Little and LOUD USA

Live from TEDx Youth @ COSI

Rhoda — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:53:34 +0000

Shibnum and I are tweeting our way through the day of inspired young speakers. Be sure to follow @littleandloud.

TEDxYouth in Columbus, Novemeber 10, 2011

Rhoda — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:45:36 +0000

Shibnum Blewett and I will be attending TEDxYouth in Columbus on November 10, 2011 which will be hosted at COSI. Shibnum will be reporting the going-ons of the day and I will be acting as a “professional mentor” running an afternoon “Big Ideas Incubator” workshop session with High School Students in the audience along with other mentors. We’re so excited!

If you are there, we’d appreciate a warm hello

Living LOUD Feature: Birke Baehr

Rhoda — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:18:25 +0000

Eleven year old Birke Baehr breaks down the truth about our food system and tells us what kids really want. In this entertaining video, Birke articulately tells us how our food system really is, shows us by example how to be informed and presents our choices.

We learned about this inspiring video from KarmaTube where they have suggestions on how you can “be the change you wish to see in the world.”

Happy Friday!

Sarah at Pecha Kucha

Rhoda — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:39:15 +0000

Little and LOUDer Sarah Grosh speaking at Pecha Kucha Columbus about the state of public schools in Columbus, OH

Little and LOUD is going to Summer Camp!

Rhoda — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:36:16 +0000

We would like to once again and officially welcome Sarah Grosh for joining the Little and LOUD team! Sarah is an Art Educator and is going to be working on setting up Little and LOUD in the United States. Please read more information about her, on our About page under the section, “The Team”.

Rhoda and Sarah will be doing a workshop for 4th and 5th graders with a wonderful organization in Columbus Ohio called Thurber House, at their Summer Writing Camp – which starts tomorrow! We are so grateful and excited to be to be teaming up with Thurber House, which has both adult and youth literacy programs for writers and readers. They’re doing great things here in Columbus which we think should be a model worldwide.

Stay tuned, we’ll keep you updated on the outcomes!

Columbus OH USA Event: Pecha Kucha on February 11, 2010

Rhoda — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:17:06 +0000

Junctionview Studios (889 Williams Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43212)

As you will see below from the official posting, our very own Sarah Grosh will be presenting at Pecha Kucha Columbus #14 on August 12. We hope to see you there!

COLUMBUS (July 16, 2010) — Pecha Kucha Columbus will host its next event on Thursday, August 12 at Junctionview Studios in Grandview. The festivities will kick off at 8:00 p.m. with local band Shin Tower Music and presentations will begin at 8:30.

Each presenter will follow the international Pecha Kucha format of showing 20 images and speaking about each image for 20 seconds. Presenters include architects Beth Blostein and Bart Overly; Charles Erickson with The Small Business Beanstalk; Walker Evans with themetropreneur.com; artist/educator Sarah Grosh; visual artist John Humphries; meditation expert Daron Larson; purse designer Mara Marcom; Eric Ralph with yourmilton.com; cartoonist Talcott Starr; Nick Wolak with the Thompson Football Club; and photographer Rainer Ziehm.

Dancers CoCo Loupe, Noelle Chun and Katy Gilmore will perform during intermission. THOUGHTco will screen items for guests throughout the evening ($4 for items brought from home and $10 to buy a t-shirt). Rad Dogveg, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, and Pattycake Bakery will sell refreshments. Guests of drinking age are welcome to bring their own alcoholic beverages. A display of artwork organized by the Couchfire Collective will be on display inside. Music accompanying the festivities will be provided by Scott Vayo of BPM Productions.

The suggested donation is $2 per person. Attendees are encouraged to bring water and lawn chairs. Junctionview Studios is located at 889 Williams Avenue. Free parking is available on the street and alongside the building.

Pecha Kucha Columbus was formed by a group of designers and community members in February of 2007.
Facebook.com/pkcolumbus
Twitter.com/PechaKuchaCMH

(from: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/night/columbus/14)

Living LOUD Feature: Adora Svitak

Rhoda — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:59:44 +0000

Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs “childish” thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids’ big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups’ willingness to learn from children as much as to teach. Now this is exactly what we’re talking about!

Rhoda at Pecha Kucha

Rhoda — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:13:12 +0000

Here’s a video from last night’s Pecha Kucha in Columbus where I was a presenter. Apologies for the bad image quality!

Here are the actual slides for you to follow along to:

Rhoda Lazo Pk 2010 02 11 Images

View more presentations from Little and LOUD International Inc.

The turnout was great despite the cold and snow outside. The best part of the entire evening for me was after the talks when people shared about their passions and let me know that they enjoyed and were inspired by the talk, especially a teary eyed woman who said she was touched and hopes that everyone thinks about the more important things in life.

Thank you so much everyone for coming out and/or watching the video/slides! Your continued support and interest in what we are doing is greatly appreciated

Columbus OH USA Event: Pecha Kucha on February 11, 2010

Rhoda — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:26:05 +0000

For those of you in Columbus Ohio, I’ll be speaking about my personal experience of starting (what led me to it) and running Little and LOUD. For more information about the event, go to: : http://uas.osu.edu/program/pecha-kucha-columbus.

If you have never been to a Pecha Kucha event, it is quite a fun and thought provoking experience and we recommend you going to one where you are as they are held all around the country. Pecha Kucha talks have a 20×20 format. That is, 20 slides at 20 seconds each to keep even the most fidgety audiences’ attention. I went to one a few months ago and I found the whole event to be amusing, inspiring and interesting. So if you are in the area, come on down!

For more information about Pecha Kucha and to find an event near you, visit their site: http://www.pecha-kucha.org.