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Don Tapscott Named #2 Top Most Influential Person in the Blockchain Industry

Richtopia has compiled the top 100 Financial Tech insiders—the most important people who are pro-active about the possibilities of change enabled by the blockchain. Tapscott, whose power score was second only to Marc Andreeson, responded in his typical low-key way “Times are a changin'”.

Canadian Music Week

Don and Alex Tapscott have been asked to keynote Canadian Music Week, May 2-8, in Toronto, Canada. Now in its 34th year, Canadian Music Week is recognized as one of the premiere entertainment events in North America focusing on the business of music. The Canadian Music Week festival spans 7 nights of performances, with hundreds of showcasing bands at more than 40 live music venues in downtown Toronto.

With the first era of recorded music, artists were beholden to the Record Labels who took most of their value. With the digital revolution, artists had so give up even more to big technology companies like Apple or big streaming companies like Spotify – not to mention seeing their art downloaded from unauthorized sites for free. This is all about to change as the Internet enters a second generation, based on blockchain technology. This father-son collaboration describe a new vision for the industry — not only an idea, but now being implemented by artists like Imogen Heap. What is the blockchain? How can artists be fed first, and what are the challenges to get there? How can progressive music industry executives join in?

Blockchain Revolution Book Tour Dates Announced

Book Tour Dates:

Washington, DC – May 31st

Calgary, AB – June 21st

Toronto, ON – May 5th

To request details, please fill out the form below:

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How Blockchain Changes the Insurance Industry

Don Tapscott gave the opening talk at the Property Innovation Summit in Miami, Florida. Asked to speak on changes to the insurance industry, Tapscott offered a glimpse into the future:

The Property Innovation Summit is widely regarded as the Property Insurance Industry’s premier thought leadership conference. Now in its tenth year, this invitation only event brings together senior property executives from the nation’s top carriers.

Tapscott on the Future of Cryptocurrency

Don Tapscott, Co-author of “Blockchain Revolution” joins Bloomberg TV Canada’s Pamela Ritchie to discuss the future of cryptocurrency like Bitcoin.

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Why Blockchain Could Revolutionize Banking

Don Tapscott joins Bloomberg TV Canada’s Pamela Ritchie to discuss the technology behind digital currency bitcoin, blockchain, and his new book “Blockchain Revolution”.

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Rethinking Learning for the Networked Age | ChangSchoolTalks 2016

Don Tapscott, Canadian business executive, best-selling author and new media theorist, speaks about rethinking learning for the networked age at the sold-out ChangSchoolTalks 2016: Experiential Learning in Action event hosted at Ryerson University on February 17, 2016.

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How The Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Going To Change The Lives Of The Bottom Billion

The blockchain is coming—and it’s going to create huge benefits for the world’s poorest people, from financial access to property rights to controlling their identities writes Ben Schiller in his interview with Don and Alex Tapscott on Fast Company’s Co.Exist.

“We believe that blockchain technology is a powerful tool for creating global prosperity,” says Alex Tapscott, who co-authored the forthcoming book Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World with his father, Don Tapscott. “We’re seeing a big problem where the world economy is growing unabated, but fewer and fewer people are benefiting, and we think blockchain could hold solutions to that.”

Read the blockchain interview on Fast Company.

Blockchain: “It’s Going to Radically Transform Our Society’s Institutions” at DLD16

“The most influential tech conference in Europe” — The Economist

The invitation-only DLD (Digital-Life-Design) 2016 conference took place in Munich on January 19th. Speaking alongside representatives from The Economist, the UE, Instagram, Youtube, Google, Amazon and more, Don Tapscott explained how Blockchain is going to radically transform our society’s institutions.

The Blockchain Student Challenge

To All the Animators, Graphic Designers, and Filmmakers out there:

We at the Tapscott Group are in need of talented, creative individuals to create a 90-to-120 second animation video on the influence of Blockchain technology on the music industry, and we’re willing to pay.

Don Tapscott (C.M., CEO of the Tapscott Group, Ranked 4th by Thinkers50) and his son Alex Tapscott (CEO of Northwest Passage Ventures) are coming out with a true father-son collaboration, penning the book: Blockchain Revolution: How the technology behind bitcoin is changing money, business, and the world for release on May 10. The technology likely to have the greatest impact on the future of the world economy has arrived, and it’s not self-driving cars, solar energy, or artificial intelligence.

And we need your help.

We’ve created an open competition for aspiring animators and filmmakers to show us what they’ve got, with some high stakes. You could win $200 in prize money, a Kindle Fire Tablet, a chance to network with 500 of Canada’s top executives at the book launch in Toronto, and the potential for further work. It is with great pleasure that we share this opportunity with you to help musicians reinvent the music industry.

Attached you will find the contest brief and the style guide, both of which will be needed to complete the Blockchain challenge. Note that Submissions are due April 10th at 11:59PM EST, and should be submitted via Dropbox link to *protected email*.

Documents:

Animation Project Contest Brief
Style Guide