Register Now | September 7-9, 2009 | momentumconference.org | tides.org | Momentum brings together some of the world’s most innovative thinkers and dedicated activists to challenge, inspire, and energize each other. It’s a conference and it’s a community where ongoing connections are built between key social issues and strategies.Tides first convened Momentum in 2005 as a way to keep the energy and dialog from the 2004 elections open and productive. From that first gathering of donors, Momentum has evolved to embrace the larger Tides community in active, authentic dialog. In 2008, Momentum was re-envisioned with a unique format, placing the spotlight on innovative, emerging and challenging ideas while fostering collective experience.With each Momentum gathering, the forum expands and evolves to embrace a broader vision of community. Momentum’s engaging and brilliant speakers share their passion for new approaches to familiar problems, giving their most intriguing presentations in just 20 minutes.Tides convenes Momentum to help create positive change for a healthy, just, and vibrant world. Tides is unique in the nonprofit sector. We serve as a nexus point – building connections between donors, issues and strategies - and it’s for this reason that we host Momentum.
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Recorded on July 22, 2008 at Tides Momentum Leadership Conference www.momentumconference.org Title of Talk: Climate Change Tipping Points Speaker Bio: Matthew Lewis, consultant for Design to Win, has extensive experience leading communications and public relations efforts for both clean energy companies and organizations focused on energy and climate policy. For the past two years, Lewis managed public relations and marketing programs for leading companies in solar power, wind power, biofuels,...
Recorded: June 01, 2009 http://www.momentumconference.orgTitle of Talk: Redistributing Wealth & Power as Part of the New Social Safety NetSession: Momentum@America's Future: POWER Session Participants: Lawrence Lessig Melissa Bradley-Burns Ethan Nadelmann Drummond PikeSynopsis: There is a big difference between getting a job and creating assets. The number of people in this country who are economically "at risk" is rising daily. Melissa Bradley outlines this issue and some ways we can help bui...
Recorded: June 01, 2009 http://www.momentumconference.orgSession: Momentum@America's Future: POWER Session Participants: Lawrence Lessig Melissa Bradley-Burns Ethan Nadelmann Drummond PikeSpeaker Bio: Ethan Nadelmann is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, the leading organization in the United States promoting alternatives to the war on drugs.Nadelmann was born in New York City and received his BA, JD, and PhD from Harvard, and a Masters degree in International Rela...
Recorded: June 01, 2009http://www.momentumconference.orgSession: Momentum@America's Future: POWER Session Participants: Lawrence Lessig Melissa Bradley-Burns Ethan Nadelmann Drummond PikeSpeaker Bio: Drummond Pike founded Tides in 1976 and is the chief executive officer. He is responsible for the entire Tides enterprise which includes Tides Foundation, Tides Center and Tides Shared Spaces. Through his leadership Tides has helped increase the capacity and effectiveness of thousands of social ch...
Recorded: June 01, 2009 http://www.momentumconference.orgSession: Momentum@America's Future: POWER Session Participants: Lawrence Lessig Melissa Bradley-Burns Ethan Nadelmann Drummond PikeSynopsis: While known as a pioneering voice for copyright reform, Lessig's recent focus has been putting an end to political corruption. At Momentum, he speaks on the ills of money and politics, and how the dynamics in politics are shifting. A sobering and refreshing analsyis. Speaker Bio: Lawrence Lessig, du...
Recorded on July 21, 2008 at Tides Momentum Leadership Conference www.momentumconference.org Title of Talk: Lending with Mutual DignitySynopsis: Premal Shah, president of Microlending phenom Kiva, talks about raising money "Howard Dean-style" (or "Barack Obama-style") might be able to bring down the cost of borrowing for the world's working poor. Speaker Bio: Premal Shah is the President of Kiva, an organization dedicated to providing low-cost working capital to small-scale entrepreneurs acros...
Recorded on July 21, 2008 at Tides Momentum Leadership Conferencewww.momentumconference.org Title of Talk: Health Care Up NorthSynopsis: Tides Foundation Board Chair Joel Solomon recounts his very personal journey through the Canadian health care system--and what the United States can learn from it.Speaker Bio: Joel Solomon is CEO of Renewal, a collection of Vancouver-based organizations which use business and philanthropy together to work towards creating a triple-bottom-line economy. Renewal...
Recorded July 22, 2008 at Tides Momentum Leadership Conferencewww.momentumconference.org Title of Talk: Race and the Drug WarSynopsis: What are 10 ways the War in Iraq is like the War on Drugs? Founder and Director of Break the Chains Deborah Small breaks down the fallacies in both conflict -- as well as the fallacy of conflict analogies -- in this illuminating presentation.Speaker Bio: Deborah Peterson Small is the Executive Director and founder of Break the Chains. Before founding Break the ...
Recorded on July 22, 2008 at Tides Momentum Leadership Conferencewww.momentumconference.org Title of Talk: A New Model for JournalismSynopsis: An award-winning journalist with nearly 40 years of experience at some of the largest and most well-respected newspapers in the U.S., Robert Rosenthal explains why a new model for journalism is essential to democracy in America.Speaker Bio: An award-winning journalist with nearly 40 years of experience, Rosenthal has worked for some of the most respecte...