Video: PopTech’s Favorite Speeches

November 17, 2013

Artists, scientists, and social entrepreneurs present their ideas at the annual conference organized by PopTech, a nonprofit innovation group.

Here, PopTech has gathered some of the most popular and influential talks of the past several years.

Van Jones on starting a green revolution (2007)
Kevin Starr on lasting impact (2010)
Reggie Watts on humor in music (2010)
Amy Cuddy on power poses (2011)
Rose Goslinga on farmer microinsurance (2011)
Eben Upton on Raspberry Pi (2012)
Rodney Mullen on getting back up (2013)
Lisa Servon on poor financing (2013)

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NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.