In search of 250 souls with knowledge to share

So, the quirky competition I launched last week relating to Pledgebank.com has a winner.  It is TEDster Lucy Hooberman.  She's looking to re-ignite an idea that was floated at TED in February (literally... it came from the World-Changing Ideas Cruise). The idea is to set up a Global Mentoring Allicance...  the sharing of knowledge from those who have it, to those who need it.  Here's her pledge.   Looks like Lucy (and the other TEDsters who are behind this idea) will be spending a lot more than the prize money if her pledge is matched. I really urge everyone to support this...  250 mouseclicks could start something really big. 

There were several other really interesting pledges.  I liked the idea to 'flip the fifth', the notion of a group effort to fund a Buckminster Fuller film, the bike ride across America...  and who could resist the offer of a couple of masseuses from Australia to help out in New Orleans if only someone would pay their way. In all more than 50 suggestions.  Thanks to everyone who came up with something.

Comments

[Sarah McCue]

Hi Chris,

Congratulations to the winning idea. And I will be sure to join. May I also encourage you to let people know that we have a global mentoring service called Women with 2020 Vision (www.womenwith2020vision) to mentor girls in developing countries so that they might start businesses in 2020?

Best,
Sarah

Founder, Women with 2020 Vision

[Tom Lord]

Chris,

Thank you!

A nice part of the theory of globalization is that we build person-to-person relationships that are productive, synergistically socially beneficial, and transcendent of political boundaries.

When we draw the boundary at executives talking to power brokers abroad we forsake the theory and this pledge is an example of trying to do the opposite.

-t

[Lucy Hooberman]

Thanks Chris! Looks like Tedsters are out in force already on this idea - 75 pledges over the weekend...only 175 to go.

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