FORA.tv Behind the Scenes: Video Shoot with MythBuster Adam Savage

Check out this behind-the-scenes look at our video shoot with MythBuster Adam Savage for the FORA.tv end-of-the-year video playlist recently featured on YouTube spotlighting the people, issues, and ideas that changed 2010.

Click the image below to view the entire album on our Facebook Page.

And a BIG thanks to Mr. Savage for donating his time to this project! We're all huge fans of his work around these parts, so this was the opportunity of a lifetime and he couldn't have been more amiable to our crew.

Here's a link to the full playlist on YouTube: http://f4a.tv/gZT9aY

Also, you can follow Adam on Twitter, and check out his other video apparences on FORA.tv.

FORA.tv 2010 Year End Playlist on YouTube features Adam Savage

Drum roll, please....announcing the FORA.tv 2010 Year End Playlist on YouTube! It's a compilation of YouTube videos on the people, issues, ideas that changed the world in 2010 and features a special introduction by FORA.tv favorite: Adam Savage of MythBusters.

"This year end playlist contains smart, engaging programs that capture the profound power of online video," says Adam Savage. "The power to connect directly with large audiences and unleash a torrent of emotion, connection, and response. 2010 was the year of being big."

We're thrilled to have been chosen by YouTube for the honor of producing this important playlist. And we're humbled by the generous help from Adam Savage who so kindly provided a special introduction. (Check out Adam's awesome site.) Thank you YouTube. Thank you, Adam.

The 2010 FORA.tv Year End Playlist can be found on YouTube's homepage tonight and in the site's playlists section. And while on YouTube, be sure to visit the FORA.tv channel and join a community of nearly 35,000 passionate, engaged members. (FORA.tv videos have been viewed more than 25 million times on YouTube!) YouTube has also featured playlists from the likes of grammy winner Natasha Bedingfield, talk show host Conan O'Brien and internet big thinker Vint Cerf.

Watch Adam Savage introduce our playlist:


Watch our playlist:

The FORA.tv 2010 Year End Playlist:

Introduction by Adam Savage

The Large Hadron Collider: First Collisions

Apple: Introducing the iPad

Jamie Oliver's TED Award Speech

Cynthia Nixon: Gays Don't Want to Redefine Marriage

Cindy Gallop, If We Ran the World: Make Love, Not Porn

It Gets Better: Dan and Terry

We Are the World 25 for Haiti

WikiLeaks: How Safe Are Whistleblowers in the Digital Age?

MythBusters' Adam Savage on Problem Solving: How I Do It

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

Where Good Ideas Come From - Steven Johnson

Stephen Colbert Opening Statement

Sanity Song

We hope you enjoy the playlist. Let us know what you think of our selections: where we went right and where we went wrong. Which YouTube videos do you think helped change the world in 2010?

Thank you for watching FORA.tv

Survey Drawing Winner Announced!

Last month we surveyed our users in an ongoing effort to improve our products and services to make your video viewing experience at FORA.tv better. We received a large amount of responses and would like to thank all of our users for participating and sharing their valuable feedback.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the lucky winner of our FORA.tv Survey Drawing! Congratulations to Jacob Ruby of San Antonio, Texas! You are now the proud owner of a brand new Apple iPad (16GB, Wifi).

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An Appeal: The New York Times Should Rescue WIkiLeaks

As the campaign to shutdown WikiLeaks intensifies, mainstream media needs to get off on the sidelines and rescue the beleaguered site. The New York Times should take a bold stand and immediately offer to host the site and its leaked classified material.

A New York Times-WikiLeaks partnership would strengthen our democracy and give traditional journalism a much needed boost of relevancy.

When WikiLeaks began leaking classified information, notably horrific video of a deadly helicopter attack on journalists in Iraq, the site's founder Julian Assange was only modestly successful. He tried to go it alone in distributing the materials and had little luck with getting pick-up from the mainstream media. Assange was treated as an outsider and a perhaps illegitimate source of news; Assange viewed big media with similar mistrust.

However, Assange changed his tactics with the recent troves of leaked classified materials. WikiLeaks cooridinated each release with such top news organizations as the Guardian and the New York Times. Doing so elevated WikiLeaks' reputation and provided traditional distribution, two elements that have multiplied the impact of WikiLeaks' information.

In recent days however, WikiLeaks was kicked to the curb by two US web host companies -- Amazon and EveryDNS. And today PayPal announced on its site: "PayPal has permanently restricted the account used by WikiLeaks due to a violation of the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, which states that our payment service cannot be used for any activities that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity. We've notified the account holder of this action."

