The Art of Changemaking

The Art of Changemaking was very lucky that not just one, but TWO Filipino TEDxers have agreed to share some “backstage secrets” about TEDxManila.
For this second installment of the Changemaker Profiles on Team TEDxManila, we proudly present to you the Philippines’s first TED fellow, Rom Feria.
Are you ready for TED? We certainly are!
Congratulations [...]

Who here doesn’t know TED?

(Okay, if you don’t, click on that image above and finally be in the know.)
For those of us who know and love TED, we’ve watched the videos and been inspired by the speakers, and then we’ve asked ourselves: Why can’t we have TED in the Philippines?
Finally, on December, Filipino [...]

This morning saw TV viewers, students, and even protesters across the Philippines abuzz. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton capped off her Philippine visit with a live forum, and people naturally wanted to know how America’s former First Lady and first female candidate for president would respond to questions about US-Philippine relations, questions on climate [...]

Social entrepreneur and Harvard and MIT grad Illac Diaz does it again, this time by making it to CNNgo.com’s “Hot List: 135 People to Watch.” According to the Hot List site, “making our Hot List means being unique, fascinating and, most important of all, a contributor to our vibrant, emerging world.”
Diaz is no stranger to [...]

She turned Philippine politics upside-down and inside and out with her unique brand of wit and humor, coupled with the kind of frankness, sincerity, and passion rarely seen in public these days. In portraying characters from different sides and angles of Philippine socio-political life, Juana Change (a.k.a. Mae Paner) has become more than just a [...]

Abangan…

It was at 16 when I had my first real taste of independence.
The year before that I had been traveling to and from Paranaque, where I lived, and Quezon City, where I studied, being driven in a car that was filled with my stuff toys and my favorite pink comforter. I was a sheltered little [...]

I was so thrilled to be part of Hungry People’s interview list, and even more thrilled to finally see it published! Thanks to fellow changemaker, blogger, and “author-in-training” Jay Jaboneta for this great opportunity!