Elevating Impact 2018

Thinking in Opposites

The 2018 Summit considered how Thinking in Opposites inspires creative new ideas, forges unlikely partnerships, and creates unforeseen breakthroughs.

Location: The Portland Armory

Date: February 9, 2018

Number of Attendees: 534

Weather: 48 degrees Fahrenheit and broken clouds

Videos

Opening Remarks

Carolyn McKnight

Alchemy of Wasted Time

Corey Pressman

Corey is a strategist, anthropologist, and futurist. What are some of the ways you can daydream, ponder, and play in order to become a vital and evolved practitioner?

Impact Invention Fireside Chat

John Warner, Carol Dahl

Carol Dahl, Executive Director of the Lemelson Foundation, and John Warner, AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador, discuss green chemistry and its impact and implications in the impact invention space.

Impact Invention Award

Placemaking

Ridhi D'Cruz

As an intercontinental cross-pollinator, sociocultural anthropologist, and permaculture educator, Ridhi participates in, facilitates, and supports initiatives in the areas of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Placemaking, Capacity Building, houseless Advocacy, Native American Allyship, Cultural Sustainability, and Social Permaculture.

Performance

PSU Chamber Choir

The Portland State Chamber Choir is the top choral ensemble at Portland State. Since its founding in 1975, the Chamber Choir has performed and competed in venues across the country and around the world.

Thinking in Opposites for Collaborative Governance Discussion

Joy Alise Davis, Mary Li, Walter Robinson, Jeana Woolley

A critical conversation about community-centered policy and planning, where designers, organizers, and public service leaders are activating neighborhoods and networks to make the policies that shape Portland.

Thinking in Opposites for Health Innovation Discussion

Brendon Bassett, Gwen Conner, Justine Haigh, Tyrone Poole

An exploration of creative approaches to health outside traditional facilities, from flipping assumptions about young adults with autism to lowering the barriers to renting a home.

Performance

Jefferson Dances

The Jefferson Dancers are the elite dancers of the nationally known dance department at Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon. For over forty years the company has been comprised of the school's most advanced dance students who come to Jefferson High School for dance training.

Systems Change

Maurico Lim Miller

Mauricio Lim Miller is a leading social entrepreneur on a mission to support and accelerate low-income families' own efforts to improve their social and economic mobility.