Michael Furdyk on Clubhouse

Bio

Current Priorities:
🎓Strengthening education in remote communities (Connected North)

💸Funding youth-led community service projects (#RisingYouth)

💻Growing digital skills amongst under-represented youth (Code to Learn, Create to Learn)

Michael Furdyk is the Co-founder of TakingITGlobal (www.tigweb.org), which provides innovative global education programs that empower youth to understand and act on the world's greatest challenges. TIG was awarded the Intercultural Innovation Award by BMW and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, and the Tech Museum Award for Education.

In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999. In 2008, he was named by Contribute Magazine as one of 10 Tech Revolutionaries Redefining the Power and Face of Philanthropy.

Michael has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, presented at TED, and was named one of Teen People's "Twenty Teens that will Change the World” He has keynoted over 100 events across sectors, sharing his social media expertise and insights on youth engagement and educational reform to audiences in over 30 countries. He sits on several non-profit boards, completed his Master of Design (MDes) in Inclusive Design at OCAD University, and is an Adjunct Instructor for the Masters of Education Technology program at Long Island University.