The Playbook for Creating Lasting Change
Talk given at TEDxChicago 2022
Chicago, September 10th, 2022
Michael Strautmanis
Movement Builder
About the Talk
Mike Strautmanis has been engaging Chicagoans and stakeholders all over the country to learn how to create systemic impact to empower young leaders to give back to their communities and increase access to economic opportunity. He not only shares his story, but also how we can make a difference on each other and influence the next generation of leaders.
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About Michael
Michael Strautmanis is a proud Chicagoan and foundation leader who works to advance social impact strategies. An attorney with organizing roots, he spent over a decade in Washington, D.C., increasing access to economic opportunity, strengthening the judicial system, and championing equity and inclusion. During that time, he served in the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama Administration. Mr. Strautmanis currently acts as Executive VP for External Affairs at the Obama Foundation, where he develops and leads outreach and engagement efforts to make communities more connected and equitable.
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TEDxChicago 2022
There is a moment for every one of us when we must call upon our best: The moment the curtain opens, the spotlight shines, the clock runs down, the meeting begins, the bell tolls, the inning nears its end, or the phone call rings. In each of these moments, we must draw on courage, bravery, integrity, and the will to take a leap. Let's celebrate these moments, and do so with the vigor, love, pride, and boldness that we are as Chicagoans. Its showtime Chicago: It's Chi✶Time.
This year, TEDxChicago has arrived at its own curtain call moment: We have transformed the experience and the vision to be deeply focused on the richness of Chicago: Its people, its taste, its culture, and its pride. Chicago has a long list of incredible thought leaders, artists, and movement makers who give their hearts and minds to ideas greater than themselves, all the while catalyzing off of and within Chicago as a platform.
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Dustin Huibregtse
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