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LA’s Version of the TED Conference – Douglas Campbell Interview
on Jul 8, 2008 - 2:29 PM PSTThe full program
This is an audio program. Listen and/or download here.
There’s an event here in Los Angeles called Mindshare. It brings together an eclectic group of speakers which includes scientists, artists and philanthropists.
It was co-founded by Douglas Campbell, who led an eclectic life himself, which included a trip around the world in a tuxedo. Mindshare was partially insprired by the TED Conference, an event that’s notirously tough to get into. Douglas found his way into the conference a few years ago by volunteering. He gave away gift bags, which helped him get to know the conference’s attendees.
I met Douglas at a past Mixergy event and asked to interview him so I could learn how he puts together Mindshare. Here’s our recorded interview:
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July 8th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Andrew,
Thanks so much for the write up and interview – it was a lot of fun and a good exercise in trying to define exactly what Mindshare represents and also what we intend for the future.
It’s a very exciting project and I hope to see some of you here soon!
- Doug
http://www.mindshare.la
July 9th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Congrats on the interview Doug.
Love mindshare.la. Can’t make it this month, but next time for sure!
Thanks Andrew for bringing great content.
-Victor
July 9th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Thanks Victor ;)
UPDATE: Speakers announced for July 17th’s Mindshare:
http://mindshare.la/events.html
November 25th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
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