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Dan is a twenty-first-century director and filmmaker. First found behind the camera professionally at sixteen, he has directed music videos, commercials, and over 50 short films in his career. At twenty-two he opened his first film production company, If Not Why Not, and successfully completed thirty plus productions. He then served as a Creative Director at the prolific Cape Town film and production company, AVA. And six months later started his independent YouTube channel, DanTheDirector. A channel that currently has around 65 thousand subscribers and grows by the thousands on a monthly basis. He has just returned from Cannes Lions where he won two silver screens at the Young Directors awards.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2016.
Watch Dan's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/dan-mace-changing-your-perception-to-change-your-life

Hailing from South West London, Luke Sital-Singh's distinctive sound has been likened to everyone from Bon Ivor to Neil Young. He's making waves and rising fast. Bare-boned, finger-picked guitar accompanies the hair-raising tenor of Luke's tender, almost tremulous voice.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2017.
Watch Luke's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/luke-sital-singh-enjoy-your-time-in-the-shadows

You could say that Liam was destined to make chocolate. Growing up next to the Cadbury factory he is now on a mission to build the best chocolate factory in the world.
Liam drew inspiration from the time he spent working with a French chef in his restaurant days. He loved those making stuff in all corners of Wales, which have influenced many of his chocolate bar flavours even today. The company was founded four years ago with a £3,000 loan from the Prince's Trust in a caravan in Liam’s mums back garden. At NOMNOM, the team is made up of passionate individuals wanting to make a real difference to the community.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2016.
Watch Liam's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/liam-burgess-dont-set-yourself-boundaries-you-cant-break-down

Emma is the Editor of “The Messy Heads”, a magazine and blog with a wide range of articles. She uses her platform to inform her audience about important issues revolving around ethical fashion, self-love, veganism, and other topics of discussion. Emma describes The Messy Heads as a “blog and mag about living, feeling, exploring”.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2017.
Watch Emma's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/emma-mercury-what-feeds-the-good-wolf

Aidan educates and inspires those around her to take action on climate change. And been doing so since she was 15 years old.
Aidan seeks to empower youth worldwide to use their passions to make a difference locally and globally. With Earth Guardians she has led several workshops focusing on climate justice solutions youth can bring into their communities. As the Global Crew Director, she supports crews worldwide and works to create connection and collaboration.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2016.
Watch Aidan's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/aidan-ferris-when-you-find-passion-use-it

One of Canada’s leading environmentalists, Briony is a geographer from Saltspring Island, BC.
Briony has lived most of her life on the shores of the Salish Sea and helped initiate the sea’s official naming.
She is an adjunct professor at the School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria and has spent the last 20 years as an award-winning environmental writer, educator, naturalist, broadcaster, artist and lecturer.
A pioneer of barefoot mapping, she has created maps and led workshops assisting communities to map their cherished places for nearly two decades, culminating in several books including Islands in the Salish Sea: A Community Atlas, nominated for the BC Book Awards.
Briony is the mother of two teenage boys and lives on Saltspring Island in an ecohouse she designed.
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Recorded live at the global event in California, USA in 2013.
Watch Briony's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/briony-penn-barefoot-mapper

Gavin founded the Cloud Appreciation Society in 2004 to fight 'blue-sky thinking'.
He feels that clouds are one of the most beautiful and varied of nature's displays and that it is high time people stopped complaining about them. The society now has over 25,000 members from all around the world.
Gavin’s book, The Cloudspotter’s Guide came out in 2006, it immediately became an international bestseller, and has been published in fifteen different languages.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2008.
Watch Gavin's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/gavin-pretor-pinney-the-beauty-of-clouds

