There are countless nonprofit organizations around the world that strive to do good work. Their success in gaining awareness and effecting change in the communities they serve varies and because of this many of them fade just as quickly as they were created. What gives a nonprofit staying power?  In addition to strong local leadership, […]

“Without creativity we wouldn’t have anything. It’s what moves us forward as a species and makes us a better one,” says Brian Magerko. As an associate professor of digital media and head of the Adaptive Digital Media (ADAM) Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology, Magerko works with his students in the inter-disciplines of human creativity, […]

It was a chance meeting with a member of a gangsta rap crew from Long Island that changed Glenn Bolton’s name…and his life. “I was going by the name of “Doctor On,” and this guy said, ‘that name is crap. You’re going to call yourself “Daddy-O” and he immediately when into this rhyme I still […]

Friday night was a first for TEDxPeachtree – we held our first ever live-lit event! The first (hopefully annual) TEDxPeachtreeSalon Poetry Slam was held at the Atlanta landmark Manuel’s Tavern. We were overwhelmed with the support we received from the Atlanta creative community, and proud to have such spectacular talent on stage.  Ten excellent local […]