TEDxBerkeley - Nipun Mehta - Designing For Generosity

Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace (formerly Charity Focus), an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology and gift-economy. What started as an experiment with four friends in the Silicon Valley has now grown to an global ecosystem of over 350,000 members that has delivered millions of dollars in service for free. Nipun has received many awards, including the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the President's Volunteer Service Award and Wavy Gravy's Humanitarian award. He is routinely invited to share his message of "giftivism" to wide ranging audiences, from inner city youth in Memphis to academics in London to international dignitaries at the United Nations. He serves on the advisory boards of the Seva Foundation, the Dalai Lama Foundation, and Greater Good Science Center.

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[Elizabeth Murray]

Nipun is so inspiring!

[Vineet Trakroo]

A new perspective which reconnects us to our basics "Being Human"

[Sarah Verwei]

Love the small acts, creating synergie, bonding, that has value and is the circulation of a gift culture, I started to open a store, practicing generosity and experiencing with adding value at Work Flow Studio, shifting in how people come together, cultivating consciousness,sharing the power of inner transformation and projects of leadership for sustainability

[LibertyDownUnder]

A few lectures isn't enough to base a whole degree on. And besides, it's fun to speak in public.

Most people would be happy to give a free lecture, but I doubt they'd be prepared to to 3 months of admin work / sorting mail for the university with no pay.

Why would they? They need to eat, commute, pay rent, save for retirement.

This whole idea that making a living is somehow malicious just doesn't fly.

[Joaquin Bravo Contreras]

some already do give their lectures for free. Search for edx and other free courses from top universities (the term I think is massive open online course and you can find it on wikipedia). So please reconsider ;-)

[TyberiusOSU]

Hell yeah! Check out community supported everything, pdx chapter on alberta. We have fb page too.

[Roxanne Beseman]

What a lovely world is can be.

[ANIL SAMTANI]

Nipun - u have stolen my heart - that was awesome - i luv the USA & I luv INDIA, I would like to suggest a topic of discussion - pl guide me how i may help in this aspect - i want the CORRUPTION IN INDIA TO BE KILLED - i would luv to know a WAY Gif-tiv-ism - could suggest a way to do this, - there a lot of things in my mind to better the world - but lets start with the one which has been bugging me & many all over the world. Please help thanks

[Cynthia Stott]

Fabulous! Starting the ripples of Generosity...imagine the possibilities if we Designed for Generosity.