Sessions at SXSW Interactive 2012 about Community and Health with audio

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Friday 9th March 2012

• Build. Community Is Easy, Saving the World Is Hard

  by Colin Wallis, Kesah Schmitt, Mark Himmelsbach, Scott Orn and Dave Dobbins

  Passion for social issues has been an American ideal from the start. For hundreds of years, foundations and nonprofit organizations have been forming groups to provide support, comfort, and solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. Dialogue and subsequent action happens when dedicated people rally together in communities - live or virtual - to impact health issues, advance social causes, and make the world a better place.

  With the ever-changing landscape of new digital community-building platforms, these socially responsible groups are taking advantage of new technologies to reach and engage their audiences. The panel will uncover the organizational strategies of community building, maintaining engagement over time, and uniting a group of people who may have never met face-to-face. From helping people quit tobacco to establishing support groups for rare diseases and supporting healthy lifestyles, each organization approaches community engagement in a unique way. Come hear the successes and set backs of community building that strive to bring social issues to the forefront and address them in modern ways.

  • Activism
  • Charity
  • Community
  • Health
  • Social
  • Social Media

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Friday 9th March

  In Room 6AB, Austin Convention Center

  Coverage audio clip

Saturday 10th March 2012

• Feel Rich: Health is the New Wealth

  by Quincy Jones III, Shawn Ullman, Crystal Wall, Paul Wall and Slim Thug

  Forty-time platinum, multi-Grammy and Emmy Award winning producer and digital guru Quincy Jones III (QD3) has turned his attention to a new creative movement: the creation of a health and fitness culture born from the urban and hip-hop community's respect for music, movement and entertainment.Feel Rich is health on your terms, fitness in your own style, and food choices that make sense on the streets where you live. The company promotes health by showing how it will make your game better, Your concerts livelier, Your grades better, Your hustle stronger. In a short few months the company has grown into a powerful movement with community and artists support. The company's mission statement is: To make every hood in the world healthyThis panel will discuss and explore the cornerstone of this new culture, promoting fitness and healthy living as the way to take your life to the next level.

  • Community
  • creative
  • Culture
  • Fitness
  • Health

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Saturday 10th March

  In Room 5ABC, Austin Convention Center

  Coverage audio clip