The world really needs new media now. It really needs for us to speak together.

(Leo Laporte, TEDxDubai 10.10.09)

Laporte's idea worth spreading:

In a discussion of the history of media, Laporte tells us that mass media seduced us into a sleep and that now new media is awakening us! New media treats the audience as intelligent real people that want to hear authentic messages (something mass media didn’t do!).

“I want to encourage you to blog, to podcast, to create videos on YouTube! We’ve been trained to sit down and shut-up… It is now time to start standing up and being heard. Start telling a story, singing a song… We’re so used to the professionals telling us what to do. It is our time to tell the stories!”

Call to action:

Tell your story—blog, podcast, make a video on YouTube!

Right on Laporte! ...