A world that works for all: Are We Ready?
On May 3rd, artists and scientists, social entrepreneurs and ethical leaders, media makers and earth shakers are coming together to address–and answer one of the most important questions of our time:
How can we create the future when the world is upside down?
- What are the stumbling blocks and how do we get over the hurdles?
- Why people power will enable it
- Understanding the fundamental flaw holding us back?
- Now that we understand–what can we do where we are, now?
Our world is changing. With millions of people around the world developing improved systems, services and policies that serve all life, imagine what we could really accompish when this wisdom is shared properly.
Sharing this wisdom into action requires a major transformation in how it is shared. How can We the People of the World do it?
Absolutely. Below is a curated slate of 20 seminar titles for MOBILIZED LIVE — May 3, 2026, designed to feel urgent, grounded, and possibility-driven.
Each title is paired with a clear, human description—artists, scientists, media makers, and “earth shakers” should immediately feel this is for me.
The arc moves from sense-making → unlearning → rebuilding → acting.
MOBILIZED LIVE 2026
Creating the Future When the World Is Upside Down
1. How the World Actually Works (And Why We Were Never Taught This)
A systems-level orientation to power, money, media, and extraction. This session helps participants see the real operating system beneath today’s crises—without jargon or despair.
2. Unlearning the Stories That Keep Us Stuck
From “growth = progress” to “scarcity is inevitable,” this seminar explores the inherited narratives that quietly shape decisions—and how artists and scientists can rewrite them.
3. From Collapse Anxiety to Creative Agency
Many people feel overwhelmed, frozen, or numb. This session explores how to metabolize fear into clarity—and clarity into meaningful action.
4. Why Most Solutions Fail (And What Actually Works)
A candid look at why well-intentioned projects stall: misaligned incentives, power blind spots, and extractive funding models—and how to design around them.
5. Media as Infrastructure, Not Noise
How media can function as a public utility—building shared understanding, coordination, and trust—rather than outrage and distraction.
6. Designing for Humans, Not Markets
What changes when health, dignity, and well-being—not profit maximization—become the design criteria for systems, products, and policies.
7. The Artist’s Role in Times of System Change
Artists don’t just reflect reality—they help societies see new ones. This seminar explores art as sense-making, narrative infrastructure, and emotional truth.
8. Science Without Silos
Breakthroughs stall when disciplines don’t talk. This session explores how cross-disciplinary collaboration accelerates real-world impact.
9. Power Mapping 101: Who Decides, Who Benefits, Who Pays
A practical guide to understanding power—so efforts aren’t wasted pushing on doors that don’t move.
10. Building in the Open: Why Collaboration Beats Control
From open science to cooperative media, this seminar explores why open systems outperform proprietary ones in moments of rapid change.
11. The Myth of Individual Solutions
Why personal responsibility alone cannot solve systemic problems—and how collective action actually works in practice.
12. From Burnout to Belonging
How isolation undermines movements—and why community, shared purpose, and mutual care are strategic assets, not “soft” extras.
13. Technology as Governance
Every platform encodes values. This session explores how digital tools quietly govern behavior—and how to design technology aligned with human flourishing.
14. Rebuilding Trust in a Fractured World
Trust is the invisible infrastructure of functioning societies. Learn what destroys it—and what reliably rebuilds it across cultures and contexts.
15. Creating Work That Matters in a Time of Upheaval
How people are redefining success, livelihood, and contribution when old career paths no longer make sense.
16. From Extractive to Regenerative Thinking
A clear, practical exploration of what “regenerative” actually means—and how it applies across food, energy, media, and economics.
17. How Change Really Happens (It’s Not What You Think)
Spoiler: it’s rarely linear, rational, or top-down. This seminar maps the real dynamics of social and systems change.
18. Local Action, Global Impact
Why the most powerful change often starts locally—and how local efforts connect into global momentum.
19. Designing Futures People Want to Live In
Dystopias are easy. This session challenges participants to imagine—and prototype—futures grounded in care, beauty, and possibility.
20. What Do We Do Monday Morning?
A closing, grounding session focused on translation: how insights from the day turn into next steps, collaborations, and ongoing participation in MOBILIZED LIVE.
Tone & Experience Notes (for curation)
- No panels for panel’s sake — every seminar is guided, purposeful, and participatory
- Artists + scientists together, not segregated
- Clarity over hype
- Agency over despair
I. CLUSTERED PROGRAM TRACKS
Creating the Future When the World Is Upside Down
The program is organized into five interlocking tracks. Each track answers a different human need—together they form a coherent journey from clarity to action.
🧠 TRACK 1: Sensemaking
Understanding what’s actually happening beneath the chaos
Purpose: Replace confusion and overwhelm with shared clarity and systems literacy.
