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Chris Rabb presents at the 2010 NAACP Leadership 500 Summit in Hollywood, Florida

The Economic Empowerment panel I participated in was titled, "Thriving in the Economic Downturn: Managing, Maintaining & Building Wealth".

"My short presentation focused on how wealth-building through entrepreneurship must be rooted in leveraging and bolstering community assets.

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To pre-order Invisible Capital, click on the book cover to the right.

Click here to learn more about the NAACP Leadership Summit 500.

Chris Rabb joins Princeton as visiting researcher at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

I have accepted an appointment at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University as a visiting research collaborator.

In this capacity, I will be working on my forthcoming book, Invisible Capital: How Unseen Forces Shape Entrepreneurial Opportunity, to be released in Fall 2010 by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, and related projects centered on entrepreneurship, inequality, and democracy.

My faculty sponsor is renowned professor of sociology Paul DiMaggio, who is known for his work analyzing social inequality. Prof. DiMaggio is also affiliated with, among other organizations, the Center for Information Technology Policy.

Chris Rabb inks deal with Berrett-Koehler Publishers to write book on entrepreneurship called Invisible Capital

I have just signed a publishing agreement with the good folks at Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. to write a book to be published next year tentatively titled, Invisible Capital.

The book will analyze the unseen forces that shape entrepreneurial opportunity in America. It will also delve into how we as a nation can level the playing field for future generations of new ventures towards greater sustainability, inclusion, and shared prosperity.

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Chris Rabb becomes Fellow at New York-based think tank, Demos, focusing on entrepreneurial policy

I have joined the Manhattan-based think tank, Demos, as a fellow focusing on issues of entrepreneurship, prosperity and opportunity.

Demos is is a non-partisan public policy research and advocacy organization founded in 2000. Headquartered in New York City, Demos works with advocates and policymakers around the country in pursuit of four overarching goals:

• a more equitable economy with widely shared prosperity and opportunity;


• a vibrant and inclusive democracy with high levels of voting and civic engagement;


• an empowered public sector that works for the common good;


• and responsible U.S. engagement in an interdependent world.

The Fellows Program supports scholars and writers whose innovative work influences the public debate about crucial national and global issues. The program offers an intellectual home and communications platform for more than 20 fellows from diverse backgrounds: emerging public intellectuals, journalists, distinguished public figures, and academics whose research can be used to inform the policy world.

My efforts will focus on completion of my book, Invisible Capital: How Unseen Forces Shape Entrepreneurial Opportunity, to be released in the Fall 2010 by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. I will also be working on initiatives that promote progressive entrepreneurial policies as well as crafting and advocating for innovative economic development programs on local, state, regional and national levels.

Chris Rabb delivers keynote address at the 2008 ConvergeSouth conference in Greensboro, NC

To view the rest of the address, click here.

Presentation at the Illinois Humanities Council panel on genealogy and genetics

On Thursday, June 28, 2007, the Illinois Humanities Council hosted the event: Where Did You Come From? Genetics and Genealogy at the Newberry Library centered on a moderated panel featuring myself, author Ronne Hartfield and geneticist Dr. Rick Kittles.

This event, presented in partnership with the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society, American Medical Association, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago, the DuSable Museum of African American History, The Historymakers, The Newberry Library, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, was also taped by the crew of 60 Minutes and the Illinois Channel.

Due to various technical difficulties that panelists experienced and limited time, I was not able to give my formal presentation that included my prepared remarks and aligned slideshow. That said, I adjusted my comments accordingly, and this is what ensued . . .

Click here to listen to my presentation.

Take Back America 2007 conference panel on media reform

On Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 11am, I will be on a panel at the Take Back America conference entitled "Media Reform on the Rise: Building a Bigger Tent".

Personal Democracy Forum Conference panel on "is cyberspace colorblind?"

On Friday, May 18, 2007, I participated in a spirited panel at the ever-growing Personal Democracy Forum Conference at Pace University in New York City.

Read more here. But the short answer to the panel's question is: Yes, the Internet is color-blind, but the people on it are not. (That's an opinion, not necessarily a criticism.)

Rabb moderates workshop on leveraging new media in the fight for racial justice

On Saturday, March 24th at 11:15am, I will be teaming up with uber-geek and blogdiva Liza Sabater of CultureKitchen and other blogliciousness to moderate a 90-minute workshop humorously called: BYOB: Build Your Own Blog at the Applied Research Center's annual Facing Race conference, to be held this year in New York City.

This workshop will not be about trite speeches or boring PowerPoint presentations. On the contrary, Liza and I have planned a highly informative, interactive and fun session for participants that will discuss not just how to build a blog for your organization or cause, but 1) why/if one should do so in the first place, and 2) what is the broader new media/netroots landscape for doing so and 3) the much larger socio-political context for leveraging this new, powerful activist tool.

Rabb added to Fast Company's 'expert blogger' roster

As of January 2007, I have become a contributor to the newly formed Fast Company Expert Blogs.

My weekly posts will focus on the theme of social responsibility. As a social commentator, consultant, "serial entrepreneur" and life-long student of organizational dynamics, I will use this national platform to advocate for an essential, new touchstone that represents the confluence of culture/ethnicity, civic engagement/politics, technology/media, and entrepreneurship/organizational innovation.