Tom Munnecke’s Eclectica

This is an interesting example of a viral video for infectious good, which happens to be the theme of my next Uplift Academy workshop in New York Oct 4.

It’s collected over 500,000 views in its first 5 days on YouTube.

And here are some of my YouTube videos.

The winners of the first-ever prizes a major new initiative to invest in Americans over 60 who are leading a new age of social innovation have been announced. The prize is managed by Civic Ventures (at which I am a senior fellow, but not directly related to the prize)

The winners reveal the wide variety of backgrounds and experiences that those over 60 bring to the task of solving some of society?s most pressing problems in what used to be called the retirement years.

?As the first of America?s 77 million baby boomers turn 60 this year, The Purpose Prize winners are doing what society least expects people over 60 to do: innovate,? said Marc Freedman, founder and President of Civic Ventures.

?These men and women ? some national figures, some local heroes ? disprove the notion that innovation is the province of the young and show us the essence of what?s possible in an aging society.?

The $100,000 winners – selected by a jury comprised of 21 leaders in business, politics, journalism, the arts, and the nonprofit sector – include: Continue Reading »