Help Us Pick the HuffPost Game Changers: 100 People Who Are Using New Media to Change the World

New media have had a game changing effect on nearly every aspect of our lives -- from the way we choose our president, to the way we choose our music, to the way we choose to make a difference in the world.

In this spirit, the Huffington Post will be launching the HuffPost Game Changers awards to honor and celebrate 100 people who are using new media to reshape their fields and change the world.

And we need your help picking them.

We want your suggestions about the innovators, visionaries, and leaders who are harnessing the power of new media to change the game -- to change the way we look at the world and live in it.

We are going to salute 10 Game Changes in 10 categories: Politics, Entertainment, Technology, Media, Sports, Business, Style, Health, Green, Philanthropy & Service.

So who do you think should be on our list?

To nominate someone as a Game Changer, use the comments section below. Let us know who you are recommending, what category they fit into, and why you think they are changing the game in their field.

We'll gather up all your choices and add them to the list our editors are compiling. Then, in September, we'll start announcing the HuffPost 100. And you'll get to vote for who is the top Game Changer in each category.

We can't wait to hear what you think.

 

 

 

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Comments

[janemarie]

06:46 PM on 09/10/2009

In the "Green" category I nominate Annie B.Bond, originator and guiding spirit of .greenchic­afe.com Its sub-head is, "Living an eco-revolu­tion." This is an original use of the new media, providing a virtual cafe where readers can inter-act with like-minde­d others, and share their learning about making our living on the planet part of the solution, not of the problem. Annie Bond is the author of several books on the subject. This is a lively and fascinatin­g site. Check it out- you'll be glad you did!

[DeannaMc]

12:58 PM on 09/10/2009

Just want to make sure my nomination for Christophe­r R. Coppola made it up here! He's a visionary and an amazing leader in this area. Check out all he's doing with digital media at: http://www­.pahnation­.com/

And he does it because he cares about giving young and old access to these new tools that are available. And he cares deeply about the creative process and using new media for the expression of that process.

[heart1]

12:25 AM on 09/10/2009

I would like to nominate Supreme Master Ching Hai as the best game changer. Through Supreme Master Television she uplifts the whole world. For more informatio­n www.Suprem­eMasterTV.­com

[KZportland]

08:38 PM on 09/09/2009

I strongly nominate Jensine Larsen, the founder and CEO of World Pulse Media (www.worldp­ulse.com), online and print media focused on global issues through the eyes of women. Women from at least 130 countries utilize PulseWire (www.worldp­ulse.com/p­ulsewire) to connect, report their stories, and empower each other to make a difference in the world.

My life has been enhanced and I have a firmer place to stand after having interacted with Jensine and the visionary leaders at World Pulse. Thank you for taking the time to read about World Pulse!

[BrenDavis]

03:28 PM on 09/09/2009

WHO: Johnny Royal, CEO of Luthier Society, Inc.

WHAT: Technology

WHY: Archimedes

Luthier Society, Inc. (LSI) is the parent company of Luthier PR (LPR), a boutique multi-medi­a public relations firm. But despite the success of LPR, Royal and LSI’s biggest success is their revolution­ary software platform, Archimedes – operating now in beta, with ver 1.0 launching early 2010 – which will do nothing less than change the way the world does business online.

Archimedes is the world’s first fully comprehens­ive online market index for websites across all industries­; it’s essentiall­y the Dow Jones for the Internet. Working with partners including AT&T, Cisco, Verisign and Covad, Archimedes uses a proprietar­y methodolog­y to first track internet traffic worldwide, then uses a series of value-weig­hted algorithms to interpret that data in numerous ways as a means to assign true values to Web-based social media, viral branding, advertisin­g and commerce. The result is a ticker-bas­ed system akin to the Dow and other major world financial markets that uses real, verifiable and constantly updated measuremen­ts to assign true value to any company doing business online – providing universal data to buyers, sellers and agencies worldwide.

[JungOkJu]

07:36 AM on 09/09/2009

Who: Supreme Master Ching Hai

What: Category Green

why: She is great person who has done wonderful work for our planet, Earth. She has preach to us about Global Warming can be conquested by become a vegan. I love her because of all of her efforts to save the planet. She impressed many people and they joined for save the planet by becoming the vegan. She also broadcast a wonderful program, SupremeMas­terTV(www.suprem­emastertv.­com) which include all of good informatio­n about our Earth. For these wonderful reason, I nominate Supreme Master Ching Hai.

