Conference for Global Transformation

2025 Poster Videos

Poster Videos YouTube Playlist


Our posters this year can be viewed on YouTube. Embedded in the name of each poster video listed below is a link to each YouTube video.

Social Commons: The memory you forgot
Public Persona: Who do they think I am?
Measures: The art of comparison
Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for life
Discourses: The building blocks of meaning
Contribution: Why busy people listen

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Creator & Title

Summary

1 Abby Lederman – Elders Inquiry: Does Failure Create Resiliency and Legacy?

Social Commons: The memory you forgot
Graduates of the Elders Wisdom course discuss how their past failures have resulted in their being resilient, vibrant, and hopeful for the future.
2 Barry Armstrong – Spheres, Spirals: The Dynamic Nature of Being

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for life
Discover how being pulsates and spirals through life from birth to death. Explore new perspectives on being, existence, and personal growth in this visual journey.
3 Carla Barrow – Doodles 2024: Exploring Wisdom Unlimited for the Arts

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeMeasures: The art of comparison
Have you excluded yourself from certain activities and communities because you think you don’t measure up? Do you wonder what it’s like when you jump in anyway?
4 David Novell and Catherine Green – Ecstasy: Moments on Cloud Nine

Social Commons: The memory you forgotLiving as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeDiscourses: The building blocks of meaning
Experience the ecstasy of unconditional love as it moves across a lifetime.
5 Cornelia MacFadyen – Upside-Down World

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for life
Upside-Down World explores the world through reflections in water and how these reflections offer a different perspective on reality.
6 Deborah Robin Mech (DeArah) – Light Language

Social Commons: The memory you forgotLiving as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifePublic Persona: Who do they think I am?
Singing “Amazing Grace” for you now in Light Language, the Sacred Star-Seed Language of Soul, please forgive dialectal errors, as learning a new language does not come without making mistakes.
7 Frances Griffiths – Stairs up the Mountain

Contribution: Why busy people listenMeasures: The art of comparisonDiscourses: The building blocks of meaning
The creator lives on a mountainside and is digging a stairway up the hill after her first version was washed out a few years ago.
8 Jennie Henton – School History Resources for All

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for life
Developing a digital platform to present history resources from different perspectives
9 Jessica Sarrazin – Hand-Sewn Night Sky Art

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for life
Artist Jessica Sarrazin shares her night sky art. Each work of art features stars from a particular date and location and is made by sewing thread and beads onto photographs.
10 Jim Fowler – Dreams Never Die: A Song about a Life of Adventure

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for life
Two Landmark graduates, a woman and her husband, lived a life of adventure together. They sailed into the unknown and discovered the joy of risking failure.
11 Jim Fowler and Tatiana Tilley – I Think of You: A Collaboration from Wisdom for the Arts

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for life
Four participants from the 2024 Wisdom Unlimited for the Arts course came together in virtual sessions on Zoom to write a song that brought a long-lost love back to life.
12 Judy Fried – Finding Focus in a World of Noise and Distraction

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifePublic Persona: Who do they think I am?
Struggling to focus, stay organized, or complete tasks? Constant distractions, impulsivity, and mental overload can make daily life challenging. Let’s explore why — and what you can do about it.
13 Krishna Nair – Learning Guitar and Risking Failure, Failure, Failure

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifePublic Persona: Who do they think I am?Contribution: Why busy people listen
My journey learning to play the guitar, even if all I can do is play badly.
14 Larry Adams – Failure and the Teenage Brain

Social Commons: The memory you forgotLiving as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifePublic Persona: Who do they think I am?
Adolescents risk failure while balancing self-control, impulsivity, and motivation. This video explores how their developing brain shapes decision-making, resilience, and growth as they strive for independence and pursue commitments.
15 Lisa Pulliam – A Year in Travel

Social Commons: The memory you forgotLiving as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifePublic Persona: Who do they think I am?
In 2024, I decided to take every trip I could fit into 2025. It was a year of exploring what it would be like to say yes to what I wanted unconstrainedly.
16 Lisa Pulliam and Vicki Thorpe – At Play Risking Failure: Exploring Our Commitment

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeDiscourses: The building blocks of meaning
Mapping failures, breakdowns, and snail-paced progress on the road of our commitment to “End Death by Suicide” in the world.
17 Lisa Pulliam – Chasing Sunsets and Sunrises

