Women of Impact NYC, Spring 2019!
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Women of Impact Presentation Video Highlights
Women of Impact presentation The Women of Impact project consists of a book, museum exhibition, and presentation. Here are the presentation highlights with the inaugural group […]
Women of Impact e-book is available on Amazon!
Women of Impact e-book is available on Amazon!
Montecito Journal covers WoI event
Thank you, Joanne Calitri, for covering Women of Impact project in the Montecito Journal! On July 19th, at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, there […]
Pat Mitchell, Editorial Director TED X Women, supports WoI
Thank you, Pat Mitchell, media pioneer and TED X Women Editorial Director for writing the foreword to impactmania’s Women of Impact book and sharing it with […]
SheVentures interviews Paksy, founder of impactmania
Georgina Miranda, CEO SheVentures, interviews Paksy Plackis-Cheng, founder impactmania for Office Hours on Facebook Live! Check out the 20 minute chat about Paksy’s second book and […]
Women of Impact on the Homepage of UCSB’s The Current News
‘Women of Impact’ The Art, Design & Architecture Museum and impactmania present their inaugural collaboration By Suzanna Ackroyd Wednesday, July 18, 2018 – 14:30 Santa […]
Pat Mitchell, Co-Creator TED Women, Wrote the WoI Foreword!
Thank you Pat Mitchell, national media pioneer, for being part of impactmania’s Women of Impact project. Pat Mitchell wrote the foreword to the Women of Impact […]
The Voice Magazine Covers Women of Impact
impactmania’s founder Paksy Plackis-Cheng captured more than 1 million words from 130 Women of Impact in 30 Countries. This exhibition is complemented with a panel discussion […]
RSVP and Meet 18 Women of Impact on July 19
This exhibition is complemented by a panel discussion on July 19th that includes women featured in the book from across the country, among them: Jean Kilbourne, Women Hall of Fame inductee 2017; Teresa Herd, Intel’s vice president Global Creative Direction; Laura Jana, M.D., award-winning author; Aliza Shvarts; artist and scholar; Jodie Grenier, Marine Corps Veteran and executive director, Foundation for Women Warriors; Teresa Goines, executive director, Old Skool Café; Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, CEO and Chair of Pacific Air Industries and philanthropist; Carla De Landri, former senior producer ’20/20′ TV series and ABC News, Marla McNally Phillips, Theatre Producer, Miyoung Chun, scientist and entrepreneur, Thais Barros Beldi, Manager Strategy and Innovation, Facens University, from Brazil and Brittany Teei, Founder and CEO, KidsCoin from New Zealand.
First Female President & CEO PBS Pens Foreword for Women of Impact!
When I learned about Paksy Plackis-Cheng, I knew I had found a like-minded colleague. Paksy’s impactmania share my core values and personal mission of recognizing and celebrating women whose work and stories deserve greater acknowledgement and appreciation: women with impact, whose legacies should be held as models for future generations.
Your Turn to Meet 18 Women of Impact Live, July 19!
This exhibition is complemented by a panel discussion on July 19th that includes women featured in the book from across the country and the world, among them:
Peter Schoonmaker is Designing for the Future
I want to design from the future, and for the students to design with their heads in 2050. What would it be like to time travel back to 2018, 2020, 2025 from that future to anticipate the needs and understand resources trends, so that we can all live well together long into the future.
Future AD&A Museum and impactmania Projects Announced
In January 2018, the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara (AD&A Museum, UCSB) partnered with impactmania and launched a unique collaboration. To cement this partnership, Paksy Plackis-Cheng, impactmania’s founder, was named Senior Fellow of Research and Media.
130 Women of Impact in 30 Countries
Although most media would like us to believe that women have taken a backseat in driving cultural, social, and economic impact, impactmania has featured more than 130 female change-makers in 30 countries, including ambassadors, impact investors, architects, a Grammy award-winning concert pianist, social entrepreneurs, and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Considering the current empowering spirit, and the enduring equality issues raised by women, this theme is perfectly timed.
Meet the Women of Impact, July 19th
This multifaceted project looks at the accomplishments of women in 30 countries and is represented by an online archive and book featuring in-depth interviews and an exhibition at the Art, Design & Architecture (AD&A) Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Aliza Shvarts: Introducing Off Scene, Artspace, May 11-June 25, 2018
For the past ten years I’ve lived a strange contradiction for an artist: I’m best known for a piece that no one has ever seen. In 2008, I came to national media attention for my senior thesis in the Art major at Yale, which was banned by the university and has never been shown in any public way. My project, though controversial, was inspired by questions that I think are central to both feminism and art: What are our capacities as makers? What can a body do?
