Media
Publications & Presentations
In reverse chronological order:
ARTICLE: How To Create Social Change: 3 Expert Storytelling Techniques, Globe Sprouting
PRESENTATION: Designing for Community, Global Service Design Conference NYC
KEYNOTE: Design Challenges at the Rwandan Genocide Memorial, Soho House NY
ARTICLE: Imaginary Islands & Neo-Tribalists, Medium
ARTICLE: City Dispatch: New York City, The City Tribune
ARTICLE: A Bronx Tech Tale, Huffington Post
ARTICLE: Monetizing Neighborliness, Huffington Post
WORKSHOP: Building Networks for Good, CAPS 2015 Networked Social Responsibility, Brussels
WORKSHOP: On Communication, Un-Schools Summer Fellowship, New York City
BOOK CHAPTER: What’s Strategy Got To Do With It?, Social Good Guides
ARTICLE: #WeWashing: When "Sharing" Is Renting and "Community" Is a Commodity, Huffington Post
ARTICLE: #Selma50, Storytelling Strategies and Social Change, Huffington Post
WORKSHOP: Transformative Storytelling at Smart Impact, Mexico City
KEYNOTE: On Creative Perspectives, Impacto The Future of Business, São Paulo
EBOOK: The Thinking Body, Wisdom Hackers/The Pigeonhole -
Read the free excerpt on Medium.
ARTICLE: The Case for 'Free Range' Knowledge Workers, Huffington Post
PANEL: Wisdom Hackers New York City Panel Discussion
ARTICLE: Art and Activism Lessons with André Cymone, HuffPost
PANEL: The Future of Community, Internet Week NY
MAKERS INSTITUTE CLASS: What's Strategy Got To Do With It?
TOOLKIT: League of Intrapreneurs Toolkit: "Unlocking Resources"
PANEL: Intrapreneurship Clinic: How can we rally communities of support for game-changing innovation?
WORKSHOP: The Taiwanese American Movement, Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association West Coast Conference @ UCLA
ARTICLE: Rebrand Your ‘Hood for Good, GOOD Magazine
ARTICLE WITH JEREMY HEIMANS: What structures really change the world?, YouthPolicy.org
PRESENTATION & PAPER: Meu Rio, International Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Local Activism, AIGA Geographics Conference, Honolulu
WORKSHOP: Designing Movements, Social Enterprise Bootcamp, New York City
WORKSHOP: Introduction to Strategy for Changemakers, The Social Innovators Collective and General Assembly, New York City
WEBINAR: Designing Participatory Movements, School of Visual Arts
ARTICLE: 4 Lessons From The Social Innovation Hotbed Of Brazil, Fast Co.Exist
PRESENTATION & SOCIAL MEDIA: Global Livable Resilient City Network Conference, Bellagio, Italy
PRESENTATION & FACILITATION: DIY Economy Retreat, Asheville, North Carolina
PRESENTATION: You are a Cultural Agent, UX for Good, New Orleans
ARTICLE WITH JEREMY HEIMANS: Join the Insurgency Against the Jobs Crisis, The Huffington Post
WORKSHOP WITH CHERYL HELLER: Accelerating Social Innovation Through Design, Net Impact Conference, Portland
PRESENTATION: Funding 21st Century Movements and Campaigns, Grantmakers for Youth, Children & Families National Conference, San Francisco
PRESENTATION: Start with a Circle: Musings on Movement Design, Purpose.com, New York City
PRESENTATION: It’s Cool to be Flat, Ignite NYC, New York City
TEXTBOOK CO-EDITED WITH NICHOLAS DIBIASE: Freedom vs Security: The Struggle for Balance, International Debate Education Association
Interviews & Earned Media
THE COOPER UNION: Design Thinking Workshop Attracts Students From All Three Schools
WORKZ.DK: Navigating Public-Sector Innovation
ETHOS: Fresh Ideas with Lee-Sean Huang
CCTV AMERICA: The Awesome Foundation: Investing in the inspirational
LIVERPOOL ECHO: Ideas pour in for £300,000 North Liverpool fund for entrepreneurs
ETHOS: The Change Makers, Lucy Chesters interviews Foossa's Lee-Sean Huang
NEW YORK TIMES: Investing in the Awesome, No Strings Attached, by Richard Morgan
ETHOS: Random Acts of Awesome, by Lucy Chesters
WHY WE GIVE: Interview with The Awesome Foundation NYC's Lee-Sean Huang and Jesse Chan Norris
JQ MAGAZINE: Q&A with Lee-Sean Huang of Foossa on ‘The Thinking Body'
UX FOR GOOD: Designing Understanding, Interview with Andrew Benedict Nelson
PARSONS DESIGN STUDIES: Design Studies Symposium begins with a workshop on storytelling
INSIGHT LABS: Take in Your Context by Design, Andrew Benedict-Nelson
UNTAPPED CITIES: Urban Profile: Purpose, Chelsea Pineda
NARRATIVE RENEWAL: Hook Them at the Right Time, Andrew Benedict-Nelson
ENTREPRENEUR.COM: Move Over, Kickstarter: Microfunding Sites Target Local Communities, Brian Patrick Eha
FAST COMPANY: An MFA Degree For Designers Who Want To Change The World, Michael J. Coren
TAIWANESE AMERICAN: 100 Passionate People
PSFK: Nod Your Head, Change the Beat: Accelerometer Headphones
GIZMODO: Accelerometer Headphones Control Music Via Headbanging