Chicago Ideas: Conversations That Shape Change

If "corporate giving" sounds like an oxymoron, you haven't met Sonya Jackson. Hear the president of the United Airlines Foundation share how she walks the delicate line of doing good both for charity and the company -- and her warning about the worst thing a nonprofit can do.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) v. Trump decision by the Supreme Court, as well as the crisis at the border, has many wondering what the refugee process is like for both refugees and volunteers. In this Talk, the co-founder of IRAP, Becca Heller, explains the legal and other challenges facing refugees worldwide and her own role in helping refugees in the age of President Trump’s “Muslim ban."

Uploaded 27-06-18

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Can you tell the difference amongst these three performances? Each is cellist Tahirah Whittington playing Bach's "Cello Suite No.1 in G Major (Prelude)," but each manages to provoke a slightly different feeling by the intention that Whittington has put behind it. A founding member of the Ritz Chamber Players, Whittington is currently the cellist for "Hamilton: An American Musical."

Uploaded 07-04-18

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Judy Smith, the architect behind the public response to some of the most significant crises of our lifetime—including the SARS outbreak in 2002—addresses the role information (and its exchange) plays in shaping how people react to a critical situation.

Uploaded 13-03-20

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With 2.3 million Americans in prison and more than 4 million on parole, Adam Foss speaks about why we need a new civil rights movement on the Opening Night of Chicago Ideas Week, October 16, 2017. Creating links between history today and walking the audience through the average life of a black person born in the “wrong zip code,” he explains what’s at stake and inspires action.

Uploaded 14-01-18

To see in full HD and for more info: https://www.chicagoideas.com/videos/why-we-need-a-new-civil-rights-movement

The other Talks referenced in this video:
David Miliband: https://www.chicagoideas.com/videos/how-you-can-personally-help-refugees
Arthur C. Brooks: https://www.chicagoideas.com/videos/arthur-c-brooks-on-how-to-effectively-talk-politics-with-loved-ones



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Listen as Game Change authors and political analysts Mark Halperin and John Heilemann analyze the 2012 presidential campaign about one week after the shocking Denver debate -- and hear how the election will impact our future.

Uploaded 22-04-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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When the office climate at United Talent Agency (UTA) turned toxic, CEO and co-founder Jeremy Zimmer and his colleagues made the drastic decision to let go some of the leaders whose my-way-or-the-highway attitude was pulling people apart.

Uploaded 27-03-20

And instead of bringing the company down, the move ultimately brought people together, improving office culture, and setting the stage for double-digit growth year over year.



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Have a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear? So did Nikki Durkin. Hear how the young entrepreneur realized collaborative consumption can work in the fashion space and why her virtual closet, 99dresses.com, is taking Australia by storm.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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F*ck Cancer founder Yael Cohen is at the forefront of a fresh news movement that has multiple generations working together to begin "looking for cancer instead of just finding it."

Uploaded 14-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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Are all works of fiction secretly autobiographical? Carol Edgarian, a New York Times best-selling author and co-founder of NarrativeMagazine.com, uncovers where stories come from.

Uploaded 18-03-13

About Chicago Ideas Week
Chicago Ideas Week is an annual seven-day celebration of ideas, innovation and community, aiming to become the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers. CIW's goal is to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to achieve great things. Learn more: www.chicagoideas.com



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