original content and community building
impactmania, an award-winning program development firm, features and connects people and projects to accelerate cultural, social, and economic impact. This is realized by visualizing research and societal issues, providing interactivity between experts in the fields and the community-at-large.
impactmania has collaborated with more than 300+ impactmakers in 30+ countries and connected hundreds of people and programs. impactmania’s work has been featured at the United Nations (UN), U.S. Consulates, universities, and (inter-)national media. It has formed partnership across sectors and industries, offering entrepreneurial and interdisciplinary internship programs.
“Double Bravo for the discussion meeting: I was impressed with the people who have joined up, the ones who showed up, and the ones I personally know whom you introduced at the dais. You obviously have tapped into some special energy system … keep it up … no one can do it better. You are onto something really exciting.”
– Prof. Emeritus Duncan Mellichamp, UCSB Trustee
paksy plackis-cheng, founder
Paksy Plackis-Cheng (American-Dutch) is renowned for her work at the intersection of technology and humanities. An AI expert, she currently contributes to the European Union’s multi-year initiative on Fairness and Intersectional Non-Discrimination in Human Recommendation, where she researches AI systems and the impact on job applicants.
Her original work in community building and AI-driven talent technology has garnered funding from both the U.S. State Department and the EU. In her ongoing EU research, Paksy collaborates with a diverse network of stakeholders, including hundreds of job applicants, global talent tech firms, AI software companies, and talent acquisition leaders from major public corporations. Her insights are shaped by her own extensive work experience spanning more than 20 countries and various sectors, including executive management roles in pioneering technology companies, one of which achieved a $6.9 billion IPO.
As the Founder of impactmania and the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Staex GmbH, Paksy is at the forefront of the machine economy, focusing on the secure and reliable deployment of autonomous mobile machines while maintaining human agency.
For each program, she builds the best and brightest team.
For example, team AI talent tech: https://www.impactmania.com/im/ai-hiring-eu/
news & media
impactmania’s work have been cited by a number of global media outlets, university presses, the United Nations, and the U.S. Consulate. The Women of Impact program was awarded the U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy Grant in 2019. view all impactmania news & media
Harvard Business School
“impactmania interview with Robert Zimmerman, Berlin Philharmonic, was cited as a source for the report: The Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital Forte.”
Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV)
“impactmania interview with artist Barbara Caveng was cited in the IKSV report: Living Together. Fostering Cultural Pluralism Through The Arts.”
timeline
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2018
Women of Impact book, museum exhibition, and presentation launched with 200+ community members and close to 30 women from the project traveled from 8 U.S. cities and 5 continents for the July 19th launch.
Pat Mitchell, first female President and CEO of PBS and Co-Director of TED Women, writes Women of Impact foreword.
impactmania partners with Art, Design & Architecture (AD&A) Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to deliver entrepreneurial, design-led, internship program for students.
2017
impactmania featured more than 300 original interviews with impact makers in 30 countries.
Newton Paiva University (Brazil) partners with impactmania to uncover and feature social enterprises.
impactmania’s video story The Future of Business is Responsible is also available on view at the United Nations Foundation’s website as part of the Every Woman Every Child initiative.
impactmania video story The Future of Business is Responsible was featured at the United Nations Global Compact Conference 2017.
2015
Impact X book and community event for 290 people takes place at The New Vic Theatre in Santa Barbara, California.
We matched dozens of people and projects.