These moves by U.S. companies -- perhaps under pressure from the U.S. government, should alarm anyone concerned with protecting an open and transparent society. And who better to fulfill this role? The New York Times.

But is today's New York Times, in name the same organization that more than three decades ago published the Pentagon Papers, up to the task? In a messy online exchange with New York Times readers, Bill Keller, executive managing editor, declared that "WikiLeaks is not a 'media partner' of The Times."

Really? The New York Times, has more than benefited from privileged access (both direct and indirect)to the WikiLeaks material. Certainly the controversial stories have increased newsstand sales and traffic to NYTimes.com.

So, an appeal is in order:

Bill Keller, the time for bold action is now: Make WikiLeaks a 'media partner.' Move the WikiLeaks site and its classified information onto the New York Times web servers. Dare the U.S. government to challenge you on this. WikiLeaks, which has now fled to Sweden, is too easy an target as a stand alone organization.

Bill Keller, you've quoted Thomas Jefferson’s remark that he would rather have newspapers without government than government without newspapers.

Bill Keller, we soon could end up with neither newspapers nor WikiLeaks. Please act now.
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Watch Julian Assange describe his motivation for releasing leaked classified information.


Watch Amy Goodman describe reporting on the WikiLeaks video of a U.S. helicopter attack on journalists.

American Water Summit - A Better Future For USA Water Industry

On November 3rd, The Global Water Intelligence (GWI) held it's first American Water Summit in Washington DC to discuss and evaluate the new environment and new direction of the American water industry. Among CEOs from major water companies like Veolia, GE and American Water, the top level summit included keynote speeches from Robert Kennedy Jr, currently serving as Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and President of the Waterkeeper Alliance.

As USA water industry faces growing challenges in terms of political and financial support, scarcity, and infrastructure renewal, the American Water summit was the first conference to foster the exchange of views and opinions from water companies, leaders in academia, policy-makers, and government officials.

A perfect blend of informal networking and good (in-depth in some cases) presentations.
- Jorge Arroyo, Director of Special Projects, Texas Water Development Board

This is the best event in the industry: very useful, very well run and most enjoyable.
- Christopher Asselineau, Simmons and Simmons

Register today to watch the American Water Summit on FORA.tv!

FORA.tv blog readers receive 10% off the full conference ticket price (a $249.95 value) by entering code AWSBLOG11 in the coupon field!

American Water Summit Keynote: PA Governor Edward Rendell


Global Water Intelligence’s US Market Preview


Water Policy Futures


Water Investment Idol


Stay tuned to the FORA.tv blog for more info, and visit us on Facebook and Twitter for news and updates on the latest videos from FORA.tv.

Happy Viewing!

Jay-Z LIVE on FORA.tv

On November 15th at 7:00pm EST on FORA.tv, LIVE from the New York Public Library presents 10-time Grammy Award winning artist, entrepreneur, and musical icon Jay-Z in conversation with author Cornel West and Director of LIVE from NYPL, Paul Holdengräber.

Jay-Z will discuss his new autobiography DECODED, and share his thoughts on growing up as a hustler and feeling judged simply because of where he was from. For JAY-Z, lyrics aren't just about songs, they're about life, and in DECODED he brings his own story to life, writing about his journey from Brooklyn's notorious Marcy Projects to becoming a world-class artist, cultural icon, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

When I first started working on this book, I told my editor that I wanted to do three important things. The first was to make the case that hip-hop lyrics-not just my lyrics, but those of every great MC-are poetry if you look at them closely enough. The second was that I wanted the book to tell a little bit of the story of my generation, to show the context for the choices we made at a violent and chaotic crossroads in recent history. And the third piece was that I wanted the book to show how hip-hop created a way to take a very specific and powerful experience and turn it into a story that everyone in the world could feel and relate to. - Jay-Z, from DECODED.

Jay-Z will be joined by Matrix actor and august Princeton professor Cornel West and Director of LIVE from the NYPL, Paul Holdengräber. LIVE from the NYPL is the public programming series at The New York Public Library. With a mission to provoke, engage, enlighten, instigate and agitate the mind, LIVE is: provocative conversations, real debates, irresistible performances, original ideas.

We hope you enjoy the live stream and remember to join us on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest news, updates, and information about videos in FORA.tv.

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FORA.tv Survey - Win an Apple iPad!

We are currently conducting a short survey about the satisfaction of our users and we would love to hear your feedback! Upon completion, you will be automatically entered into a drawing to win a free 16G Apple iPad!

The purpose of the survey is to find out how you think about FORA.tv and, more importantly, about things we could improve to make your video viewing experience at FORA.tv better. Your participation is completely voluntary and your answers will be kept confidential.

