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Entries Tagged as 'People Doing Good Things'

(RED)WIRE: Great music saves lives

December 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments · People Doing Good Things

Today, World AIDS Day, MSN is celebrating the launch of (RED)WIRE, (RED)’s new digital music magazine designed to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Some of the greatest artists on earth have contributed amazing songs to (RED)WIRE. To subscribe to (RED)WIRE or to get two issues free visit http://www.redwire.com/. And to join in the launch party [...]

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What if: We all did presentations like Starbucks?

November 27th, 2008 · 28 Comments · People Doing Good Things, Presentation Goodness

Whether you drink Starbucks coffee or not, whether you agree with their business model or not, you have to admit that they’ve really nailed the art of communicating ideas and values using very simple presentation styles and dynamic, text-based messages (Garr Reynolds calls it Kinetic Typography). Very similar in style to the Girl Effect presentation [...]

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T. Boone Pickens’ Energy Plan

November 18th, 2008 · 35 Comments · People Doing Good Things

T. Boone Pickens has an awesome four-minute presentation about his plan to save America’s energy future. Great topic. Great ideas. Great presentation. It’s the perfect combination of whiteboard simplicity mixed with some really connected and compelling graphics. Boone’s message: “America is in a hole and it’s getting deeper every day. We import 70 percent of [...]

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The Girl Effect

November 3rd, 2008 · 55 Comments · People Doing Good Things

The Girl Effect: The powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate in their society.  This is an amazing presentation and deeply profound. I hope after you watch it, you’re moved to action. And I hope you see that less is more when it comes to presentation design. 11/05/2008 [...]

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