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TEDxBerkeley - Nipun Mehta - Designing For Generosity

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jinobutsu has shared a video with you on YouTube: TEDxBerkeley - Nipun Mehta - Designing For Generosity Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace (formerly Charity Focus), an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology and gift-economy. What started as an experiment with four friends in the Silicon Valley has now grown to an global ecosystem of over 350,000 members that has delivered millions of dollars in service for free. Nipun has received many awards, including the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the President's Volunteer Service Award and Wavy Gravy's Humanitarian award. He is routinely invited to share his message of "giftivism" to wide ranging audiences, from inner city youth in Memphis to academics in London to international dignitaries at the United Nations. He serves on the advisory boards of the Seva Foundation, the Dalai Lama Foundation, and Greater Good Science Center. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like ... more
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William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind

Learning Through the Moment of Joy

There is a saying that we learn through the moment of joy. This old adage holds true for me. By referring to my past, things that I did well in life are those that I enjoyed most. Take cooking for example, with no experience in cooking before I started my university, I now managed prepare eight dishes of Chinese cooking for 40 people. I enjoyed cooking. However, the question is where did I instil my joy from? I obtain mine from:

· Encouragement of others;

· Good instructor/teacher/mentor/coach ;

· Breaking a challenge.

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