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Compelling Action: Social Change Media In The Age Of Information Overload

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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Panel Discussion

Session Description

Media can move mountains but few know how to deliver a story that is heard above the din and can jolt an audience into action. This interactive session starts with examples from those whose stories have successfully galvanized broad audiences in support of their efforts and moves quickly into a fast-paced sharing of experience and recommendations from the audience. This session will synthesize themes and draw on the extensive expertise in the room so that everyone walks away with tangible strategies for compelling action!

Time & Location

Time:
14:00 - 15:30, Thursday, April 15, 2010 BST
Speakers
  • Jim Berk
    Speaker
    CEO, Participant Media
    Jim Berk is CEO of Participant Media, a global entertainment company founded in 2004 that focuses on socially relevant film, television, publishing and digital content. Participant’s 50+ films include AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, WAITING FOR SUPERMAN, THE HELP, CONTAGION and LINCOLN. Since Jim joined in 2006, Participant has evolved into a diversified entertainment company with an expanded film slate, two film financing funds and a Spanish-language film label, in addition to Pivot, the company’s new television channel targeting Millennials, Participant's digital network, TakePart.com, and a portfolio of media investments. Prior to Participant, Jim led companies including Gryphon Colleges, Fairfield Communities, Hard Rock Cafe Intl and The Grammy Foundation, in addition to working at Rank Group. Jim began his career in education, serving as a teacher, and eventually becoming the youngest high school principal in the history of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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  • Premal Shah
    Speaker
    Co-Founder & President, Kiva
    Premal helps lead Kiva.org —a crowdfunding website that connects people through lending to alleviate poverty. Since 2005, over $1B in philanthropic loans has been crowdfunded to millions of underserved entrepreneurs in 90 countries — with a 96% repayment rate. The site has been named as one of Oprah's Favorite Things and a Top 50 Website by TIME Magazine. Premal's inspiration came while volunteering in India while on leave from PayPal, where he had been an early employee. Premal began his career as a management consultant and graduated from Stanford University. He’s passionate about making it easier for anyone to discover their own power to make real impact. He serves on the Board of VolunteerMatch.org & Watsi.org — a crowdfunding for developing world health care site. For his work as a social entrepreneur, Premal was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and selected to FORTUNE magazine’s “Top 40 under 40″ list.
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  • Jess Search
    Speaker
    Chief Executive, Doc Society
    Jess is a founder of Doc Society, which has funded and championed the work of independent documentary filmmakers around the world since 2005. Writing with Fire, I Am Softie, The Edge of Democracy, CITIZENFOUR, The Territory, The Square, Virunga etc Currently obsessed with Climate and Democracy narratives and protecting the space for independent storytelling. Jess is also a trustee of MSI Reproductive Choices, the world's most effective family planning and abortion provider in 37 countries. Jess is also chair of UK think tank IPPR and a board member of crowdfunding innovator Kickstarter. Jess is a big fan of the Skoll World Forum.
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  • Cara Mertes
    Speaker
    Founding Director, International Resource for Impact and Storytelling
    An award-winning independent media field builder, Cara is Founding Director of the International Resource for Impact and Storytelling (IRIS), a donor collaborative supporting creative visual storytelling and narrative analysis in the public interest. IRIS is a grantee partner of Skoll Foundation. Cara served at Ford Foundation as Director, JustFilms, piloting a network-focused, narrative-informed, cultural grantmaking strategy which was integrated across Ford’s ten regions and global strategies. She was Director, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, funding dozens of non-fiction films, co-founded Doc Society’s Good Pitch event and training model and created the Stories of Change initiative with the Skoll Foundation. Cara has received multiple Emmy Awards, George Foster Peabody Awards, and duPont-Columbia Awards.She received a Webby Award for creating P.O.V.’s Borders, a pioneering web series on PBS. She is a member of AMPAS and the WGA and lives in New Jersey, USA.
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  • Alvin Hall
    Speaker
    Broadcaster, Author & President, Alvin Hall.com
    Alvin Hall is an internationally renown financial educator. His best-selling books include “Your Money or Your Life,” “Getting Started in Stocks,” and a children’s book, “Show Me the Money,” published in 20 languages. He has presented several BBC2 television series and programmes on BBC Radio 4. This year, Hall presented the BBC World News series “Alvin’s Guide to Good Business,” featuring social entrepreneurs in Africa, Asia, and the US. Hall lives in New York City where he teaches classes about the financial markets.
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