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November 21, 2012 06:36 pm GMT

Ben Rattray: 5 TEDTalks That Will Inspire You to Action


As the founder of Change.org, Ben Rattray works tirelessly to give voice to the voiceless and build tools and platforms to help ordinary people change the world. Similarly, he is drawn to TEDTalks that encourage viewers to get up off the couch and make a difference.

He writes, "In college, I was always disappointed by lectures that covered social problems but failed to identify what I could do to change them. Part of the problem was that many professors simply didnt believe they had a role in converting awareness to action. But perhaps more significantly, the people at the front lines of discovering how to make change typically arent shut inside an ivory tower.

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