Day: September 16, 2010

Impossibly possible!

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Hans Rosling at TED
Hans Rosling at TED

Thanks to my mate Scott Thompson in New York from Intersections International who gave me this perspective of something, like a crazy global endurance challenge being “impossibly possible”.

But let’s go back to the data and see how reframing a situation with information can achieve.

Hans Rosling used statistical data presented on a bubble graph to change how we might understand the world we live in. He makes the complex simple, and a brilliance for changing our worldview.

Is he right?

And hear what he has to say about the seemingly impossible being possible. Thanks to Rich Fleming from the Global Poverty Project for sharing this with me and discussing this perspective.

The Sharing of An Idea

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Chris Anderson is the curator of the TED (Tech...
Chris Anderson: curator TED

Chris Anderson speaking at TED reveals his take on The Art of Spreading Ideas:

It is in the non-verbal portion that there is some serious magic.

Watch the video here.

What is the potential for a ‘pictorial petition’ with 24,000 images of people expressing what it means for them to be a bridge to eradicate extreme poverty while joining with others?

Let’s find out! Please I need your support. Considering the sponsoring of the book “Above the Line” to be presented to the G20 Summit leadership.

Check out the 24×24 Challenge: Is the Seemingly Impossible Possible?