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More About Me

I'm passionate about

The power of photography and out-of-the-box thinking.

An idea worth spreading

Bringing together people from divergent perspectives who share an interest in the same general subject yet might not meet or know about one another.

Talk to me about

The power of photography to influence the world and why it's at risk. Also, how the skills utilized by photographers can be transferable into general education.

People don't know that I'm good at

Space planning, furniture design, and out-of-the-box thinking

My TED Story

I've attended TED 2008 in Monterey and TED Long Beach-2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. I attended TED Global in 2011. I was also a TED University Professor. The title of my TED University Talk was "Thinking Creatively About Photography" in 2010 Session 2.

I am an active TEDster and TEDx'er. I am on the original core TEDxSF Organizing Committee. I have helped organize 8 very successful events, the most of any TEDx. We were the second TEDx and three of our speakers are among the top 15 TEDx Talks. I have helped out my TED friends by photographing their speakers at TEDxSV and TEDxAlcatraz.. I have mentored other TEDx organizers. In addition to overall strategy, programming and getting speakers I have also been involved in staging, photography, designing program hand-outs, and signage.

Comments

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• A comment on Talk: Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

  Oct 6 2011: Years ago Arianna Huffington told me a story about Jackie Kennedy Onassis re her tenacity - she imagined herself to be a thoroughbred racehorse during a race wearing blinders. No matter how she'd stumble on the rocks, no matter what the distractions, she just kept her eye on the end goal of the finish line. It sounds like that was Steve Jobs - he had blind faith in his ability. He died way too young... Imagine how he might have changed the world yet again had he lived.
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  A comment on Conversation: What's your TED habit?

  Sep 30 2011: I watch them for a variety of reasons. If there's someone I want to get a better sense of in the context of their area of expertise I'll watch their TED Talk, even if I watched them live on the TED stage. I've been doing a lot of work on innovative education so I'll look at some of those TED Talks, take notes or sometimes send their links to others to include in our discussions. We'll include some appropriate ones for our V2 website both to recommend and also to include in future discussions. I've been working on critical thinking skills for our educational initiatives so I just watched Michael Sandel and Ken Robinson's talks. I recommend some on my various social networking sites. Since I'm on the TEDxSF Organizing Committee we're always looking for TED Talks to include in our events so I look for good ones for that purpose. I also recommend some of the best ones to our speakers as examples to emulate. Sometimes I watch ones I missed at TED, often the TED University talks, or ones from other TEDx's. I particularly like to recommend them to people who have time on their hands due to age, illness, or bad fortune. It's such a treasure trove of extraordinary ideas that I need to keep an eye on my clock or the time will fly by. Chris, thank you again for making these available online.
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  A comment on Talk: Cynthia Schneider: The surprising spread of "Idol" TV

  Nov 14 2009: Terrific talk Cynthia. I both love and hate how TV influences other cultures on so many levels - socially, culturally, emotionally, intellectually, generationally... fascinating to think about.