Links I Liked (LIL's) #2

Ideas/Model/Paper
- Nicholas Kristof – similar to making choices about blood diamonds & fair trade products, Kristof suggests changing thinking about “blood” materials used to make cell phones in the Congo. #ENG
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/opinion/27kristof.html?hp

Person/Thinkers
- David Kelley & Tim Brown – leaders at Ideo (design thinking firm); big ideas - inspiration, ideation, implementation; love that it uses art, story-telling, theatre & other fields to provide tools to boost creativity & innovation. #ART #ENG
Harvard Business Review article with an overview of his work –
http://www.ideo.com/news/design-thinking1//?press/item/design-thinking/
TED talk by Tim Brown
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/tim_brown_urges_designers_to_think_big.html (16min lite version of talk below)
MIT Sloan Talk “Innovation Through Design Thinking” by Tim Brown
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/mit.edu.3597670572 (57 min use itunes – fantastic talk with a overview of thinking) search itunes
Method Cards example of an Ideo tool for creativity
http://www.ideo.com/work/item/method-cards/
- Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business
http://www.fastcompany.com/100/2010
includes Lady Gaga, Jay Z, Jamie Oliver, Spike Jonze, and others : )

Group/Organization
- Breakthrough Collaborative – enrichment program for US students with a neat educational model with two prongs 1) teaching students but also 2) providing teacher training opportunities for high school & college students. Great sustainable element of teacher training providing future teachers that can in turn teach the students. Former housemate Andy Shin runs SF branch. #EDUCATION
http://www.breakthroughsf.org/about-us/our-impact
http://www.breakthroughcollaborative.org/learn/about
- Singularity University – new model of university started by Ray Kurzweil, Google, & other tech firms in Silicon Valley to push new technologies. #EDUCATION
http://singularityu.org/about/
- Ripple Effect Global – group started by Ideo (above) and the Acumen Fund. Uses Ideo’s principles in the development realm to improve access to water in India & Kenya. #ENG
http://www.rippleeffectglobal.com/?cat=3
- Kito International – new startup in Kenya, helping street children start up small businesses, interesting 3 part model; interesting but i don't know how i feel about it. #BUSINESS
http://whatgives365.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/taking-hope-to-the-streets-in-nairobi/
- Redeemer City by City – Tim Keller’s church planting center has a new name, & are planting churches allover the world from London to Pretoria. #GOSPEL
http://redeemercitytocity.com/

News/Prayer
- Pray for homeless – Obama’s plan to tackle homelessness (esp families &veterans)
http://www.economist.com/node/16436385?story_id=16436385

Opportunity/Grant/Contest
- MIT Global Ideas Challenge – MIT launching a competition this fall for teams that bring new technology/innovations to the developing world. Begins 15 Oct 2010 #ENG #BUSINESS
http://beta-globalchallenge.mit.edu/about
- Essay contest – faith & development two $5,000 prizes
http://www.sevenfund.org/faith-and-development/deadline 15 Oct 2010

Random/Fun
- Lastly, still in the spirit of the World Cup, I can’t get enough of the “waka waka” dance by shakira : ) So catchy : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0