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For liveblogged transcripts of this talk, see the [http://civic.mit.edu/blog/rahulb/awesome-summit-2012-the-age-of-peak-guilt MIT Center for Civic Media blog].
 
For liveblogged transcripts of this talk, see the [http://civic.mit.edu/blog/rahulb/awesome-summit-2012-the-age-of-peak-guilt MIT Center for Civic Media blog].
 
== Participants ==
 
=== Zach Walker ===
 
Zach works for [http://www.donorschoose.org/ Donor's Choose]. Most people know what Donor's Choose is, but for those who don't, it's often described as "Kickstarter for American public schools".
 
 
=== Nick Grossman ===
 
Nick is an internet advocate and is working on starting up [http://connected.io/ connected.io]. Nick thinks about how networks and connectedness are changing things.
 
 
=== Andrew Slack ===
 
Andrew works for the [http://thehpalliance.org/ Harry Potter Alliance], which draws parallels between real world projects and fiction to inspire fans into action. Their view is that fantasy is not an escape, but an invitation.
 
 
=== Michael Norton ===
 
Michael works at [http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=ovr&facId=326229 Harvard Business School] and studies the relationships between happiness and money.
 
 
== Q&A ==
 
* What can we do to build awesomeness into organizations that don't have it baked in from the start?
 
 
You can use competition to convince organizations - issue a challenge to them to do specific Awesome things (like opening up data to developers).
 
 
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For liveblogged transcripts of this talk, see the MIT Center for Civic Media blog.