The Survey will be closing at 5:00 PST, November 30, 2010. The lucky winner will be announced on or around December 2nd on our company blog, and contacted via email. Drawing Rules are available here.

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The Global Summit II (TGS): Twenty-First Century Sustainable Cities

This November 8-10, 2010 the biennial Global Summit (TGS) comes to Fort Mason in San Francisco. The Global Summit is a three-day conference that brings together the most dedicated social, economic, and environmental leaders, citizens, and influencer's to collaborate on local action for a sustainable world.

Staffed by 100% volunteers, the Global Summit hosts three days of "Solution Councils" and workshops to engage a variety of stakeholders working on the most pressing social, economic and environmental issues of our time. The Global Summit is a 100% for-impact initiative with all proceeds supporting locally-led, sustainable development programs and education.

"I whole-heartedly endorse The Global Summit. It is a design of great significance and could be one of the seminal contributions to a more synergistic democracy and social evolution." - Barbara Marx Hubbard, President, Foundation for Conscious Evolution

Featured Speakers & Session Chairs:
John Perkins - New York Times Best Seller / Former Economic Hit man
Barbara Marx Hubbard - SEED Social Forum / Honorary Co-Chair / President, Evolve
Kevin Danaher - Human Rights Activist / Founder, Global Exchange
Bill Shireman - President of the Future 500 / Environmental Forum Co-Chair
Bonnie Nixon - President and CEO, BonnEco / Environmental Justice Leader
Marvin T. Brown – Business Ethics Expert / Author, Civilizing the Economy

Don't miss out! REGISTER HERE

Daily program elements:

• SEED (Social, Economic, & Environmental Diversity) Forum - Social, Economic and Environmental visionaries will inspire you into action
• 7 Stages to Sustainability (7SS) WORKShops – Get leading edge training in everything from transformational leadership to sustainable investing, all in a global collaboration framework
• 3 Days of Solution Councils – Throughout three powerful days, you will turn dialogue into committed action with experts in the areas you care about
• Sustainable Technology Expo - Find the greenest, cleanest and most grass-roots friendly technologies to achieve the results you need
• Concert & Culture - Daily & Nightly Live Music, Fashion Shows, Black Rock City born Art Installations, Poetry, Dance, +!

Where:
Fort Mason Center, Herbst Pavilion
San Franscisco, CA.
www.theglobalsummit.org

When:
Monday, November 08, 2010 at 9:00 AM - Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 6:00 PM (PT)

Stay tuned to the FORA.tv blog for more info, and visit us on Facebook and Twitter for news and updates on the latest videos from FORA.tv.

BizTechDay comes to San Francisco

The annual one-day conference, BizTechDay, is coming back to its birthplace - San Francisco - on Saturday, October 23rd.

Watch inspiring entrepreneurs Chris McCann (StartupDigest), Megan Casey (Squidoo), Ben Parr (Mashable), Tristan Walker (foursquare), Shaherose Charania (women 2.0), Clara Shih (The Facebook Era), along with 20 Bad-Ass Demo's from the comfort of your home or office.

Tickets to watch BizTechDay San Francisco on-demand are now on sale for $4.95 for select individual programs, and $59.95 for the full conference event pass (a $595.00 value!). Register today to start watching on Monday, November 1st.

Register now and receive:

• Exclusive access to ALL video programs of the conference
• An Event Pass provides unlimited, on-demand access for 60 days to the conference programs
• Missed a talk? Want to see it again? Watch from the comfort of your office or home

The full agenda for BizTechDay San Francisco is available at http://www.biztechday.com/2010-topics/agenda/.

FORA.tv would like to know which of the BizTechDay SF DEMO presenters are your favorite? Please leave your answers in the comment sections below.

	Square - Accept credit card payment using your mobile phone https://squareup.com
	Needium - Social lead generation tool for small and medium-sized local businesses http://needium.com/
	Infusiosoft - Email Marketing + CRM http://www.infusionsoft.com/
	Fliptop – measures engagement and conversion on all their social and email marketing channel http://www.fliptop.com/
	Lawpivot –Legal Q&A https://www.lawpivot.com/
	Weebly – Free website or blog in minutes by using a simple drag and drop interfacehttp://www.weebly.com/
	Collecta - Monitors the update streams of popular blogs, Twitter, Wordpress, and Flickr http://www.collecta.com/
	Webvanta – Build a web site in 60 seconds http://www.webvanta.com/
	Wildfire App–Interactive Promotion on Facebook and Twitter http://wildfireapp.com/?variation=1
	Flutter – Q&A platform you can use on your website http://flutter.com/
	Adroll – Displays advertising solution for ecommerce brands http://www.adroll.com/
	BillFloat -provides consumers with ‘more time to pay’ bills when faced with a cash flow crunch https://www.billfloat.com/
	Redbeacon- finds the right business or person to handle any local service need http://www.redbeacon.com/
	Passpack – Share passwords with your team http://www.passpack.com
	Top Prospect – Find your talented friends great jobs. https://topprospect.com/
	Line2 -allows you to add a second phone line to your iPhone http://www.line2.com/
	Cimbal – Pay by SmartPhone http://www.cimbal.com/
	Vayulogic – gets their customers to spend more, visit more, and attract their friends http://www.vayulogic.com/
	Thumbtack – vet, contact and book service professionals the moment you find them. http://www.thumbtack.com/

