Teny Gross
Executive Director, Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence
Inspired Conversation
Two days. Thirty storytellers. Over 400 innovators, troublemakers, entrepreneurs, inventors, and transformation artists.
BIF-8 is a national gathering of amazing people who are driven by their passion, creativity, and smarts to create value in entirely new ways. Believing in the power of stories to change the world, the BIF Summit is a storytelling jam, peppered with tales of personal discovery, innovation, and transformation.
Now in its eighth year, the BIF Summit has earned it reputation as "one of the top 7 places to watch great minds in action" (according to Mashable). The summit provides participants with the space to be curious and crazy, get inspired, and collide with unusual collaborators.
BIF-8 Storytellers
Here are a few of this year's incredible storytellers.
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Rachel Shuster
Founder, Kids Care Club HHH
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Tom Yorton
Chief Executive Officer, Second City Communications
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Susan Schuman
CEO and Partner, SYPartners
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Robin Chase
Founder, Buzzcar and Zipcar
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Valdis Krebs
Founder, Chief Scientist, orgnet.com
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Dries Buytaert
Creator and Project Lead, Drupal
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Darell Hammond
CEO and Founder, KaBOOM!
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Beth Coleman
Co-director of the Critical Media Lab, Professor of English Literature and Languages, University of Waterloo, Ontario
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James Gardner
Chief Strategy Officer, Spigit
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Michael Harsh
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, GE Healthcare
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Lara Lee
Chief Innovation and Operating Officer, Continuum
BIF-8 Extras
BIF-8 Videos
Videos recorded live at this year's BIF Collaborative Innovation Summit are now available online! Here's a small sample from this inspiring collection.
