TED Special Projects
TED 30th Anniversary Exhibits
For TED2014, created interactive exhibits: a gallery of 25 iconic TED speakers; and an exhibit titled 10 Key Drivers of the Future. I directed the multi-team effort; wrote, researched and edited exhibit copy; and communicated with dozens of speakers to get both projects ready under tight deadline.
Conference Communications
Upgraded conference communications processes, resulting in significantly improved conference attendee satisfaction and eliminated hundreds of hours of staff troubleshooting.
TED Challenges
Produced TED Challenges, which gave ten teams of conference attendees the opportunity to solve concrete problems during TED2013 and TED2014. Outcomes include:
Guidance for a Bezos Family Foundation early learning project.
New campaign for Bono’s ONE.org.
Emergence of vaccine tracking system for GAVI Alliance.
Voice recognition software for quadriplegics.
National project to fight child trafficking in sync with a White House task force.
Email Charter
Co-wrote manifesto aimed at reversing the spiral of email overload. It's received thousands of views, shares and Facebook Likes. Articles in Fast Company, The Washington Post, and The New York Observer.