BIL Conference » social http://bilconference.com Minds Set Free Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Attraction http://bilconference.com/videos/attraction-david-wygant/ http://bilconference.com/videos/attraction-david-wygant/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:35:34 +0000 admin http://bilconference.com/?p=628 About the Talk
When you become more comfortable with yourself, it will improve all aspects of your life, including your dating life.

About the Speaker
David Wygant is a dating coach and image-maker.

About the Conference
BIL2009 was held at CSULB in Long Beach, CA on Feb 13-14.

]]> http://bilconference.com/videos/attraction-david-wygant/feed/ 1 Communities in Healthcare http://bilconference.com/videos/communities-in-healthcare-chia-hwu/ http://bilconference.com/videos/communities-in-healthcare-chia-hwu/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:00:43 +0000 admin http://bilconference.com/?p=620 About the Speaker

Chia Hwu is the Community Manager for 23andme and a former organic chemist. She has worked in biotech and tech, been a volunteer coordinator and online community manager at various start-ups. You can find her on Twitter (@chiah) and at her blog, The Subtle Influence.

About the Conference
BIL:PIL is a healthcare unconference, bringing the concepts and ideals of the BIL Conference to the Healthcare industry. We held BIL:PIL 2009 on October 30-31, 2009 in San Diego at the San Diego State University’s BioScience Center. More information at bilpil.com.

]]> http://bilconference.com/videos/communities-in-healthcare-chia-hwu/feed/ 0 Open Source Architecture: From TED Prize to reality http://bilconference.com/videos/open-source-architecture-cameron-sinclair/ http://bilconference.com/videos/open-source-architecture-cameron-sinclair/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:07:11 +0000 admin http://bilconference.com.s7893.gridserver.com/?p=303 About the Talk
It has been two years since Cameron Sinclair won the TED Prize and the birth of an idea and website called the Open Architecture Network – the world’s first open source (access) site for architectural solutions to humanitarian crises. This is a critical look at whether it is working. Also a brief look ahead and at the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom which launched the week before at Davos.

About the Speaker
Cameron Sinclair is the co-founder and ‘eternal optimist’ for Architecture for Humanity, a charitable organization which seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis and brings professional design services to communities in need.

Website | Twitter

About the Conference
BIL2009 was held at CSULB in Long Beach, CA on Feb 13-14.

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I will talk about discovering new things on the Web and how people find a way to pass their time.

About the Speaker
Ben Huh is the Chief Cheezburger in charge of I Can Has Cheezburger.

About the Conference
BIL2009 was held at CSULB in Long Beach, CA on Feb 13-14.

]]> http://bilconference.com/videos/funny-interwebs-ben-huh/feed/ 0 Your Religion is False http://bilconference.com/videos/your-religion-is-false-joel-grus/ http://bilconference.com/videos/your-religion-is-false-joel-grus/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:01:35 +0000 admin http://bilconference.com.s7893.gridserver.com/?p=309 About the Talk
In a humorous talk at BIL2009, Joel takes on the lofty goal of proving every religion false individually.

About the Presenter
According to his blog, “If you want to get technical, Joel Grus is actually an aspiring author, an aspiring speaker, and an aspiring provocateur. He is, however, an accomplished jerk. Joel lives in Seattle. He has no hobbies.”

About the Conference
BIL2009 was held at CSULB in Long Beach, CA on Feb 13-14.

]]> http://bilconference.com/videos/your-religion-is-false-joel-grus/feed/ 4 How to Do Cool Things Around the World http://bilconference.com/videos/do-cool-things-around-world-alex-lightman/ http://bilconference.com/videos/do-cool-things-around-world-alex-lightman/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:44:15 +0000 admin http://bilconference.com.s7893.gridserver.com/?p=291 About the Talk
This is a practical talk that tells you how to do enjoyable things that will take you around the world, while making the world a better place. How to finance your projects and events and make a living without a formal employer is also included.

About the Presenter
Alex Lightman: “I want to bring new tools, primarily software that helps people and their tools connect, that will enable civilizational-level, historically-significant advances, into the world. I also want to create massive increases in the wealth of humanity by taking everything public and increasing the information about the relative value of almost everything.”

Twitter

About the Conference
BIL2009 was held at CSULB in Long Beach, CA on Feb 13-14.

