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Reap Benefit for the Environment: Picking Up Trash Picks Up Steam

Reduce, reuse, and recycle in action. The founder of Reap Benefit, Kuldeep Dantewadia, went out on a personal daily trash collecting exercise over the course of 8 months. At the age of 21 he founded Reap Benefit, a social enterprise centered on improving the environment, and mobilized other young people to be part of the solution.

By impactmania|2025-11-15T10:53:26+00:00November 7th, 2016|Environment|

Sameer Walia: For-Profit, For People

Sameer Walia is the co-founder and Managing Director of The Smart Cube, a for-profit research and analytics firm serving clients ranging from skin care brand Elizabeth Arden to turnaround consulting firm Conway MacKenzie. The Smart Cube was founded to bridge the gap between data-rich, insight-poor research firms and valuable, but expensive, advisory firms.

By impactmania|2025-11-17T14:09:26+00:00November 7th, 2016|Corporate and Design|

Colin Finlay, POYi Award Winning, Documentary Photographer

Colin Finlay, POYi Award Winning, Documentary Photographer BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Colin Finlay, documentary photographer, has traveled to 90-plus countries to document apartheid, war, and genocide. How does Finlay hold on to hope for humanity after witnessing incredible human brutalities? He [...]

By impactmania|2025-11-17T12:50:57+00:00October 17th, 2016|Photography|

The SCAN Foundation President & CEO, Bruce Chernof, on Long-Term Care

The SCAN Foundation President & CEO, Bruce Chernof, on Long-Term Care BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Long-Term Care, something we don’t discuss until often it is too late. Many of us face complex and costly long-term care with either our loved ones [...]

By impactmania|2025-11-19T11:31:31+00:00October 13th, 2016|Politics|

City of Rotterdam: Smart City Development

Paula Verhoeven is the Director of City Development of the municipality of Rotterdam. She shares her insights on fostering successful private-public-nonprofit partnerships and how the City is advancing as a Smart City.

By impactmania|2025-11-17T13:21:48+00:00October 3rd, 2016|Politics|

Innovator Daan Roosegaarde on Being Future Proof

Innovator Daan Roosegaarde on Being Future Proof BY PAKSY PLACKIS-CHENG Daan Roosegaarde, the global impact maker, designer, and innovator, has made a name for himself with a number of projects, including the Smog Free Tower that is currently touring China. Daan spoke [...]

By impactmania|2025-11-15T17:13:29+00:00October 3rd, 2016|Environment, Human Interests|

impactmania speaks at EU AI Fairness Cluster in the Netherlands

2023 | Meet the Drapers

impactmania’s founder on Meet the Drapers for Staex in California

2021 | Women of Impact – Italy

impactmania Women of Impact – Italy will take place in an intimate setting in July. Paola Ferrari has been part of the impactmania’s Women of Impact network since 2017. She traveled with impactmania’s founder Paksy Plackis-Cheng to New Zealand and experienced firsthand a once -in-a-lifetime professional opportunity and lasting personal friendship. Together they are looking forward to hosting you in Bella Italia!

2020 | Stay at Home!

COVID turned us all into Digital Nomads! Read more about working location-independently and the impact of modern day people movement.

2019 | Women of Impact – New Zealand

impactmania’s Women of Impact was awarded the U.S. Embassy Diplomacy grant to interview 12 Women of Impact in New Zealand. The U.S. Consul General will welcome the women and a public event will take place in Auckland, November 3-8, 2019. Here are the Women of Impact Aotearoa.

2018 | Women of Impact – California

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