What is Zeitguest?

This is not our logo. Repeat: this is not our logo…

We’re launching our “Lifestyle Innovation Network” – an innovation blog network – in the next few months.

We’re happy to announce another new channel celebrating the voices of the era: “Zeitguest”. After attending Google’s exclusive Zeitgeist conference three years in a row, and hearing top leaders talk about innovation, I felt it was time to open-source the voices of our generation (and the next-gen).

Zeitguest.com – “Your First-Class Ticket to the Era.” Full access to the Zeitgeist – intelligent voices in culture, intellect, ethics, spirituality and the political climate of our era.

Pulling from these diverse disciplines, we’ll  headline essays from top innovators, artists, politicians, world leaders and changemakers you probably have never heard of yet.

Are we the anti-TED? No, we’re the TED plus.

While you stay tuned for Zeitguest’s launch, send us your logo ideas, we’ll be selecting one shortly…

TED Conference 2009: Corporate Sponsors

From Google.org to Gucci, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design.) boasted 39 corporate sponsors  – 17 with noted initiatives – for it’s recent 2009 conference, TEDTalks line-up on Feb 2-7, 2009.  This appears part of a growing trend for brands to bring more meaning to their advertising.  Other than outpricing or simple descriptive / comparison branding initiatives, the focus has shifted into“What are you doing to make a difference?”, tell me about it and I’ll be more likely to listen. Read more >>