A wave of dread washed over me as I scrambled to get dressed, screamed at my friend to call a cab and then prepared myself mentally for an upcoming epic failure. I had 30 minutes to catch a flight to Latin America. As I looked at my phone and realized...
1 Comments | Posted February 2, 2012 | g:i A
The Sandbox Global Summit kicked off this year's summit season for me. The Summit Series had their 500 person-strong Basecamp gig in Squaw Valley, which will be followed by Kairos Global Summit in New York. The Sandbox event was live for just 72 hours...
1 Comments | Posted January 30, 2012 | g:i A
Now in its 3rd year, TEDxAthens is the second biggest of the 2700 independently organized TED events that are organized around the world. Bringing some much-needed positive energy to a country wracked by economic woes, the theme of this year's TEDx event was disruption. From politics to storm...
0 Comments | Posted November 2, 2011 | g:i A
"If you don't participate we become consumers of other people's ideas" -- these words from HRH King Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi, King of the Royal Bafokeng Nation, echoed strongly throughout the Sheraton's ballroom where the cream of African potential, hope and change-making strength were seated for the...
0 Comments | Posted April 20, 2011 | g:i A
At a spring break on overdrive, where "every one of you is a Clark Kent," Barack Obama's philanthropic adviser was in search of the future. Summit co-founder Justin Cohen told the crowd that his team had "created a social sculpture." Their proverbial clay consisted of 950 hyperactive people,...

0 Comments | Posted March 7, 2012 | g:i A