Kahlil Gibran, beloved Lebanese-American author and artist, is known to millions around the world because of his iconic work The Prophet and is said to be the most read prose poet after Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. There are a series of different movie, art exhibition and publishing projects, in different stages of development, that will present Gibran's full range of writing and art to global audiences.

www.thegibranprojects.com

The Road to Houston is the title of the reality television series that the Brand Development Group is producing. It is an insider's view of the lives, in and out of the arena, and personalities of the people who compete in the various rodeo events. It is part of a comprehensive 360-Rodeo branding strategy, intended not only for traditional broadcast for also for digital streaming and other transmedia distribution.

www.theroadprojects.com

This is Ragtime: The Birth of American Music will be a 90-minute television music/documentary production for the PBS series, Great Performances. The documentary will be based on Terry Waldo's award-winning book, This is Ragtime, and will feature live concert and on-location recreations of the original music performed by today greatest interpreters of Ragtime, including Wynton Marsalis.

www.thisisragtime.com

In this television series, sailing hopefuls compete to be the final two chosen by an ocean-racing legend for a treacherous, all-out yacht race around notorious Cape Horn, the “sailors’ graveyard”. If they all make it back, the dream of racing professionally will survive for only one.

Fluid Experience is a unique marriage of the photography and other imagery, producing Matthew Jordan Smith's vision for inspiring audience members of an artistically ground-breaking installation.

www.thefluidexperience.com

The Voice of the Child is a film and transmedia production. It realizes composer/songwriter Odette Springer's vision to have hundreds of children of diverse racial, religious and economic backgrounds from all over the world coming together in film and song to challenge parents and politicians to wake up before it's too late.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC29RWyjbpxoM8vtZN-megwA/videos

Straus Institute launched an innovative new Dispute Resolution Project, relating to the Entertainment, Media and Sports Industries. It is operating under the leadership of its Managing Director, William Nix, and Faculty Director, Maureen Weston.

Straus Institute Entertainment, Media and Sports Dispute Resolution Project

Mission Statement

The Creative Coalition was formed for the charitable and educational purposes of bringing together artists and entertainers to learn about pressing issues so they can better inform and influence the community and nation.

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TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences -- the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer -- TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

For more information about the focus and work of TEC, please see: http://www.ted.com/pages/about