Chicago Ideas
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things.
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Blog: http://blog.chicagoideas.com
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Activist and author, Cleo Wade, discusses what she thinks is contributing to our increasingly polarized political divides, then outlines her idea of what unity means (and what it can do for our society). Uploaded 06-03-20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Artist Phil Hansen noticed that his artwork was taking up a lot of space. So he destroyed it. Hear why Phil decided to integrate destruction into his creative process and how it's symbolic of life. Uploaded 07-03-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Something inspired by a philanthropic three-year-old has to be great. Hear GiveLocally.net founder Brad Newman and CEO Andrew Young share the story of their peer-to-peer fundraising platform, and find out what they've done to harness the generosity of more than 10,000 people to help those often overlooked by government organizations and large charities. Uploaded 18-03-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Soccer star Abby Wambach had an incredibly successful career on the field, but since retiring she's fought to close the wage gap between men and women in the United States. Uploaded 27-04-17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Every 3 hours someone is shot in Chicago. It’s time to Put The Guns Down. Uploaded 12-10-15 Hear more stories at https://www.musicVSgunviolence.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Comedian, author, and atheist Julia Sweeney was raised Catholic, with a God who, in her mind, "was like a really loving uncle." Since letting go of God, she has found new meaning and inspiration in the simplicity of just being human, even as she wrestles with what atheism means for her, and most importantly, for her family. Uploaded 14-03-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What if you and your loved ones couldn't get any medicine when you were sick? That lack of health care is a daily reality for those in rural Nepal, one of the poorest areas of Southeast Asia. Hear how Josh Nesbit, CEO of Medic Mobile, and Mark Arnoldy, Executive Director of Nyaya Health, are taking on this global challenge with powerful ideas and efficient technologies. Uploaded 18-03-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Uber's brand was suffering from bad sentiment, Bozoma Saint John took on the task of rehabilitating the ride share's public image, both as a professional challenge and a personal mission. Uploaded 21-02-20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Terry Fator won season 2 of "America's Got Talent" in 2007 as a virtual unknown. In reality, though, he'd been honing his unparalleled ventriloquism skills for over 40 years. The Las Vegas sensation shares how determination, practice and a unique talent set him up both for a big break and for his continued success and creative evolution. Uploaded 28-01-15 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is there anything left to explore on earth? Hear why Graham Hawkes, CEO of Hawkes Ocean Technologies, thinks "earth" is a silly name for an ocean planet and learn how he explores its depths. Uploaded 14-03-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join music critics Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis for an intimate discussion with Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco, and learn about the inspiration and motivation behind his music. Uploaded 14-03-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When was the last time you were truly alone? Explorer Felicity Aston spent 59 days skiing across Antarctica, sans contact with any life form. Hear how she survived her extreme journey. Uploaded 18-03-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What role did Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin really play in our political history? Listen as writer and comedian Chris Bliss breaks down the effectiveness of comedy within mainstream television, political coverage and other communications - and hear how we allow this humor to transform our view of reality. Uploaded 14-03-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Learn more about CGMC and get involved: https://cgmc.org Uploaded 26-10-18 The 77 Project is a storytelling and media project presented by Xfinity with additional support from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help share the narrative of our neighborhoods from the inside out. Our hope is that this project will help inspire citizens to connect with solution-makers in the city of Chicago and beyond. If you didn't know, the city of Chicago recognizes 77 community areas within the city limits, and this year we're shining a light on organizations and individuals who are making a positive impact in each of those locations. More on Xfinity: Xfinity connects people in all 77 neighborhoods of Chicago each and every day. Xfinity is proud to sponsor the 77 Project to provide a platform for local residents to voice ideas that will shape our city's future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lowering BMIs and raising test scores -- one school at a time. Hear the creative way entrepreneur and restaurateur Kimbal Musk is connecting kids across the country to nutritious food in the battle against obesity. Uploaded 14-03-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What would your reaction be to seeing a field of bones? Hear Naomi Natale, who works at the intersection of art and activism, share the inspiration behind her One Million Bones project that's set to take over the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in spring 2013. Uploaded 07-03-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's the classic business model: You buy things, you put them together and then you sell them. Hear why Bre Pettis, founder and CEO of MakerBot, is at the forefront of infusing innovation, technology and creativity into this timeless practice. Uploaded 22-04-13 About Chicago Ideas Week Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For 10 years, we've connected people through their curiosity, inspiring unity and collaboration that has fostered profound change throughout Chicago—and beyond. Uploaded 22-07-20 And 2019 was our biggest year yet. 30,000+ attendees. 130+ programs 77 community areas engaged Learn more about our upcoming programming and how to join our community of curiosity at https://chicagoideas.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this Conversation, Joi Ito discusses how scientific research and artistic expression inform one another, and how they both push our culture forward. Uploaded 01-05-17 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Zoë Quinn (@zoequinn) is one of the most critically acclaimed, widely recognized indie developers in the gaming industry. As a result of #GamerGate, she’s also known for her advocacy on behalf of victims of online abuse, which has received support from people as wide ranging as Wil Wheaton and Barack Obama. She has testified about online abuse at the United Nations, and continues to speak out about the issue, including in her new book "Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate." Uploaded 19-03-18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices