TedxChange: The Future We Make :: Sept 20

Convened by Melinda French Gates and featuring some of the world’s most inspired thinkers and doers, TEDxChange marks the anniversary of the Millennium Development goals: Ten years in, where does the global community stand in the work to save and improve lives around the world? And what does the future hold?

It will be hosted by TED curator Chris Anderson (who is married to the very awesome Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder/CEO, Acumen Fund.)

11am EDT/8am PDT

You can either attend (or host) a live screening of the event, or watch it online. If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area then you can head over to Mills College for their screening, which is sponsored by the Center For Socially Responsible Business, Lokey Graduate School of Business.

RSVP on Facebook to get the latest updates.

ViewChange Film Contest :: Entries due Aug 31.

Link TV, the largest independent TV broadcaster in the country, is working on a new project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It’s called ViewChange.org, and it’s a next-generation website that uses the power of video to build a case for better global development initiatives.

They're inviting filmmakers to submit five-minute stories about progress being made towards the UN’s Millennium Development Goals for their ViewChange Online Film Contest.

$5,000 cash prize offered for one winner in each category, with a grand prize of $20,000 for one winner. Winners and finalists' films will be nationally broadcast on Link TV and the finalists' films will be showcased at major events in NYC and DC.

Winners will be selected by online viewers, as well as a panel of judges including Danny Glover, Wim Wenders, Gael Garcia Bernal, US Senator Daniel Inouye, and will be announced in October.

Deadline is August 31.

The films that have already been submitted look awesome!