Blog Updates and inspiration

We ask a lot of our supporters. In 2012, we asked you to make Joseph Kony famous, and you made him viral. At the 2013 Fourth Estate Summit, we asked you to pledge to fundraise for #zeroLRA – and not only did you promise to raise $2.4 million over the coming months, but you raised […]

As a new intern at Invisible Children, I am getting a crash course in Nonprofits 101 – how they form a mission, how they articulate their mission, and how they implement their mission on a shoestring budget (they don’t call them nonprofits for nothing). There are so many myths, expectations, and, frankly, fantasies about nonprofit […]

This is it. My final TedxTalk Tuesdays post. This summer has been incredible, and I’m really going to miss my weekly dose of Tedx inspiration. With that said, I’m leaving you all with my favorite TedxTalk post of all time. One that is actually not a TedxTalk at all, but rather a talk that was […]

Just when you start to comfort yourself by embracing your youth – “I’m only 23, I don’t need to have my life figured out yet” – clinical psychologist Meg Jay comes along with her TEDxTalk, “Why 30 is not the new 20”, and lights a massive fire under the derrières of all twenty-somethings. Contrary to […]

This is my second to last TedxTalk Tuesdays post, and I’m in shock at how quickly the summer has flown by. With that said, a TedxTalk about consciousness seemed appropriate (had I been more present in every moment, perhaps the summer wouldn’t have whizzed by…) In this “Smart TedxTalk”, neuroscientist Antonio Damasio examines the incredible […]

By now it should be quite apparent that I love TedxTalks of the self-help variety. Whether it’s Shawn Achor talking about how to live a happier life, or Dan Pink talking about motivation and productivity, I love hearing all the ways I can fix the simple things that I’m probably doing wrong. This TedxTalk is […]

I’ve always loved mysteries. I love the endless possibilities. I love being afforded the opportunity to get involved in the story and construct theories as complex or as simple as I choose. At times, mystery is more important than knowledge. J.J. Abrams, famous director and creator of LOST, delivers this compelling TedxTalk about his obsession […]

Motivation. We all struggle with it, and we all wish we had more of it. In this TedxTalk, Dan Pink, previous speechwriter for Al Gore, dives headfirst into the topic and explains that most of us have it all wrong. Generally speaking, business and project managers seek to increase productivity and creativity of their subordinates […]

This week we’re highlighting our Mobilization programs, which are part of our four-part model. And what could possibly be more fitting than a TedxTalk called How to start a movement? Mobilization is all about getting people involved and in less than three minutes, Derek Sivers explains exactly what you need to do to create a […]

It’s happened yet again. I’ve watched a TedxTalk that has made the “Official List of Maryam’s Favorite TedxTalks Of All Time”… Margaret Heffernan, former CEO of five different businesses, delivers a talk called Dare to disagree. In it, she argues that good disagreement is essential to progress. She starts her talk by exploring the story […]