Newsletter #001
Our first newsletter is now out!
It contains a round up of the mindgames, our thoughts, and we are looking for yours.
You can find it here
https://tinyletter.com/thoughtmenu
How We Roll
Talks will be in two sets of one hour:
4 talks per hour
ten minute talk
five minute for Questions
wash, rinse & repeat
with a break in the middle.
Mind games:
Over the first two Olympic weekends we will be getting 32 speakers to talk to 200 people about whatever they do or whatever they know that is worth repeating!
The 8 principles of successful optimists
:: Mark Stevenson :: Today he combines two other (more related) careers – one as a successful writer/ comedian (writing for stage, radio and print) and another as an expert in future narratives, institutional innovation, engineered serendipity and learning :: http://anoptimiststourofthefuture.com/::
:: @Optimistontour ::
:: 03.08.12 ::
Secure communication software for activists
:: Michael Rogers : Michael is an open source hacker & researcher who’s thoroughly disappointed by the internet.
:: http://briar.sourceforge.net/ ::
:: 03.08.12 ::
I like happiness as much as the next man, but…
:: Dr Sam Thompson : Dr Sam is a psychologist, policy wonk and Irish bagpiper ::
:: 04.08.12 ::
Why is Rigour So Jolly Unsustainable?
:: John Wood :: The Rev. Max Ripple is very awesome. Come show your reverence…
:: http://metadesigners.org/ ::
:: @metadesigners ::
:: 04.08.12 ::
Gluten Free on the Move: Do Social Networks and Smartphones Help?
:: Sam Martin : Sam is a a graduate student, and webstartup founder who was diagnosed with Coeliac disease in 2010
:: http://www.givemeglutenfree.com/ ::
:: @givemegf ::
:: 03.08.12 ::
SOUS LE PAVÉS, LE PLAGE
:: Paul Kneale : Paul Kneale is an artist based in London.
:: http://www.paul
:: @paulkneale ::
:: 04.08.12 ::
HIV: cures, functional cures and ‘cures’
:: Jacqui Stevenson : Jacqui Stevenson is Head of Policy for the African Health Policy Network, the UK’s leading national policy organisation working to improve the health and wellbeing of the UK’s African communities. Jacqui is also co-founder and co-chair of Linking Bridges, a feminist women’s organisation and is a founder member of the Emerging Women Leaders’ Coalition, an international network of women working in sexual and reproductive health and rights.
:: http://www.ahpn.org/::
:: 03.08.12 ::
Big Fish in Small Ponds
:: Keith Kahn-Harris : Keith Kahn-Harris is a London-based sociologist, writer and community activist. He describes himself as being ‘professionally curious’ and loves to discover communities and hear their members’ stories.
:: www.kahn-harris.org ::
:: @KeithKahnHarris ::
:: 04.08.12 ::
Dreaming of Jihad : My childhood in a Muslim school
:: Razi Masri :: Razi is an engineer and an apostate
:: jumplogic.wordpress.com ::
:: @jumplogic ::
:: 27.07.12 ::
Tattoos and Copyright: An Art-Historical Perspective
:: Dr Matt Lodder : Matt writes a bi-monthly column for Total Tattoo, and is currently writing a book called ‘Tattoo: An Art History’ (2014)
:: academia.edu/
:: @mattlodder ::
:: 28.07.12 ::
“Trust Me – How teens and young adults negotiate trust in online information sources”
:: Lisa Talia Moretti::
:: Multi-platform story-teller and ethnographer::
:: Generically awesome::
:: Follow her here ::
:: 27.07.12 ::
Network matters: hierarchies and power
:: Moira V. Faul ::
:: A doctoral candidate at the University of Cambridge::
:: Previously Oxfam GB’s Head of Education and Youth Policy (UK)::
:: 04.07.12 ::
Education revolution?
Some big trends are converging around ‘learning’ but what could it mean for the future?
:: Louis M M Coiffait ::
:: Post-ironic E. London denizen. Yorkshireman actually ::
:: www.workandteach.co.uk ::
:: thepearsonthinktank ::
:: @LouisMMCoiffait ::
:: 04.08.12 ::
Power of Creativity vs. Climate change
:: Olivia knight : Film maker ::
:: Do the green thing! ::
:: 27.07.12 ::
Free football and Cashing in Favours
:: Katherine Hui ::
:: At Pentagram, by day::
::By night she coaches and plays football::
:: http://www.hackneylaces.co.uk ::
:: @kahui ::
:: 27.07.12 ::
Rise of the Greek Right
:: Dawn Foster : Cyclist, Blogger and Dr Who Fan. Dawn works for @commentisfree; and edits the http://the-flick.com ::
:: dawnfoster.co.uk ::
:: @dawnhfoster ::
:: 28.07.12 ::
Young Mechanical Turks
:: James Bridle: writer, publisher and technologist. He makes things with books and networks ::
:: http://booktwo.
:: @jamesbridle ::
:: 28.07.12 ::
