Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight highlights unique and inspiring keynote speakers who are making a difference in the world around them. These men and women are thought leaders, educators, activists, entertainers, and politicians. Together, they form an interesting collection of informative presenters and motivational speakers. They touch on a wide variety of topics, including technological developments, minority representation, the social media revolution, health issues, social justice, and more.

Speaker Spotlight: Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas  is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at...
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Big Think: Maria Szalavitz

Maia Szalavitz is a neuroscience journalist working to change the way we define drug addiction. In her Big Think video "A New Definition of...
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Speaker Spotlight: Ben Weiss

In 2009, Ben Weiss founded Bai Brands, the producer of antioxidant, low-calorie drinks from coffeefruit. By 2011, the company's annual revenue reached $1.7 million...

Spotlight on… Jeremy Stoppelman

Jeremy Stoppelman is the CEO of Yelp, Inc., which he co-founded in 2004. The idea for Yelp came to Stoppelman and several colleagues during a...
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Speaker Spotlight: Brian Sharples

Brian Sharples co-founded HomeAway.com with Carl Shepherd in February 2005. He raised over $400 million in private funding to acquire market-leading vacation rental websites...
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Todd Yellin, Entertainment Technologist

Todd Yellin is Netflix's VP of Product Development. His role revolves around changing the way people find great streaming content to watch over the Internet...

Chris Gethard on Learning Improv Technique

American actor, comedian, and writer Chris Gethard recently filmed a Big Think video on the importance of learning improv technique. In "Learning Basic Improv...

Ralph Rivera

Ralph Rivera is the Director of BBC Digital. He is responsible for the development of BBC's interactive services BBC Online and BBC Red Button. His...

Big Think: Mary Louise Parker

Mary Louise Parker is a bestselling author and award-winning actress. Her first book, Dear Mr. You, is a New York Times bestseller that follows the...
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Charles Duhigg on What Makes a Winning Team

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the New York Times. He's also the author of The Power of Habit and his latest Smarter Faster...

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