Speaker Series Whiteboard Madness
After spending much too long in a whiteboard marker fumed boardroom with Allen, Dave, Chad and Florin, we have narrowed down potential speakers for the 2010-2011 year. Everyone gave great suggestions, but after considering resources, wideness of appeal and of course- cage fight matches between the five of us, this is our current list of pursuits. Now, the big question:
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CONTACT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE IN ANY WAY!? If so, email toterry@interchange.ubc.ca
We’ll keep you updated!
(In no particular order)
Paul Polak, Dani Rodrik, David Keith, Rick Hillier, Fidel Ramos, Cory Doctorow, Jeff Sachs, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm Gladwell, Bernice A. King, William Easterly, Dambisa Moyo, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, Hans Rosling, Kofi Annan, Mohammad Yunus, Mo Ibrahim, P.Diddy, Sharin Ebadi, Jimmy Carter, Knaan, Jon Stewart, Colin Powell, Eve Ensler, Madeline Albright, Richard Branson, Al Gore, Seth Meyers, Greg Mortensen, James Lipton, Ishmael Beah, Clara Hughes, Margaret Atwood, Stefan Sagmeister, Kavita Randas, Jacqueline Novogratz, Bill Nye (The Science Guy), Craig Keilburger, Grahim Hill, Doug Fine, Evan Williams, Bernice A. King, Maya Angelou, Ray Anderson
5 Responses to “Speaker Series Whiteboard Madness”
Me and Diddy go for coffee once in a while…I’ll put in a word for Terry.
Thank you to everyone who keeps emailing in with contact info, 6 degrees of separation trees, etc. it has been very helpful!
No connection is too small for us to use 🙂
Dave tweets with MAtwood and she replies sometimes 😛
HAHAHA oh we know Tyler, Dave mentioned it about 3 times in the meeting.
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