Sessions
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How the World Actually Works (And Why We Were Never Taught This)
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Unlearning the Stories That Keep Us Stuck
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Why Most Solutions Fail (And What Actually Works)
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Science Without Silos
⚖️ TRACK 2: Power
Seeing who decides, who benefits, and where leverage really lives
Purpose: Help participants stop pushing on the wrong doors.
Sessions
5. Power Mapping 101: Who Decides, Who Benefits, Who Pays
6. Technology as Governance
7. Media as Infrastructure, Not Noise
8. How Change Really Happens (It’s Not What You Think)
🎨 TRACK 3: Creation
Designing new narratives, systems, and ways of working
Purpose: Move from critique to construction.
Sessions
9. The Artist’s Role in Times of System Change
10. Designing for Humans, Not Markets
11. Building in the Open: Why Collaboration Beats Control
12. Designing Futures People Want to Live In
🌱 TRACK 4: Healing
Restoring human capacity in times of rupture
Purpose: Address burnout, grief, isolation, and fear as strategic issues, not personal failures.
Sessions
13. From Collapse Anxiety to Creative Agency
14. From Burnout to Belonging
15. Rebuilding Trust in a Fractured World
16. From Extractive to Regenerative Thinking
🚀 TRACK 5: Action
Turning insight into momentum
Purpose: Ensure this isn’t a one-day inspiration spike—but the start of ongoing participation.
Sessions
17. The Myth of Individual Solutions
18. Local Action, Global Impact
19. Creating Work That Matters in a Time of Upheaval
20. What Do We Do Monday Morning?
Below is a complete, ready-to-publish package for MOBILIZED LIVE — May 3, 2026.
It’s structured so you can lift pieces directly into WordPress pages, speaker emails, sponsor decks, and onboarding docs.
I. CLUSTERED PROGRAM TRACKS
Creating the Future When the World Is Upside Down
The program is organized into five interlocking tracks. Each track answers a different human need—together they form a coherent journey from clarity to action.
🧠 TRACK 1: Sensemaking
Understanding what’s actually happening beneath the chaos
Purpose: Replace confusion and overwhelm with shared clarity and systems literacy.
Sessions
- How the World Actually Works (And Why We Were Never Taught This)
- Unlearning the Stories That Keep Us Stuck
- Why Most Solutions Fail (And What Actually Works)
- Science Without Silos
⚖️ TRACK 2: Power
Seeing who decides, who benefits, and where leverage really lives
Purpose: Help participants stop pushing on the wrong doors.
Sessions
5. Power Mapping 101: Who Decides, Who Benefits, Who Pays
6. Technology as Governance
7. Media as Infrastructure, Not Noise
8. How Change Really Happens (It’s Not What You Think)
🎨 TRACK 3: Creation
Designing new narratives, systems, and ways of working
Purpose: Move from critique to construction.
Sessions
9. The Artist’s Role in Times of System Change
10. Designing for Humans, Not Markets
11. Building in the Open: Why Collaboration Beats Control
12. Designing Futures People Want to Live In
🌱 TRACK 4: Healing
Restoring human capacity in times of rupture
Purpose: Address burnout, grief, isolation, and fear as strategic issues, not personal failures.
Sessions
13. From Collapse Anxiety to Creative Agency
14. From Burnout to Belonging
15. Rebuilding Trust in a Fractured World
16. From Extractive to Regenerative Thinking
🚀 TRACK 5: Action
Turning insight into momentum
Purpose: Ensure this isn’t a one-day inspiration spike—but the start of ongoing participation.
Sessions
17. The Myth of Individual Solutions
18. Local Action, Global Impact
19. Creating Work That Matters in a Time of Upheaval
20. What Do We Do Monday Morning?
II. SPEAKER INVITATION LANGUAGE (FOR EACH SEMINAR)
Use this as email-ready copy. Personalize the opening line, keep the rest intact.
1. How the World Actually Works
Invitation:
We’re inviting you to help orient a global audience to the real operating systems shaping our moment—power, money, media, and extraction—without jargon or despair. This session is about clarity, not commentary.
2. Unlearning the Stories That Keep Us Stuck
Invitation:
This seminar explores the inherited narratives that quietly shape behavior and policy. We’re seeking voices who can help participants recognize—and release—the stories no longer serving us.
3. From Collapse Anxiety to Creative Agency
Invitation:
Many people feel frozen by the scale of disruption. We’re inviting you to help guide participants from fear toward grounded agency—emotionally, cognitively, and creatively.
4. Why Most Solutions Fail
Invitation:
This is a candid, systems-level session on why well-intended efforts stall—and how better design unlocks real-world impact. We value honesty over optimism.
5. Media as Infrastructure
Invitation:
We’re convening builders who see media not as content, but as civic infrastructure. Your perspective can help participants imagine media that builds trust and coordination—not noise.
6. Designing for Humans, Not Markets
Invitation:
This session centers on redesigning systems around human well-being rather than abstract efficiency. We’re inviting practitioners who have challenged market-first logic with real alternatives.
