TEDBlog

« Last night's TED Salon at Joe's Pub | Main | Olivia Judson on evolution in progress »

04 November 2005

In search of 250 souls with knowledge to share

So, the quirky competition I launched last week relating to Pledgebank.com has a winner.  It is TEDster Lucy Hooberman.  She's looking to re-ignite an idea that was floated at TED in February (literally... it came from the World-Changing Ideas Cruise). The idea is to set up a Global Mentoring Alliance...  the sharing of knowledge from those who have it, to those who need it.  Here's her pledge.   Looks like Lucy (and the other TEDsters who are behind this idea) will be spending a lot more than the prize money if her pledge is matched. I really urge everyone to support this...  250 mouseclicks could start something really big. 

There were several other really interesting pledges.  I liked the idea to 'flip the fifth', the notion of a group effort to fund a Buckminster Fuller film, the bike ride across America...  and who could resist the offer of a couple of masseuses from Australia to help out in New Orleans if only someone would pay their way. In all more than 50 suggestions.  Thanks to everyone who came up with something.

Posted by Chris Anderson | | | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://blog.ted.com/cgi-bin/mte/mt-tb.cgi/2643

Discuss Blog Post

  • Lucy Hooberman – November 7 2005

    Thanks Chris! Looks like Tedsters are out in force already on this idea - 75 pledges over the weekend...only 175 to go.

  • Tom Lord – November 6 2005

    Chris,



    Thank you!



    A nice part of the theory of globalization is that we build person-to-person relationships that are productive, synergistically socially beneficial, and transcendent of political boundaries.



    When we draw the boundary at executives talking to power brokers abroad we forsake the theory and this pledge is an example of trying to do the opposite.



    -t

  • Sarah McCue – November 5 2005

    Hi Chris,



    Congratulations to the winning idea. And I will be sure to join. May I also encourage you to let people know that we have a global mentoring service called Women with 2020 Vision (www.womenwith2020vision) to mentor girls in developing countries so that they might start businesses in 2020?



    Best,

    Sarah



    Founder, Women with 2020 Vision


Join us on Pangea Day, May 10, 2008

The day the world comes together through film



Quick links

Read more about the TED Miro player >>
Find TEDTalks that have been transcribed >>
Subscribe to the TED Blog's RSS feed >>

Tips? Comments? contact (at) ted (dot) com


TED2008 and TED@Aspen bloggers >>

TED2008 and TED@Aspen on Flickr >>

www.flickr.com

Blogs We Watch

>> Thomas Dolby | TED Musical Director, blogging at ThomasDolby.com
>> Bruno Giussani | TED European Director, blogging at LunchOverIP.com
>> Emeka Okafor | TEDAfrica Director, blogging at Timbuktu Chronicles and Africa Unchained

TED Bloggers

Chris Anderson | Curator
June Cohen | Director of TED Media
Amy Novogratz | TED Prize Director
Tom Rielly | Humorist
Jason Wishnow | Director, Film + Video
Emily McManus | Editor, TED.com

by topic

Archives

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license.

Powered by Movable Type

Subscribe to the TED Blog's RSS feed.

What we blog about