How the power of a personal story is helping change lives in Africa
Inspired as a child to help Aids orphans, Kendall Ciesemier tells us how she battled her own serious illness while trying to make a difference
August 2014
Media network blog
Why crowdfunding is a viable alternative to capitalism
Crowdfunding has the potential to overhaul every aspect of production, argues Matt McAlister
July 2014
Sustainability blog
Unearthing untold stories out of Africa
This video story charts the journey of the first of our citizen reporting training programs in South Africa.
5 April 2013
Media network blog
The role of the internet in Indian politics - video
Big Tent Activate India: Barkha Dutt interviews a panel of experts on the role the internet has to play in shaping Indian politics
Media network blog
Enabling the economic impact of the internet in India - video
Big Tent Activate India: NDTV CEO Vikram Chandra moderates a panel debate on enabling the economic impact of the internet in India
Media network blog
Activate India - Sam Pitroda on the democratisation of information - video
Big Tent Activate India: Sam Pitroda talks about the pressing need to democratise information access in India
4 April 2013
Media network blog
Activate India - Culture and the internet with Shekhar Kaphur - video
Big Tent Activate India: Critically-acclaimed film director, Shekhar Kaphur, speaks about the influence of the internet on film and creativity
Media network blog
Activate India - Media panel debate: Is the internet killing the media industry? - video
Big Tent Activate India: Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger moderates a panel debate on whether the internet is killing the media industry in India
Media network blog
Activate India - Eric Schmidt and Alan Rusbridger in conversation - video
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger discuss the future of the internet in India and beyond at the Big Tent Activate Summit in India
March 2013
Google's Eric Schmidt warns on China's attempts to control the internet
Big Tent Activate Interview: Stephanie Cutter on Obama and the role of the internet in India politics
Media network blog
Big Tent Activate Summit: Jeff Jarvis on India's internet of tomorrow
Media network blog
Big Tent Activate Interview: Rajan Anandan, managing director, Google India
Blog
Promoting diversity in media at the Big Tent Activate Summit in Delhi
May 2012
Activate videos
Yochai Benkler - 'The networked public sphere': framing the public discourse of the SOPA/PIPA debate
Yochai Benkler, co-director, Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, addresses the Guardian Activate Summit in New York
Media network blog
Interview with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman - video
Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chairman, LinkedIn speaks at the Guardian Activate Summit 2012 in New York
US news blog
Guardian Activate New York 2012 – Thursday 3 May
Internet innovators from across the world speak at the Guardian's Activate conference in New York
August 2011
Activate 2011: Anna Kydd discusses innovations in mobile technology - video
Anna Kydd, director of the SHM Foundation, champions the mobile phone as a tool improving the quality of life of sufferers of HIV and Aids in Mexico, South Africa and the UK