Also, don't forget to check out the incredible video programs from BizTechDay NY, presentations from Seth Godin, Simon Sinek, Lisa Gansky, Esther Dyson, and many other passionate entrepreneurs.

Stay tuned to the FORA.tv blog for more info, and visit us on Facebook and Twitter for news and updates on the latest videos from FORA.tv.

Happy Viewing!

FORA.tv Halloween Logo

Happy Friday FORA.tv fans!

In spirit of FORA.tv's favorite holiday, we would like YOU to help us choose the best custom Halloween Logo.

Check out our Facebook post to see what other FORA.tv fans have to say! If you don't like any of the logos, feel free to share your suggestions and/or provide us with a link to a logo you created.

Please leave your answers in the comments section below.

We look forward to your feedback!

- FORA.tv Team

Technology vs Creativity: Steven Johnson and Kevin Kelly

What forces drive the steady march of innovation?

On Monday, October 18, 2010 at 8:00pm EDT, LIVE from the New York Public Library (NYPL) brings distinguished authors Steven Johnson and Kevin Kelly in conversation to explore where technological innovation is taking us as a society. In a world of unprecedented technological advancements, from Google's self-driving cars to interactive text books, one cannot help but wonder if technology is helping or hindering the development of higher-order thinking skills.

FORA.tv is excited to offer the discussion LIVE and on-demand for you to enjoy and share with your family and friends. Register today and watch this exclusive event alongside our real-time chat feature and live Twitter stream!

Steven Johnson is the author of The Ghost Map, Everything Bad Is Good for You, Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life, Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Cities, Software and Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate, and The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America. He is also the founder of several influential websites, including FEED, Plastic, and, currently, outside.in. His most recent book is Where Good Ideas Come From.

Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. Previously, he was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review. He co-founded the ongoing Hackers' Conference and helped launch of the WELL, a pioneering online service started in 1985. Kevin Kelly is the author of New Rules for the New Economy and Out of Control. He is currently editor and publisher of the popular websites Cool Tools and The Quantified Self. His most recent book is What Technology Wants.

In advance of this upcoming conversation, FORA.tv would like to ask YOU:

How can we build environments in our schools, our businesses, and in our private lives that encourage the creation of new ideas -- ideas that build on new technology platforms in socially responsible ways?

Let us know what you'd propose in the comments section below.

As always, stay tuned to the FORA.tv blog for more info, and visit us on Facebook and Twitter for news and updates on the latest videos from FORA.tv.

Happy Viewing!

Watch The New Yorker Festival Oct 1/2/3 LIVE on FORA.tv

FORA.tv is pleased to announce that select programs from The New Yorker Festival can be viewed LIVE, as they happen from October 1-3, and on-demand following the event.

The New Yorker Festival, now in its eleventh year, brings together a distinguished group of writers, thinkers, artists, and other luminaries, and covers topics including film, music, politics, economics, architecture, fashion, and literature. Atul Gawande, Stephen King, Paul Krugman, Cynthia Nixon, Zadie Smith, Regina Spektor, are among the many speakers who will take the stage for conversation and debate.

The Festival begins Friday October 1 at 7 pm EDT and runs through the weekend with the last program starting Sunday October 3 at 4pm EDT. Event passes are available for $59.95 and provide access to the live streams of all programs, as well as on-demand viewing for 30 days from date of purchase. Single Program Passes are available for $4.95 and provide access to the live stream and on-demand viewing for 30 days from date of purchase.

The New Yorker Festival on FORA.tv includes:

October 1
7:00 pm EDT Lorrie Moore talks with Deborah Treisman

7:00 pm EDT Living History: With Peter Carey, E.L. Doctorow, and Annie Proulx
Moderated by Simon Schama.

9:30 pm EDT Giving Voice: With Uwem Akpan, Edwidge Danticat, and Dave Eggers
Moderated by Cressida Leyshon.

9:30 pm EDT Sex and Violence: With Junot Díaz, Joyce Carol Oates, and Wells Tower
Moderated by Willing Davidson.