7. The Artist’s Role in Times of System Change
Invitation:
Artists shape what societies can imagine. This seminar explores art as sensemaking and emotional infrastructure. We’d value your voice in helping people see that role clearly.
8. Science Without Silos
Invitation:
We’re bringing scientists together across disciplines to explore how collaboration—not specialization alone—accelerates solutions. This is about translation, not technical detail.
9. Power Mapping 101
Invitation:
This session teaches people how to see power clearly so they don’t waste energy. We’re inviting facilitators who can make power legible without cynicism.
10. Building in the Open
Invitation:
From open science to cooperative platforms, this seminar explores why openness outperforms control in times of rapid change. We’re seeking builders with lived experience.
11. The Myth of Individual Solutions
Invitation:
This session challenges the idea that personal responsibility alone can solve systemic crises. We’re inviting voices who understand how collective action actually works.
12. From Burnout to Belonging
Invitation:
Burnout isn’t a personal failure—it’s a system signal. This session explores how belonging restores resilience. We’re seeking facilitators grounded in lived human experience.
13. Technology as Governance
Invitation:
Every tool encodes values. This session explores how technology governs behavior—and how it can be redesigned for human flourishing.
14. Rebuilding Trust in a Fractured World
Invitation:
Trust is the invisible infrastructure of society. We’re inviting voices who understand how it’s broken—and how it’s rebuilt in practice.
15. Creating Work That Matters
Invitation:
As traditional career paths dissolve, people are redefining contribution and livelihood. This session explores what meaningful work looks like now.
16. From Extractive to Regenerative Thinking
Invitation:
We’re inviting practitioners who can clearly explain what regenerative design actually means—beyond buzzwords—and how it shows up across systems.
17. How Change Really Happens
Invitation:
This seminar maps the real dynamics of change—nonlinear, relational, and often unexpected. We’re seeking voices grounded in lived transformation, not theory alone.
18. Local Action, Global Impact
Invitation:
This session explores how local efforts scale into global momentum. We’re inviting builders who’ve seen local change ripple outward.
19. Designing Futures People Want to Live In
Invitation:
We’re challenging participants to move beyond dystopia toward livable futures. We’d value your imagination and practical insight in guiding that process.
20. What Do We Do Monday Morning?
Invitation:
This closing session translates insight into action. We’re inviting facilitators who can help participants leave grounded, connected, and ready to move.
III. ONE-PAGE PROGRAM OVERVIEW (WEB / PDF)
MOBILIZED LIVE — May 3, 2026
Creating the Future When the World Is Upside Down
MOBILIZED LIVE is a live, interactive, and curated global media experience bringing together artists, scientists, media makers, and earth shakers seeking guidance, clarity, and connection in a time of profound disruption.
This is not a conference.
It’s a shared sensemaking space.
Why MOBILIZED LIVE
The world is changing faster than our institutions, narratives, and tools.
People don’t need more noise—they need orientation, coherence, and agency.
MOBILIZED LIVE exists to:
- Help people understand what’s actually happening
- Restore trust, creativity, and collaboration
- Turn insight into ongoing momentum
The Experience
- Five thematic tracks: Sensemaking, Power, Creation, Healing, Action
- Guided sessions—not passive panels
- Artists and scientists in the same rooms
- Global participation, local relevance
- Real-time interaction + post-event continuation
Who It’s For
- Artists and cultural workers
- Scientists and systems thinkers
- Media makers and storytellers
- Builders, organizers, and educators
- Anyone trying to create responsibly in uncertain times
The Outcome
Participants leave with:
- Shared language for complex change
- Clearer understanding of power and leverage
- New collaborators and pathways
- Practical next steps beyond the event
MOBILIZED LIVE doesn’t end when the stream stops.
It’s an on-ramp to ongoing participation in the Mobilized ecosystem.
IV. SESSION FORMATS (MODULAR & REPEATABLE)
Each seminar uses one of four formats to avoid fatigue and maximize engagement.
🗣️ 1. Dialogue
Best for: Sensemaking, Power
Structure:
- 2–3 guided voices
- Clear framing questions
- Facilitator keeps it grounded and accessible
Audience role: Live questions + polls
🧭 2. Guided Mapping
Best for: Power, Action
Structure:
- Visual frameworks shared live
- Participants map their own contexts
- Collective pattern recognition
Audience role: Active sensemakers
🧪 3. Lab
Best for: Creation, Action
Structure:
- Short framing
- Breakout experimentation
- Rapid synthesis
Audience role: Co-designers
🤝 4. Co-Creation
Best for: Healing, Futures
Structure:
- Shared prompts
- Story, art, or concept generation
- Light harvesting of insights
Audience role: Contributors, not spectators
Final Note (Strategic Framing)
MOBILIZED LIVE is:
- Not inspirational theater
- Not expert worship
- Not solutionism
It is media as a living commons
-- Creative Director and Co-Founder, Mobilizednews.com