Arianna On The Who, What & Why Of Game Changers (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post salutes its 2010 Game Changers -- 100 innovators, mavericks, visionaries, and leaders who are changing the way we look at the world and the way we live in it. Whether standing front and center in the spotlight or working under the radar, they are having a game-changing effect in their fields -- and inspiring others to follow in their footsteps.

Here Arianna explains what makes someone a Game Changer -- and why HuffPost chose to honor them.


WATCH:

Click on a category to see the slideshow and cast your vote!

Business Game Changers	Food Game Changers	Technology Game Changers	Education Game Changers
Travel Game Changers	Sports Game Changers	Style Game Changers	Entertainment Game Changers
Politics Game Changers	Impact Game Changers	Green Game Changers	Media Game Changers

Comments

[John Shuck]

05:10 PM on 10/26/2010

When I quit my job at Kind & Knox Gelatin in 1982 to open my own business I was making $10.06 an hour. Recently one of my golfing buddies commented that his grandson had been working at a local plant that requires a similar set of skills and he is making $15.00 an hour. Anybody want to do the math on that one? The only game that is changing that really matters is the distribution of wealth in this country. Until somebody seriously addresses that issue there will be no game changing, only decline for the succeeding generations. As I said when President Bush took office, welcome to the long, slow slide. It's not the economy, stupid--it's the stupid economy.

[WinterRanter]

09:31 PM on 09/16/2010

You're supposed to step through the slide show, then vote by clicking on one slide out of 11? Guess I voted for all of them then.

The instructions could have been clearer.

[HamletsMill]

11:15 PM on 09/16/2010

Looks like you are a "game changer" then!

[merlinspinoza]

10:32 AM on 09/16/2010

100 gamechangers and 100 senate seats

it is a perfect match

so when 100 gamechangers take their seat in the senate

no worries names not on the list, gleen Green wald , Bill green Gates or maharishi

can take their seat in house of representative

when billionaires understand more than i do world peace and world health will be a happy reality ; money billionaires know better than me

[bridgeman]

08:01 AM on 09/16/2010

“Sorry for being cynical...

America is about ready to experience a right wing avalanche.

the real game changer is the VOTER ...we need them to make sure this doesn't happen!”

[elizae]

07:48 AM on 09/16/2010

No Glenn Greenwald? Now I know this list is bogus.

[Mike Bonifer]

03:46 AM on 09/16/2010

Arianna, one of your own contributors wrote the book, GameChangers, founded a company called GameChangers, owns the URL, gamechangers.com, and the trademark for GameChangers... And you're positioning yourself as the expert on the subject.

In the parlance of GameChangers, you're playing a status game. It is antithetical to the process. Take it from someone who knows.

Thanks for the name recognition, though : )

[NoRedBull]

12:10 AM on 09/16/2010

How could the 2010 GC list NOT include Rachel Maddow, Bill Maher and Charlie Rose?
>How much more game changing does Rachel Maddow need to be? Besides being very entertaining, making smart choices and being very well-prepared for her show, Maddow is the first openly gay anchor to be hired to host a prime-time news program in the United States.
>Bill Maher is one of the very few political commentators who took on Obama for not being aggressive enough with the change he promised. He took on Sarah Palin for not being competent enough to be Mayor of Wasilla (and for keeping poor Levi a political prisoner). And then he took on the health care establishment including the AMA by saying they were over-complicating the debate over health care reform, meanwhile completely mishandling the H1N1 outbreak including helping to over-blow the need for people to get the H1N1 flu vaccine … and he turned out to be right.
> And what about consummate interviewer Charlie Rose? His long-running show on PBS stations will do something very innovative: these “global conversations” with thought leaders will be re-broadcast on Bloomberg beginning this month, benefitting all parties, including PBS and the shows underwriters. Isn’t this game-changing?

Or maybe I don't know which game it is we are trying to change ... do you?

[PrivatizeThis]

12:37 AM on 09/16/2010

Note the corporate sponsorship. Don't wanna change the game too much. Bad for shareholders.

[Milrepa]

12:03 AM on 09/16/2010

Which game were we talking about? Where is Woody Allen when we need him. he has hilarious jokes about the self-anointed ones giving each other awards.
Fawning over the rich and the beautiful changes nothing, in fact it exacerbates the problem. Also Michelle's Obesity campaign is a good idea, but has poor "game changing" ideas, terrible in fact.

[ghost geezer]

11:22 PM on 09/15/2010

There is only one game changer worth our time, global warming.

[Anthony Perone]

11:08 PM on 09/15/2010

Tony Bordain is a punk...but a smart punk who knows his food. He's one of the best. He judges food the old fashioned way...from the way it tastes...not its museum-like qualities.His rough charm makes even the most exotic foods seem accessible. He does in a street way, what Martha Stewart did in middle class kitchens. They've taken out the gastronomic mystique added commonsense, flavor, and creative flair.....and they have built a massive fan base. Game changers for sure.

[Anthony Perone]

10:30 PM on 09/15/2010

Arianna...you are doing the right thing! I like all of the faces you have shown and hope that Warren can become more than a gesture.

[ultrabop]

03:34 PM on 09/15/2010

How come there's no Huff Post bloggers on that list!

[sit down tommy]

03:03 PM on 09/15/2010

Paul the Octopus wins hands... ehm, tentacles down in several categories: Sport, Media, Impact and Entertainment.

[oneplanka]

02:50 PM on 09/15/2010

The old spice guy? WTF ?? how is he a game changer, give me a break... geez

[LostinAlaska]

03:45 PM on 09/15/2010

Well... he changed my outlook on the cologne my granddad wore?

[Anthony Perone]

10:57 PM on 09/15/2010

I'm a retired Ad man from the Mad Ave days. It's not just the Old Spice guy but his involvement in reality dialogue with online customers aimed right at their priorities. Strategy: 1.) Women buy most of men's products...Talk to them online. Answer her questions on the spot 2.) Add a hunky OLD SPICE spokesman who compares himself to her man (in Facebook mode) 3) Watch OLD SPICE Sales explode up 127% in one month! This is a Tectonic shift...reality tv in advertising ONLINE!.This Internet series has redefined the targeting relationship between a customer , their media,and a brand. This is a real Marketing Game Changer. That's , in fact, actually,WTF.
This is even bigger than: "I dreamed I went to blazes in my Maidenform bra."of the 1950's

[golden1953]

02:42 PM on 09/15/2010

Arne Duncan & Barack Obama for Education ... they are changing the old "no school district left behind" model ...