9:30 pm EDT Michael Chabon and Zadie Smith


October 2
10:00 am EDT Paul Krugman talks with Larissa MacFarquhar

10:00 am EDT Ken Auletta on The Great Digital Disruption: How Google and the Internet Affect All Media (and Everyone Else)

10:00 am EDT Atul Gawande: How to Live When You Have to Die

1:00 pm EDT The Vampire Revival: With Noël Carroll, Stephen King, Matt Reeves, and Melissa Rosenberg
Moderated by Joan Acocella.

1:00 pm EDT James Surowiecki: Lucky, Good or Both? Talent and Context in a Random World

4:00 pm EDT Paul Goldberger: Why Architecture Matters

4:00 pm EDT The Case for Gay Marriage: With David Boies, Brian S. Brown, R. Clarke Cooper, Cynthia Nixon, and Gene Robinson
Moderated by Jeffrey Toobin.

6:30 pm EDT Tales Out of School 2: A New Yorker Night with the Moth
With David Grann, Jane Mayer, Susan Orlean, Jeffrey Toobin, and Calvin Trillin.
Hosted by Andy Borowitz.

10:00 pm EDT Regina Spektor talks with Michael Specter: A Conversation with Music
(Live Stream Only, On-Demand Viewing Not Available)


October 3
1:00 pm EDT The Cartoon Caption Game
(On-Demand Viewing Only, Available Oct. 11)

1:00 pm EDT Malcolm Gladwell: The Magical Year 1975

1:00 pm EDT Ian Frazier talks with David Remnick

4:00 pm EDT Your Brain on the Internet: With Nicholson Baker, Jaron Lanier, Jonah Lehrer, and Elizabeth Phelps

For more information about The New Yorker Festival, please visit newyorker.com.

Watch Jonathan Lethem LIVE from the NYPL at 7pm EDT Tonight!

We're pleased to announce that FORA.tv will present Jonathan Lethem LIVE from the NYPL as the second event of the Fall 2010 Season. The program begins at 7 pm EDT and online passes are available for $4.95.

Jonathan Lethem will join Paul Holdengräber for a conversation as he bids farewell to his friends and fans at his last event before leaving for his appointed position as the Roy Edward Disney Professor in Creative Writing at Pomona College in California.

Jonathan Lethem is the author of seven novels, including The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Jonathem Lethem is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and his most recent book is Chronic City.

LIVE from the NYPL is Cognitive Theater, with a mission to provoke, engage, enlighten, instigate and agitate the mind. LIVE is: provocative conversations, real debates, irresistible performances, original ideas.

Other LIVE from the NYPL Fall 2010 programs include:

DAVID CHANG, RENE REDZEPI & RUTH REICHL
in conversation
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

LIVE from the NYPL and The Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
DAVID GROSSMAN & NICOLE KRAUSS
in conversation
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

STEVEN JOHNSON & KEVIN KELLY
in conversation
Monday, October 18, 2010 at 8:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

THE MOTH
OMG: Stories of the Sacred
Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 8:00pm
Subscriptions Available Soon

W.S. MERWIN
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Friday, October 22, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

ANGELA DAVIS & TONI MORRISON
in conversation
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

ANTONIA FRASER
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

SLAVOJ ZIZEK
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

EDWIDGE DANTICAT
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

ANTONIO DAMASIO & MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
in conversation
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

ZADIE SMITH
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

DEREK WALCOTT
The Robert B. Silvers Lecture
Friday, December 3, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

NATIONAL LAMPOON REVISITED
Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

Stay tuned to the FORA.tv blog for more info, and visit us on Facebook and Twitter for news and updates on the latest videos from FORA.tv.

Thank you for watching FORA.tv!

BizTechDay NY Conference coming to FORA.tv

Meet the Best People. Build the Most Powerful Network.

We are proud to partner with BizTechDay to offer this year's New York Conference online at FORA.tv. The event will be held at The Times Center on Friday, September 24th and will be available on-demand on FORA.tv starting October 1st.

BizTechDay is a one-day conference that brings passionate entrepreneurs, influencer's, and business leaders across multiple industries to discuss new technologies and share practical business strategies. The event will include stories and thoughts from best selling author Seth Godin, social media theorist Clay Skirky, Inc's 30 under 30 Dan Schawbel, and founders of Meetup.com, Help a Reporter Out (HARO), Profounder, Gymboree, and Ofoto.