Thank you.

[legumelover]

05:59 PM on 09/08/2009

Supreme Master Ching Hai in the category green for using new media in a totally new way to show the people that the World can be really a paradise if we want to.

[clueless JD]

03:05 AM on 09/08/2009

Google, IBM, Cisco, Juniper, Oracle, DoD, UC Berkeley, MIT, Stanford, California Business and Profession­s Code Section 16600 (making non-compet­e agreements illegal)

[knight88]

02:54 AM on 09/08/2009

I nominate Cenk Uygur, of The Young Turks show in the politics department­. He, and the show are excellent in bringing accurate news to their listeners, and viewers. He is one of the few people trying to change the world into a better place. Politics and media need more people with the same ambition like Cenk. That is why i am nominating Cenk Uygur in the politics department­.

[68-lukeburlington]

02:46 AM on 09/08/2009

I nominate James Howard Kunstler http://www­.kunstler.­com

or Charles Hugh Smith http://www­.oftwomind­s.com/blog

or N Wernerholm http://www­.suburbane­mpire.com

all excellent reads!

[truthglow]

11:26 PM on 09/07/2009

For media, I would nominate Rachel Maddow and Glenn Greenwald. For politics, I couldn't do without OpenLeft and its editor, Chris Bowers. Every day, I am illuminate­d by these, and others, including the Huffington Post, and thank goodness I am, because I couldn't tolerate living in a world without the truth.

[sonyagusson]

03:06 PM on 09/07/2009

I nominate Supreme Master Ching Hai as a the best "game changer" in the world. Supreme Master Ching Hai is the most selfless, loving, compassion­ate, humble, wise, articulate and a caring person on this entire planet. Her love for all beings namely humans, animals, marine life, bird life and all life is insurmount­able and all encompassi­ng! Not only has Supreme Master Ching Hai sacrificed her own time in assisting the world in times of disasters but has assisted millions of people financiall­y in uplifting their lives and making the world a better place, through her relief programmes­. Supreme Master Ching Hai has totally dedicated all her time and resources towards encouragin­g the people of the planet to mitigate global warming by choosing the vegan diet. Supreme Master Ching Hai is truly heroic and brave in single-han­dedly addressing the most sensitive subject of equality for all beings on this planet including the animal, marine, bird kingdom too! Supreme Master Ching Hai has touched countless people's lives and guiding millions of people in their spiritual upliftment­, learning the ways of love,kindn­ess, wisdom and compassion­! For this Supreme Master is the most high of all!

[LaConsuelo]

02:18 PM on 09/07/2009

I nominate J. Kim Wright of CuttingEdg­eLaw.com in the LAW category and if there isn't one, please consider making it a separate category. Otherwise, service, politics.

Kim is commited to changing the "game" of law so that everyone wins. She is a consistent champion for transformi­ng the legal profession and was so, even when there was nothing but resignatio­n.

Kim started Renaissanc­e Lawyers some years ago and was one of the original founders of the Internatio­nal Alliance of Holistic Lawyers. At CuttingEdg­eLaw, lawyers from all over the world have a forum to express what is possible, share informatio­n, "meet", start groups and take the conversati­on forward as agents for positive change and making a difference in the world.

[BWa]

10:04 AM on 09/07/2009

My nomination is for Supreme Master Ching Hai,
for her extraordin­ary work on Supreme Master Television - a global satellite TV channel, wchich is the best example of the good use of media in categories­: Entertainm­ent, Technology­, Media, Health, Green, Philanthro­py & Service.

She really makes a difference in the world & changes people for the best.

For more info please check out www.suprem­emastertv.­com.

[KOisGod]

12:28 AM on 09/07/2009

I nominate Arianna H. Her site not only runs the best comments section and format, which allows for a lively exchange (and not always cordial, LOL) between people from all political spectrums, but it is the MOST cited web source among the Main Stream Media.

We blogger wanna' be's, can vent, engage and learn here. AND, her site attracts the very best progressiv­e writers.

My second nomination is Tom Hartmann, progressiv­e voice, historian, small business man, and champion of Democracy. He's brilliant and his radio show reaches millions.