TED Prize

How to Make News and Influence People

casson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:38:13 +0000

Tonight in London, TED and our partner DEMOS, will be holding an event inspired by James Nachtwey’s wish and the campaign around XDRTB.org. How do our actions lead to change in today’s world? How has the internet transformed the media and the channels of influence on public opinion? And what kinds of news and photo-journalism are [...]

Karen Armstrong Writing on Compassion

casson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:50:22 +0000

Here are two recent writings from Karen Armstrong on compassion and the urgent need for the Charter. From The Guardian… The charter will not just be a statement of intent, but will call for practical action: asking preachers, for example, to emphasise the importance of good interfaith relations; calling upon scholars to examine the difficult passages of [...]

CharterforCompassion.org Launches - Add your voice!

casson — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:53:39 +0000

The first step in the creation of the Charter for Compassion has begun. Over the next four weeks people from all over the world will write the Charter. Using an innovative group-decision making platform from Kluster, submissions will be collected and rated in order to see which ideas have the most traction globally. A Council [...]

Google.org Tracks Down the Flu

casson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:12:54 +0000

People say using the internet to look up your illness can be problematic. But what if your search, combined with the searches of millions of others, could actually help detect disease? Yesterday Google.org, led by 2007 TED Prize winner Larry Brilliant, announced a new web tool that uses search data as an early warning system for [...]

New underwater amazements from the Census of Marine Life

casson — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:19:36 +0000

From Emily at the TED Blog… Via LiveScience, this report: An astounding batch of new deep-sea discoveries, from strange shark behavior to gigantic bacteria, was announced today by an international group of 2,000 scientists from 82 nations. The Census of Marine Life is a 10-year project to determine what’s down there. At their meeting in Spain this week, COML researchers will [...]

Help Translate the Charter for Compassion Video

casson — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:00:29 +0000

The Charter for Compassion is a multi-national, mutli-lingual endeavor. The video we have created to promote the Charter is as well. So far we have translated the video into Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German. We would love to expand that list. If you are interested go to dotSUB and register. Then go [...]

Register Now to Help Write the Charter for Compassion

casson — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:53:03 +0000

Director: Jesse Dylan Producer: Priscilla Cohen, Theresa “Sparky” Pomeroy 11.11.08 Start writing the Charter for Compassion. In early 2008 when Karen Armstrong made her TED wish she said, “I wish that you would help with the creation, launch and propagation of a Charter for Compassion, crafted by a group of leading inspirational thinkers from the three [...]

Becoming a Memoirist

casson — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:33:55 +0000

In Spetember 2008, Macmillan published The Autobiographer’s Handbook: The 826 National Guide to Writing Your Memoir. (HT Janice Erlbaum) The book features well-known memoirists, including Nick Hornby, Elizabeth Gilbert, David Rakoff, and Tobias Wolff, sharing tips of the trade on topics ranging from “where to start your story, how to find your narrative arc, and [...]

Interview with Karen Armstrong (in Dutch)

casson — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:06:45 +0000

For those who read Dutch, here is an article and interview with Karen Armstrong from October 31. On the Charter for Compassion: U werkt nu aan een Compassion Charter, een ‘Acte van Mededogen’, waarin niet-gelovigen en aanhangers van verschillende gelovigen hun compassie voor de medemens betuigen. ‘Tegenwoordig vinden veel mensen hun eigen [...]

Connecting African Science Academies and Policy Makers

casson — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:05:38 +0000

From ZAMP Bionews… Leaders of several African science academies are meeting next week at the Royal Society, the national science academy of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, to discuss how the independent, expert advice of science academies can be applied to policy and development issues in Africa. The gathering is the fourth annual conference of the [...]