Register today for a full event pass and receive:

- Exclusive access to ALL video programs of the conference
- An Event Pass provides unlimited, on-demand access for 60 days to the conference programs
- Speaker Bios, links to related information
- Multimedia from relevant presentations
- DVD-style chaptering and HQ viewing

The agenda and speaker lineup:

Day 1 Friday, September 24

8:00 – 9:00 AM: Registration & Breakfast

9:00 – 9:45 AM: How cognitive surplus will change the business world
(Clay Shirky, Adjunct Professor in New York University)

10:00 – 10:30 AM: How to build your empire using email
(Peter Shankman, Founder of Help a Reporter Out (HARO))

10:30 – 11:00 AM: New and old ways to fund your business
(Dana Mauriello, Founder of Profounder)

11:00 – 11:30 AM: The Art of Building a Passionate Community
(Scott Heiferman, Founder of Meetup.com)

11:30 – 12:00 PM: How to Get Media Attention to Your Business
(Clayton Morris, FOX News Anchor)

12:00 – 1:30 PM: LUNCH

1:30 – 2:30 PM: Are You Indispensable?
(Seth Godin, New York Times Best Selling Author)

2:30 – 3:00 PM: Future of business: The art of winning through sharing — building strategic partnership
(Lisa Gansky, Cofounder of Ofoto and Author of The Mesh)

3:00 – 3:30 PM: How to compete with the big boys?
(Joan Barnes, Founder of Gymboree)

3:30 – 4:00 PM: How to build your brand on social media?
(Dan Schawbel, Business Week and Mashable Columnist)

4:00 – 4:30 PM: How to inspire your team and build a company with purpose?
(Simon Sinek, Author of Start With Why)

4:30 – 5:30 PM: ENTREPRENEUR PITCH AND MATCHING

6:00 – 9:00 PM: AFTER PARTY (Sponsored by Infusionsoft)

BizTechDay will be coming to San Francisco (sweet!) on October 23, 2010, so stayed tuned to FORA.tv blog for more updates.

Visit us on Facebook and Twitter for news and updates on the latest videos from FORA.tv.

We hope you enjoy the event!

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Watch Supreme Court Justice Breyer LIVE from the NYPL at 7pm EDT Tonight!

We're pleased to announce that FORA.tv will offer online subscriptions to LIVE from the NYPL's Fall 2010 Season.

The opening night event features Justice Stephen Breyer in conversation with Jeffrey Rosen of The Atlantic and LIVE from NYPL curator Paul Holdengräber. The event begins at 7 pm EDT, September 20 and can be viewed live, as it happens on FORA.tv for $4.95.

LIVE from the NYPL is Cognitive Theater, with a mission to provoke, engage, enlighten, instigate and agitate the mind. LIVE is: provocative conversations, real debates, irresistible performances, original ideas.

Justice Breyer, Rosen and Holdengräber will gather for a conversation about Breyer's new book, Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View. Together, they will examine what the Court must do to maintain public confidence and discuss the ten books that shaped Breyer’s intellectual persona.


Other LIVE from the NYPL Fall 2010 programs include:

JONATHAN LETHEM
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 7:00PM
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DAVID CHANG, RENE REDZEPI & RUTH REICHL
in conversation
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

LIVE from the NYPL and The Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
DAVID GROSSMAN & NICOLE KRAUSS
in conversation
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

STEVEN JOHNSON & KEVIN KELLY
in conversation
Monday, October 18, 2010 at 8:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

THE MOTH
OMG: Stories of the Sacred
Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 8:00pm
Subscriptions Available Soon

W.S. MERWIN
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Friday, October 22, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

ANGELA DAVIS & TONI MORRISON
in conversation
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

ANTONIA FRASER
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

SLAVOJ ZIZEK
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

EDWIDGE DANTICAT
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

ANTONIO DAMASIO & MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
in conversation
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

ZADIE SMITH
in conversation with Paul Holdengräber
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 7:00PM
Subscriptions Available Soon

DEREK WALCOTT
The Robert B. Silvers Lecture
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DRUDGE REPORT on Janet Napolitano

At today's Monitor Breakfast, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano admitted to reporters that 'she'd made it,' when asked about the nickname 'Big Sis' given her by the Drudge Report.

While 'Big Sis' is the female equivalent of Big Brother from George Orwell's 1984, and perhaps not exactly a compliment, the Secretary appears to take it in stride.

Here's the video from the Monitor Breakfast:

Winner Announced for DEMO Fall 2010 Conference Twitter Contest!

It's with great pleasure that we announce the lucky winner of the Live Stream Event Pass to the DEMO Fall 2010 Conference -- a $249.00 value!

From September 14th - 15th, starting every day at 9:00am (PST), the winner will watch one of the most sought-after technology events, with panel discussions from industry visionaries including Jack Dorsey (Creator/Co-Founder, Twitter), Lisa Gansky (Co-Founder, oFoto), and Andrew Mason (Founder/CEO, Groupon).