Growing up on an organic farm with parents who are dreamers, Fergal found himself living an hour from good waves. His surfing has seen him travel all over the world. Fergal quickly withdrew from the global game when he began to feel the impact that his career was having on the environment. Pulling away from sponsors and settling down on his native Irish coastline, Fergal now devotes his life to the small farm where he and his friends and family grow organic vegetables. Running for the Irish General Election earlier this year, Fergal puts the land he’s lived on first; but always makes some time for a session or two when the swell is on his side.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2014.
Watch Fergal's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/fergal-smith-where-is-your-water

Can a small country like Wales lead the way in terms of sustainability? Can an entire country go organic? Why not?
Jane is Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing for Wales. Even though Wales is a small country, her aim is for Wales to set an example for the rest of the world in terms of sustainability and environmental protection.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2009.
Watch Jane's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/jane-davidson-why-wales-leads-the-way-in-sustainability

Having worked in engineering, pharmacy and investment banking, nothing ever felt quite right. Glen has now turned his hand to solar energy, building the first solar farm in west Wales. Here’s what he learnt along the way. Glen Peters was born in India and grew up in a railway colony near Calcutta. He emigrated with his parents to London and took a degree in Chemistry and later a PhD in information management. In the 80’s he joined Price Waterhouse where he consulted with many of the world’s largest companies up until last year.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2018.
Watch Glen's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/glen-peters-empty-out-the-piggy-bank

Mark Reeves has always had a keen interest in and passion for leadership, physical and outdoor education and health and wellbeing – an interest he lives and breathes. His particular leadership focus is mentoring, surrounding oneself with great people and leadership as a verb-not a position but action!
He has undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate degrees from Melbourne University and in Outdoor Pursuits from Plas-Y-Brennin in North Wales, UK. They were tough days in Wales at a demanding training centre – this was where Shipton and Mallory of early Everest fame undertook their training! Ghosts abounded in those hallowed halls and crags.
In 1999 he established the Alpine School, Dinner Plain. The school now has three campuses with the Snowy River Campus at Marlo and the Gnurad-Gundidj Campus at Glenormiston. It is the only school of its type in a government system in the world.
Mark has always been active in the local community – he is a volunteer firefighter (Lieutenant) with the CFA and has chaired the Dinner Plain Community Centre. He coached hockey for Orbost and East Gippsland, is a volunteer for Marlo Coast Guard, is on the Curlip Paddle Steamer committee and was elected Mayor in November 2013.
Mark lives in Marlo at the mouth of the Snowy River and loves "things and people that go!"
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Recorded live at the global event in Victoria, Australia in 2014.
Watch Mark's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/mark-reeves-leadership-circles

Uffe is the founder and former principal of The KaosPilots - International School of New Business Design & Social Innovation.
From 1991 to 2006 he has been the principal of the KaosPilots in Denmark but is also a regular contributor to a range of leading Danish and international newspapers and magazines.
In November 2001 and again in 2005 Uffe Elbæk was elected to Aarhus City Council (Denmark's second city) for the Danish Social- Liberal Party.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2009.
Watch Uffe's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/uffe-elbk-can-you-hear-the-future

Nestled in the bucolic hills of Ojai, CA, there lies a small school with big ideas that seeks to nurture the “agile mind.”
Oak Grove School, founded and based on the guiding principles of J. Krishnamurti, was developed to foster the intellectual capacity and skills necessary to function with excellence in society, and at the same time to develop a foundation for an inquiry into perennial questions of human life.
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Recorded live at the global event in California, USA in 2012.
Watch Meredy's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/meredy-benson-rice-embracing-the-agile-mind

Alice Taylor is Commissioning Editor, Education for Channel 4. Before this, she was the Vice President of Digital Content for BBC Worldwide.
In September 2006 she was named one of the Game Industry's 100 Most Influential Women by Next Generation Magazine Online.
She founded and edits the blog Wonderland.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2009.
Watch Alice's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/alice-taylor-how-games-can-become-teachers