Women of Impact Exhibition at AD&A Museum, July 19th – September
Most media would like us to believe that women have taken a backseat in driving cultural, social, and economic impact. In two years, impactmania featured more than 125 female change makers in 30 countries including ambassadors; impact investors;
impactmania’s Presentation to AD&A Museum interns, UC Santa Barbara
Initially, I found these numbers alarming. Now I look at these and am excited. These numbers also mean there will be many new opportunities. We’ll need Chief Productivity Officers, nano-medics, robot-counselors (matching people w/ robots), 3D body part makers. Apart from wealth mangers, you will also have crypto-currency managers. But also non-technology jobs such as a nostaligst: someone who recreates familiar living places for the elderly.
The First Urban Farm in Latin America working with UN’s SDG
impactmania announced a partnership with Newton Paiva University in Brazil, October 2017. Here is the first video story about a startup that matters created in […]
Still We Rise event at UC Santa Barbara
AD&A Museum and UCSB’s Theater and Dance Department’s, Professor Monique Meunier, hosted Still We Rise, an artistic accumulation of Professor Rick Benjamin’s poems, scenes from Professor Risa Brainin’s Staging the Daffy Dame, and Prof. Meunier’s own choreography and music selections.
AD&A Museum, UC Santa Barbara Partners with impactmania!
In January 2018, the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara (AD&A Museum, UCSB) will partner with impactmania and launch a unique collaboration. To cement this partnership, Paksy Plackis-Cheng, impactmania’s founder, is named Senior Fellow of Research and Media.
We Launched an Accredited University Program!
impactmania’s original content has been cited by institutions such as Harvard Business School, USC, and the U.S. Consulate. One of our video stories was featured at the United Nations Global Compact Conference 2017. A Brazilian university has developed an impactmania accredited course. See here for more on the partnership!
Newton Paiva University & impactmania Announce Partnership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWTON PAIVA UNIVERSITY AND IMPACTMANIA ANNOUNCE A PARTNERSHIP TO UNCOVER IMPACT MAKERS IN BRAZIL International Alliance to Connect People and Projects That […]
Intel Vice President of Global Creative Direction, Teresa Herd
Intel Vice President of Global Creative Direction, Teresa Herd
The Future of Insight, Henry Mason, CEO of TrendWatching
TrendWatching is the global go-to consumer insight and strategy platform reaching 260,000 subscribers in over 80 countries with over 1,200 company clients. impactmania’s Jody Turner caught up with CEO, Henry Mason, as a follow-up on how he has taken the reigns from the founder. Henry shared on where the insight industry is going and what he is doing in response to the current changes in the marketplace.
impactmania at United Nations (UN) week!
United Nations Secretary General, Guterres and Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union kicked off the event. With speaker Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile who said that if women do well, their husbands, children do well, and the whole community does well; Malala, youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai were speaking about the importance of education to help counter gender violence.
impactmania at the United Nations (UN) Studio!
impactmania at the United Nations (UN) Studio!
Saks Afridi: Ad Man Turned Artist
Creative Director for brands such as Mercedes-Benz and MTV, Saks Afridi, has been bestowed with two Gold Cannes Lion Awards and a United Nations (UN) Award for Peace & Understanding. The Pakistan-born, New York living, multi-disciplinary artist collaborates with weavers, painters, and even food vendors to address issues around Islamophobia, drone warfare, and social justice. impactmania visited Saks Afridi’s studio in New York where he spoke about his UFO rug, the Instagram art market, and eating Jalebi.
United Nations (UN) Foundation Features impactmania Video
United Nations (UN) Foundation features impactmania’s video story!
Living in the Creative Zone: Young Entrepreneurs Help Refugees with Work Placement
Jody Turner interviews young entrepreneurs, Charlie Thelin and Ludvig Berggren, about their dynamic business solutions for a particularly salient issue: immigration employment and integration.
Living in the Creative Zone: Nordic Health Innovation
Jody Turner met Jonas Berggren, who is working intensely on the cyber healthcare of tomorrow.
UN Features impactmania’s Video: The Future of Business is Responsible
A co-production between Jaipur Rugs Foundation and impactmania was featured at the recent UN Global Compact Conference! It shows how a social enterprise at scale addresses women’s equality and responsible production through the example of one woman artisan.
Living in the Creative Zone: André Bogsjoe on Uniti’s Electric Vehicle
Writer Jody Turner interviews Swedish social change maker André Bogsjoe whom she met while speaking at Lars Lings’ Nordic Future Days in Sundsvall, Sweden. André Bogsjoe talks about his current project UNITI, an eco focused car, a product that can be delivered directly to your door.