Laura Edwards

Change agent, Environmentalist, Filmmaker, Foodie, Global soul, Idea generator, Single, Technologist, World traveler

Sociable polymath and award winning solar exec who fell into the media and advertising biz when " greentech" broke my heart many years ago - current big projects include DATA OASIS (open data resources and best practices) and SheCanHackIT, a set of digital literacy programs for female entrepreneurs. Media/tech is still a fascination, and I'm having a great time with creating and selling commercial Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality projects - Advisor to Crowdfunder, and Travel-Aid as well as Lecturer at Barnard College and RIT.

democratizing data access, compelling narratives, innovation, wild and beautiful places, FLOW, science fiction, big ideas, semiotics, female entrepreneurs, salon thinking, facilitating discourse and flowers!

Language has gone full circle, from pictograms to a modern version of hieroglyphics. It's now much closer to how our brain works and this is changing the way we do EVERYTHING.

Branding, Cleantech, Content Strategy, Design Thinking, Global Strategic Partnerships, Marketing Strategy, Producer, Salons

What can I say, meant to come forever, finally got it together and TED Africa was my first TED - WOW!!! Now, between the conferences themselves and the TED community, I've been all over the world, made lifelong relationships and am hooked.

Salons - from Jeffersonian dinners to Paris style performance and and and - luv iterating and facilitating small group discourse.