A born problem-solver, Shannon frequently asks herself what she can do that will make the biggest possible difference. This question has taken her from founding autism education programs to becoming a budding politician. Next up, Prime Minister?
A diagnosis of autism in the family triggered Shannon’s remarkable journey on the road to improving educational quality and outcomes for children with ASD. The ultimate combination of interest, passion and incredible drive has seen her found The Centre for Inclusive Schooling of Children with Autism (CISCA), co-found both the I.D.E.A. Program and the Little Learners Autism Program, as well as take on the role of Deputy Chair of Amaze (Autism Victoria).
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Recorded live at the global event in Victoria, Australia in 2014.
Watch Shannon's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/shannon-eeles-making-a-difference

Robbie cares about making businesses more human. He was part of the team that set up GiffGaff: the world's first community-powered mobile network in 2009. He has since gone on to set up Standing on Giants with co-GiffGaffer Vincent Boon. Standing on Giants works with global brands like Airbnb to bring communities to life in ways they may never have imagined.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2016.
Watch Robbie's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/robbie-hearn-respect-and-connect

Jenny Fielding heads Digital Ventures at BBC Worldwide where she evaluates digital opportunities, strategic partnerships and investments. She also runs BBC Worldwide Labs, a business accelerator designed for early-stage digital media companies in London and New York.
Jenny has a long history in the tech industry founding start-ups including, Switch-Mobile, a disruptive VoIP mobile software company that was acquired in 2008.
Previously, Jenny was COO of Wodan Capital, an associate at JP Morgan and started her career as a lawyer at Wieden & Kennedy.
She also sits on the Board and advises several companies and organizations including Texting.ly, Founder Labs and Astia among others. Jenny is based in San Francisco and New York when she’s not in London.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2013.
Watch Jenny's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/jenny-fielding-think-small-even-when-you-are-big

Neil wants you to stop bringing plastic into the mountains. Living and working in the mountains for the last 18 years has meant that he's worn just about every conceivable 'technical' fabric in the wildest weather. Cocooning himself in fabrics designed to create a barrier against the elements simply doesn't work in the long-term. McNair's clever, enhanced Merino keeps you comfortable and still in touch with the elements. Plus it's natural, sustainable and effective. It's a non-plastic jacket.
Neil has been a British Snowboard Trainer for over 12 years and during this time he has held the elected position BASI Snowboard Director for 2 full terms. McNair shirts is a passion that co-exists with his Snowboarding. He was born and raised during his informative years in Scotland, home is now the French Alps with his daughter.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2015.
Watch Neil's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/neil-mcnair-how-nature-inspires-better-clothing-design

You are leading a comfortable life in Oakland with a beautiful family beginning and then one day you discover a dilapidated vineyard with vandalized buildings in a struggling community of 817 folks in rural Hopland, California. At that moment, this family decided to get uncomfortable.
Anna, a leadership development coach and Gary, a property developer knew that life could be reclaimed here, both for Hopland and for themselves. Life and care were needed and thus began the journey of beginning again.
It has been a journey of ups and downs with trying moments that test even the strongest of souls. A journey of growth, learning, discovery and doing.
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Recorded live at the global event in California, USA in 2013.
Watch Anna and Gary's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/anna-beuselinck-and-gary-breen-against-the-grain

After working for brands such as howies, The Do Lectures, Hiut Denim Co, to name a few Anna has learnt a lot about business and marketing.
Biting the bullet in 2011 and going freelance she now runs PR agency in West Wales and is the founder of Monkstone Knitwear, a company based on the core roots of farming. She is part of the whole process from lambing to spinning.
Anna runs Monkstone Knitwear with her partner Richard Reed on his family-owned land, Trevayne Farm. She’ll tell a few stories of mud and her passion to bring manufacturing back to the UK.
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Recorded live at the global event in Cardigan, west Wales in 2012.
Watch Anna's full talk here: www.thedolectures.com/talks/anna-felton-how-do-you-manage-6-brands-a-knitwear-company-and-a-flock-of-sheep