]]> http://bilconference.com/videos/do-cool-things-around-world-alex-lightman/feed/ 2 On Breathing http://bilconference.com/videos/on-breathing-ilsa-bartlett/ http://bilconference.com/videos/on-breathing-ilsa-bartlett/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:03:55 +0000 admin http://bilconference.com.s7893.gridserver.com/?p=268 About the Presenter
Ilsa Bartlett is the author of How To Breathe and Other Little Life Lessons.

About the Conference
BIL2009 was held at CSULB in Long Beach, CA on Feb 13-14.

]]> http://bilconference.com/videos/on-breathing-ilsa-bartlett/feed/ 1 Apathy is obsolete: How to empower humanity with social empowerment http://bilconference.com/videos/apathy-is-obsolete-alex-peake/ http://bilconference.com/videos/apathy-is-obsolete-alex-peake/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:59:19 +0000 admin http://bilconference.com.s7893.gridserver.com/?p=261 About the Talk
Apathy is obsolete. The future is already here, it’s just not fully developed yet. The Empowerment Platform will change that. But it needs support to get off the ground.

(Story of the Ending)

At TED, Bill Gates unleashed mosquitos to scare rich people into caring about malaria enough to put an end to this disease that cripples people in poor nations. The point is to get funding and attention for solving this human health problem.

Alex Peake unleashed butterflies to inspire empowered people to care about human empowerment enough put an end to the apathy that cripples human lives around the world. The point is to get funding and attention for solving this human potential problem.

About the Presenter
Alex Peake:  I’m the founder of EmpowerThyself.com I think I fit the definition of a memebot. I live to change the world. My happiness is directly proportional to my ability to perform my memetic function.

About the Conference
BIL2009 was held at CSULB in Long Beach, CA on Feb 13-14.

]]> http://bilconference.com/videos/apathy-is-obsolete-alex-peake/feed/ 3 Social Bonding http://bilconference.com/videos/social-bonding-jonathan-sheffi-alexis-bright/ http://bilconference.com/videos/social-bonding-jonathan-sheffi-alexis-bright/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:38:30 +0000 admin http://bilconference.com.s7893.gridserver.com/?p=245 About the Talk
Is this about business, friends, romance? All of it! This is fun, it’s fun to talk to new people. We’ll talk about how to cultivate curiosity about other people, create social connections between people, and add value to other people’s lives. In doing so, everyone’s life is enriched and you help cultivate a network of generosity and goodwill. Adding value to other people’s lives while expecting nothing in return feels good and inherently adds value to your life. We’ll also talk about why “keeping score” doesn’t work. These skills are useful in all areas of life that involve people!

About the Presenters
Jonathan Sheffi is a lifelong student with a fiery passion for improving patient lives through miracles of biotechnology. He attended MIT for both an undergraduate and graduate degree, completed a summer internship at the FDA, and is a member of the Harvard Business School MBA Class of 2011. He is also the lead organizer of BIL:PIL.

Lexi Bright helps people toward positive change. She believes that self-improvement comes from growth from the core. She is currently seeking a Marriage and Family Therapy internship in San Francisco, having recently completed her MA in Psychology at a private university in Los Angeles.

About the Conference
BIL2008 was the first BIL Conference. It was held at the Youth Center in Monterey, CA on March 1-2.

]]> http://bilconference.com/videos/social-bonding-jonathan-sheffi-alexis-bright/feed/ 0 Life Extension Progress http://bilconference.com/videos/life-extension-aubrey-de-grey/ http://bilconference.com/videos/life-extension-aubrey-de-grey/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:56:15 +0000 admin http://bilconference.com.s7893.gridserver.com/?p=86 About the Talk
I will give an overview of the research projects in the area of life extension that the Methuselah Foundation is now funding, their significance to SENS, and their potential to lead to accelerated progress towards the defeat of aging in 2009 and beyond.

About the Presenter
Aubrey de Grey is an author and biogerontologist exploring how regenerative medicine may be able to thwart the aging process altogether within a few decades. He has been interviewed in recent years in many news sources, including CBS 60 Minutes, BBC, the New York Times, Fortune Magazine, the Washington Post, TED, Popular Science and The Colbert Report.

SENS Foundation | Methuselah Foundation

About the Conference
BIL2009 was held at CSULB in Long Beach, CA on Feb 13-14.

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