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This presentation is about me and a dream that I have to change the world by connecting kids from across the world to each other.
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1THEM = US
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I am
Allan Isfan
and I WANT
to change
the WORLD
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one
at a time
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Do you see
any borders?
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We created imaginary lines
to keep people OUT …
or IN
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But
kids don’t know
the borders are there
LET’S NOT TELL THEM
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I was born in moved to and live in
Romania France Canada
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I am not
a musician
certainly not
an athlete
definitely not
an artist
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I try even if I suck
but I don’t give up!
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I am
a proud engineer
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a co-founder of
with
my wife(OMG she’s awesome, snagged her in High School when I was 13)
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and a
co-founder of
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I film, direct & produce
the Nasty Hockey Show
… for FUN
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I LOVE
My FAMILY
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and we have lot’s of
FUN
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Life is good
but …
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One of my girls
said
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after
at our house
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“I didn’t know
there was a WAR
going on?”
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Holy crap …!
and it hit me
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We have forgotten
that we live on earth!
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How can we possibly care about
pollution poverty war
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when that stuff
happens to THEM
and not US?
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Hmmm …
let’s explore
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You hear about a terrible accident
You feel bad … and get back to business
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then you find out
your daughter’s best friend
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Was on that bus
And is very badly
hurt
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Now you feel much much worse …
you think about
her,
her parents,
your daughter,
you can’t seem to
think of anything else
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The accident is the same
you didn’t change
but now
You CARE!
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WHY?
31THEM = US
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Empathy is often characterized as
the ability to put oneself into other's people shoes …
to feel what they feel
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What if our kids
had a way
to make friends
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all over
the WORLD
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so they could
learn talk shareplay
and
teach each other?
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If there was such a place,
is it possible that
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that THEM = US
would spread virally
like chocolate rain
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and this could
… G r a d u a l l y …
change the world
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because they could FEEL the pulse
of our planet
through their friends?
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I think
so
and I’m telling
the whole WORLD!
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If you agree
come find me and
let’s do it together
