I have been hearing from a few different people about how great Pop!Tech was. It’s a TED competitor that just took place in Maine last week. The “usual” line-up of digital visionaries (Clay Shirky), social activists (Jessica Flannery of Kiva.org), performance artists (Imogen Heap), and Intellectuals Liberals Admire (George Lakoff)
A relative bargain at $3500 vs. $6000 for Ted, and no application essay!
http://www.poptech.org
As I look over the site and the concept, it’s amazing how shamelessly they are copying TED. They have an incubator, Pop!Tech Fellows etc. It’s cool to see that competitive dynamics exist even in the world of prestige, high-IQ conferences.
FYI, Method designed Ted.com
