link : Nominate Trout Video and Talk
First Name of the Nominee *
Michael
Last Name of the Nominee *
Trout
Telephone No.
202 360 4467
Email Address *
mjtrout @ gmail.com
Tell us briefly about the speaker: Occupation? Honors or distinctions? Recent work? Why are you recommending them? *
Trout is an Elementary School Teacher living and working In Japan he is also the Founder and Chief Evangelist at EDUIT, Inc.
He founded TEDxFutureEd group, the eSingularity movement and the Southern Shakespeare Festival, he attended the Royal National Theatre Summer acting program and studied under Ian Mackellen and Alan Richman. Was on the cover of the Tallahassee Magazine for establishing the Southern Shakespeare Festival. He been working to get out EDUIT's vision for a global education solution for the last 9 years. In the last year he has made tremendous headway by establishing a top notch leadership team in India and a committee with over 130 members and support for his vision.
"Michael is a true visionary. He sees connections that most people just plain miss. When it comes to passion, there are few people I have encountered that even approach Michael's level. Beyond that, he has been researching global education and inventing new ways to look at the entire issue, breaking through the barriers, both old and new... ultimately delivering a universal education platform that can link young people together to learn from each other as well as from uniquely-search-able multimedia web resources.
I have personal experience with Michael's delivery and his ability to communicate and get a vision across is powerfully unique. Powerful, exciting and engaging, and chock full of insight and depth. The world cannot do without a global education initiative that is deliverable and fundable. And Michael proposes one. "
Please provide links to any articles or web pages about the speaker.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Eduitorg -- over 80 videos of him talking
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&ref=ts&gid=5430142028 -- EDUIT, Inc Facebook group.
Google: "Trout, EDUIT, eSingularity" for more
Have you heard this person speak publicly? If so, where? *
No, but he hold as a degree in acting and has performed and presented in front of 1000s at the Southern Shakespeare Festival. Check out his YouTube videos, I think they are compelling. He is also a teacher and has to get up and perform everyday in front of his students.
Yes, at the Southern Shakespeare Festival he made many presentation and even performed in it.
Please provide links to any online audio or video featuring the proposed speaker.
If yes, please describe this person's speaking style.
Powerful and passionate verging on the evangelical. It is obvious from his videos he passionate about what he is doing and the message he want to share.
How do you think this person would best fit with the conference theme, "And Now The Good News ..."?
The good news as Trout put's it, is that we can flatten global education and make if tree and accessible to all, and India or China will most likely lead the way. Trout has a clear vision on how to bring it about as he discusses in his India prospectus. The good news is that the only thing stopping educaiton from bring free and accessible to all is a pervasive cultural paradigm that thinks that it cant be. He plans to change that and TED can help him do it.
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