We had a successful, sold-out hard launch for Four Peaks this Monday, featuring
inventor-physicist-rock star Nathan Myhrvold. Read all about it, and watch the
Media Space interview with Nathan:
http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2011/02/light-the-beacons-nathan-myhrvold-social-capital-and-four-peaks/
The next salon is coming up fast: Saturday, March 5th from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m.
at the Adobe Fremont campus:
http://fourpeaksalon.eventbrite.com/
"Do We Need Another Space Needle? Inspiring Leadership in the Pacific
Northwest for the Next 50 Years" is being integrated directly into Anita Verna
Crofts' final MCDM leadership class for the quarter. And for the first time,
we'll film our interview with Media Space guest Eric Liu on-location at the
salon, with the salon's attendees as the live audience. We'll then proceed to
a more participative salon, which we're framing in this manner:
"In 1962, Seattle declared itself as a focal point of the Space Age, hosting
the World Fair with the Space Needle as its landmark. As we approach Seattle
Center's 50th birthday, our region faces a new set of priorities -- and
challenges. In today's economy, it's less a question of physical
infrastructure, and more one of social and intellectual capital that feed our
region's creative energy. What role does community-building and leadership
play in harnessing this energy? What do we need to do better to ensure that we
don't get left behind?
Eric Liu is the founder of the Guiding Lights Network, as well as Bill
Clinton's former speechwriter. He'll chat with Media Space host Hanson Hosein
live, on-camera about his groundbreaking efforts to spark civic engagement and
social change, with a unique focus on citizenship, mentorship and technology
(www.guidinglightsnetwork.com)
The Media Space TV show will be immediately followed by a broader, salon
conversation that follows on regional intellectual capital and leadership -
whether it is crowdsourced decision-making, the arrival of the Millennial
Generation as customers and colleagues, or the wider reach of personal
narrative in the age of new media, the challenges and opportunities that
leaders face are evolving as quickly as the technology itself. Eric talks
about "Getting your Citizenship On." He posits 3 claims that need to be in
place "If you want to get better at making things better ?you are not alone":
? There's no such thing as a self-made person
? We're all better off when we're all better off
? Society becomes how you behave
We'll convene leaders from the technology, entrepreneurial, venture capital and
academic worlds to discuss these claims and what we need to accomplish in our
own region."