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iStrategy 2010 Live Stream Exclusively on FORA.tv

FORA.tv brings you an exclusive LIVE stream of leading international social media and digital marketing conference - iStrategy 2010. As 2010 marks a shift in consumer mentality from recession to recovery, iStrategy will teach you and your organization how to develop successful social media and digital strategies. Join the best marketing minds from the world's most successful companies to learn how to maximize your marketing impact.

From September 15 - 16, beginning at 9:00am (CDT) each day, FORA.tv will stream a live broadcast of iStrategy 2010 Conference at Chicogo’s Hotel Allegro, where you can watch and enjoy presentations from iStrategy’s rockstar lineup including: John Hayes (CMO, American Express), Chris Heuer (Founder, Social Media Club), Jeremy Thum (Director, Chicago Bulls), Bonin Bough (Global Dir. Social Media and Digital Marketing, PepsiCo), LaSandra Brill (Social Media Director, Cisco), Ted Gilvar (CMO, Monster.com), and many more!

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iStrategy 2010 Agenda:
9:00 am: Online Marketing Today, Tomorrow and in 2020
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10:10 am: Leveraging Social Media for the Enterprise [Panel]
Master of Ceremonies: Chris Heuer, Founder, Social Media Club
Speaker: Jeremy Thum, Director, Chicago Bulls
Michael Brito, Social Media Strategist, Edelman
Bonin Bough, Global Dir. Social Media and Digital Mktg, PepsiCo

2:10 pm: Creativity and Its Value in Integrated Marketing: A Market Leading CMO's Perspective
(Ted Gilvar, CMO, Monster)

3:40 pm: Q&A: Everything You Wanted to Know About Social Media (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Speaker: Samaya Kazi, CEO of YoProCo, Sun Microsystems
LaSandra Brill, Social Media Director, Cisco
Tony Welch, Lead Strategist, HP


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DEMO Fall 2010 Conference LIVE broadcast on FORA.tv

DEMO Fall 2010 Conference comes to you LIVE on FORA.tv on Tuesday, September 14-15, beginning at 9:00a.m. (PST) each day.

With over 65 companies ready to launch, tech pioneers ready to take the stage and share their industry vision, 100 press planning to attend and an absolutely rockin' closing party planned for Wednesday night, DEMO is the place to be next week, Sept. 13-15. And if you can't make it to Silicon Valley, then you can watch the conference on FORA.tv -- LIVE as it happens, and on-demand for 60 days following the event. Register before September 13 to take advantage of a Special Offer.

The DEMO conference has been the launching pad for numerous technology companies and products like Adobe Acrobat, Skype, Salesforce.com, E-Trade, and TiVo. This year, more than 65 hand-selected, carefully-vetted innovations poised to define new markets and shake up existing ones in the areas of consumer, enterprise, cloud social and media will launch from the DEMO stage.

The conference will also feature one-on-one conversations between Matt Marshall, Executive Producer, DEMO, and the following tech pioneers about trends in their specific industries:

•Jack Dorsey, Creator, Co-founder, and Chairman, Twitter, Inc.; CEO & Co-founder, Square
•Bill McDermott, co-CEO, SAP
•Andrew Mason, Founder/CEO, Groupon
•Jeff Weiner, CEO, LinkedIn
•Matt Thompson, General Manager, Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft
•Sean Finnegan, President/Chief Digital Officer, Sarcom MediaVest Group
•Lisa Gansky, co-founder, oFoto (now Kodak Gallery) and GNN (now part of AOL)

Hurry and REGISTER today. We look forward to seeing you this week!

And in the meanwhile, check out this clip from Zosh at DEMO Spring 2010:




Conference Agenda (also available here):

REPLACE BELOW WITH UPDATED AGENDA

Tuesday, September 14, 2010
8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Registration & Information Desk Open

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
(Matt Marshall, Executive Producer, DEMO)

9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. DEMOfocus on Enterprise Technologies

10:15 a.m. to 10:35 a.m. One-on-One with Bill McDermott, CEO, SAP

10:35 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. Revenue Secrets: How Enterprise CIOs Buy Emerging Technologies

Panelists:
- Dick Daniels, Senior Vice President, Health Plan and Hospitals IT, Kaiser Permanente
- Ralph Loura, Chief Information Officer, The Clorox Company
- John Murray, Chief information Officer, Genworth Financial Wealth Management, Inc.
- Sheldon Wang, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, eHealth Inc.

