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This is a collection of videos shown in a presentation (link) by Ruth Ann Barrett at a meeting of the Social Sustainability Colloquium at Portland State Univerity (PSU) in April of 2011. It features interviews and presentations by Julia Butterly Hill, Taylor Mali, Bill Liao, Josh Bernoff, Damien O'Brien, and Seth Godin. Author, researcher, poet, CEO, environmental activist and entrepreneur they address the importance of being conscious, giving expression to your passion be it an idea, cause, or cure by storytelling using Web 2.0 tools, then seeding the Web so you are visible as a leader and can be found by people searching for information and inspiration. Want to inspire an audience? Call me at 415-337-1835.

Ruth Ann Barrett

Sustainability Advocate

Curated by mokiethecat

On the Tribes We Lead by Seth Godin

Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so. http://www.ted.com

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes.

EarthSayer Seth Godin