was executed for trying to blow up the Parliament of England; Oliver Cromwell who created a republican England; Richard III, suspected of murdering his nephews; James Connolly, an Irish nationalist and socialist who was executed by the Crown in 1916; and a surprisingly high ranking of 17th for actor and singer Michael Crawford (the second highest-ranked entertainer, after John Lennon). Top 10 on the list[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Oliver Sacks. Oliver Wolf Sacks, CBE (born 9 July 1933) is a British-American neurologist, writer, and amateur chemist who is Professor of Neurology at New York University School of Medicine.
Between 2007 and 2012, he was professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University, where he also held the position of "Columbia Artist". Before that, he spent many years on the clinical faculty of Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He also holds the position of visiting professor at the United Kingdom's University of Warwick.[1] Early life[edit] Manoush Zomorodi: Mama Entrepreneur: Ex-NY Times Editor Turns Media Mogul. I'm really into the term "Work-Life Integration" right now, having given up on "Work-Live Balance.
" So I've been talking to some entrepreneur mommies in my Brooklyn neighborhood to find how they get through the day while building a business and family. Here's a profile of Holly Epstein Ojalvo. She is founder and editor-in-chief of a new news site called Kicker. The idea behind Kicker is to present news in plain language for younger people or just those of us who don't have time to read our Twitter feed all day every day.
Creating a Legacy Project. [Note: This 3,000 word article is all about creating your own legacy project.
It’s not short reading, but it can help you work towards building something beautiful.] In the spring of 2007 I was feeling stuck. As amazing as they were, the four years I had spent in Africa were fading off into the distance. Writing. You write in order to change the world….
The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.” -James Baldwin Books I wrote The $100 Startup, an instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller all about creating freedom through a small business based on the skills you already have. I regularly host meetups and speak at events on this topic all over the world. » World Domination Summit. 3×5. Challenging Authority Since 1978 I am a writer, traveler, and entrepreneur with the goal of visiting every country in the world while connecting with other world-changers.
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100 Best TED Talks. November 10, 2011 After watching or listening to hundreds of the most popular and highest rated TED talks, we've compiled this list of the 100 Best TED Talks of All Time!
For over five years now the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference has been releasing talks from their conference on video featuring leading thinkers not only in technology, entertainment, and design, but also science, psychology, personal growth, and numerous other areas. They now offer over 900 talks on their website and numerous other TED conferences have popped up including TED Global, TED India, TED Women, and 100s of TEDx Events which have produced almost 10,000 TEDx videos on YouTube. For this top 100 list we've selected mostly videos from the main TED conferences but have also added some talks from these special TED events.
We've divided the top 100 list up by categories and ranked the TED talks within each category according to the ones we enjoyed the most. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4.