Jeff Knoll Lights Up TED!

   
       In the realm of movie production and for all of the right reasons Jeff Knoll has got that special spark or the three ingredients TED curator Chris Anderson speaks about, Light, Desire, and Innovation.  He is an agent provocateur for social media as an instrument to instate global change.
As bright as his plans have been in carrying out his success in gaining independent financing through his startup company "Ebay," he found himself in the throngs of needing to do something to demonstrate to the world's audience that each person can contribute to his belief in change toward an existence of peace, sustainable life, and education of each other to become agents of change.  His organization Participant Media does among many things, produce films that inspire true instances of social reformation like the law against violence against women especially in the workplace and the film released simultaneously to the Congressional vote on the law was North Country.  It didn't perform well at box offices, but it was given credit for enabling the law to get re-passed in the United States Congress.  Jeff invites each person to participate in any way and gives people a way to visualize themselves getting involved in his revolution of social change on his brand's site. He inspires me and is a person I now look up to very much as an industry hero due to such raw and real momentum and passion and reminds me why I want to work in film and be a producer/philanthroper.
Thank you Jeff Knoll, and thank you TED.  Please check out Jeff's organization and Media Brand, Participant Media.

  Take Care of each Other, and Thank you for Reading,
Michelle