11:05 a.m. to 12:05 a.m. DEMOfocus on Mobile Technologies (Part 1)

12:05 p.m. to 12:25 p.m. One-on-One with Phil McKinney Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Personal Systems Group, HP and Matt Marshall, Executive Producer, DEMO

12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. DEMO Pavilion & Lunch

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. DEMOfocus on Mobile Technologies (Part 2)

3:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. One-on-One with Jack Dorsey, Creator, Co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter, Inc.; CEO & Co-founder, Square

3:50 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. DEMOfocus on Cloud Technologies

4:25 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. One-on-One with Matt Thompson, General Manager, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft

4:45 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. DEMO Pavilion Open with Cocktail Reception

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Dinner on Your Own

9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. DEMO After Dark: Networking Lounge and Social Media Hub

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration & Information Desk Open

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
(Matt Marshall, Executive Producer, DEMO)

9:10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. DEMOfocus on Consumer Technologies

10:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. One-on-One with Andrew Mason, Founder/CEO, Groupon

10:50 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. DEMOfocus on Social Media Technologies (Part 1)

11:50 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. One-on-One with Lisa Gansky, co-founder of oFoto (now Kodak Gallery) and GNN (now part of AOL); author of The Mesh and Matt Marshall, Executive Producer, DEMO

12:10 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. DEMO Pavilion and Lunch

3:00 p.m. to 3:35 p.m. DEMOfocus on Social Media Technologies (Part 2)

3:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. One-on-One with Jeff Weiner, CEO LinkedIn

3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. DEMOfocus on Social Media Technologies (Part 3)

4:05 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. One-on-One with Sean Finnegan, President/Chief Digital Officer, Starcom MediaVest Group and Matt Marshall, Executive Producer, DEMO

4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Networking Break and Open Voting for the DEMO People's Choice Award

5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. DEMO Awards Ceremony, $1 Million Prize and Closing Remarks

5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. DEMO Pavilion Open with Cocktail Reception

8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Closing Party at the Avalon Club

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FORA.tv Twitter Contest: Win A DEMO Fall 2010 Event Pass!

Can’t make it to Silicon Valley to attend next week’s DEMO Fall 2010 Conference?

Well now you can ... from the comfort of your office or home! FORA.tv is pleased to present a LIVE broadcast of DEMO Fall 2010 as a Premium Event on September 14-15. What's more, you can enter our Twitter contest to win a FREE FORA.tv event pass.

Starting September 11, 2010 at 9:00 am PST until September 13, 2010 at 7:00 pm PST, we will be running a contest on Twitter to give away a free event pass to the DEMO FALL 2010 Conference Live Stream on FORA.tv -- a $249.00 value!

Enter the contest for a chance to win today!

Requirements to win:

1. Follow FORA.tv at http://twitter.com/FORAtv

2. Retweet the following message:

RT and Follow @FORAtv to win a FREE pass to view @DEMO Fall 2010 Live Stream ($249.00 value) http://bit.ly/DEMOFORA #DEMOcon

For contest rules, please see our terms and conditions.

The deadline for the contest is Monday, September 13 at 7:00pm (PST). I will announce the winner via a FORA.tv blog post, and direct message on Twitter.

FORA.tv is thrilled to partner with one of the most sought-after technology events of the year to bring you a LIVE broadcast of the full conference, so don’t miss out!

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The NFL Stadium of the Future: A Sneak Peek at the SF 49ers High-Tech Arena

Are Wi-Fi and 3-D the future for NFL stadiums?

Last night, FORA.tv presented An Evening with SF 49ers' Jed York, hosted by the Churchill Club and held at the 49ers training camp in Santa Clara, CA.

York was interviewed by NFL Insider Matt Maiocco, and answered questions about the role of technology in sports, innovations for the planned new 49ers stadium, and what to expect in the upcoming NFL season.

Here, York describes the new San Francisco 49ers Stadium:

Housing, Unemployment, and Jon Fisher

News today of a record plunge in U.S. housing sales is sure to ignite conversation about the pace of economic recovery. What does this number mean for jobs and GDP? How soon before the U.S. recovers from this Great Recession?

To help answer these questions, we present a video featuring Jon Fisher at the Commonwealth Club from last year. Fisher is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, author, adjunct professor, and former Oracle Corporation executive. In April 2008, Fisher predicted U.S. unemployment would rise to 9% by April 2009. He quite correctly has spotted the connection between housing and unemployment.



Today's report from the National Association of Realtors describes a 27.2 percent fall in existing home sales in July to 3.83 million units, low levels not seen since May 1995. Pair this data with August's 9.5% unemployment rate and it's clear that Fisher's smart thinking remains spot on. The graph below illustrates the connection, perhaps too well for the housing industry and those seeking employment.


Source: Jon Fisher, formerly of Oracle Corporation, and John Blevins, Microsoft Corp.