Social Commons: The memory you forgotLiving as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeDiscourses: The building blocks of meaning
A video highlighting a photographer’s favorite sunrises and sunsets.
18 Lynnie Sterba – The Art of Letting Go

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifePublic Persona: Who do they think I am?Contribution: Why busy people listen
An artist embarks on an unexpected rock-climbing journey to experience a vortex’s energy, embracing community support, resilience, and risk, leading to breakthroughs in her artwork.
19 Melanie Trent and Michelle Hastings – Breaking The Ice: From Frozen to Freedom

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifePublic Persona: Who do they think I am?
2024 Humanity Flourishing Prize recipients share their experience of “breaking the ice” and the openings that doing so can create for themselves and others.
20 Millie Rasekoala – The Strength to Rise This video explores the indomitable spirit of African youth, highlighting their resilience in the face of adversity. It delves into personal stories, challenges, and triumphs that define their journey toward success.
21 Pam Pence – Empowering Everyone to be Transformational Leaders

Social Commons: The memory you forgotLiving as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeDiscourses: The building blocks of meaning
Get curious about humanity’s existential threats and our many possibilities to create the world we desire. See this powerful new approach to large-scale transformation, in service to this world.
22 Paul Freyermuth – Igniting Miracles

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifePublic Persona: Who do they think I am?Contribution: Why busy people listen
A glimpse at igniting miracles, moving a promise forward by playing in the world, risking failure, and empowering others to be in action with their commitments.
23 Peg Miller – Formerly Incarcerated People Cause Miracles

Social Commons: The memory you forgotContribution: Why busy people listenDiscourses: The building blocks of meaning
The Occupational Mentor Certification Program, a transformational program in California prisons, in which lifers become certified drug and alcohol counselors, causing miracles in our prisons and in their communities when they come home.
24 Pete Mazany – The Power of Empowerment – Conservation and Inclusion in Malawi and Zambia

Social Commons: The memory you forgotLiving as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeContribution: Why busy people listen
Conservation and inclusion in Malawi and Zambia. Reporting on failures and opportunities in funding.
25 Rachel Barwell – At Play in the World of Dyslexia Education: Risking it all!

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifePublic Persona: Who do they think I am?Contribution: Why busy people listen
Discover ground-breaking dyslexia education initiatives transforming learning for neurodivergent people worldwide. Explore innovative strategies empowering students, families, and communities, fostering inclusivity and success in education and beyond.
26 Renee Copfer – Recovery and Transformation: A Dance With Failure

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeContribution: Why busy people listenDiscourses: The building blocks of meaning
Discover how embracing failure can lead to transformation and recovery. Join us in exploring the dance between setbacks and growth. Recovery is possible.
27 Robyn Maitland and Sean Potter – The Fallow Season

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeContribution: Why busy people listen
Musicians who are committed to art and music that transform and make a real difference in the world.
28 Rose Grant – Reading the Tea Leaves: Divining Passionate Futures

Social Commons: The memory you forgotLiving as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeMeasures: The art of comparison
Discovering the continents and exploring the presence of emotions. Using the atlas of emotion, we wander through both the naming of our feelings and the experience of them in the moment.
29 Susan Kralj & Doris Schneider – African Women at Play With Their World – Forgiveness and Resilience

Social Commons: The memory you forgotLiving as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeContribution: Why busy people listen
Participants in the African Women’s Leadership and Mental Wellbeing Course are causing and creating miracles with resilience and play. Forgiveness and resilience are the keys to being with circumstances.
30 Thomas Parker-Swenson – Your Backyard: An Exploration in Photography

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeContribution: Why busy people listen
Pick up that camera and use it as a catalyst to see the world in new ways, fostering a deeper connection and appreciation for the world around you.
31 True Shields – Sasha’s Travels: The Hunt for the Noble in Others

Social Commons: The memory you forgotLiving as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeContribution: Why busy people listen
The difference it’s been making to allow my rambling cat to connect others to ourselves and the world
32 Wendy Keilin – Resilient and Resourceful: Standing Where There’s Nowhere to Stand

Living as a Created Self: Carving out new pathways for lifeContribution: Why busy people listenDiscourses: The building blocks of meaning
When the world occurs as accelerating away from working for everyone, how do we maintain empowerment, focus, commitment, action, vitality, love — embracing what’s so — without giving up or looking away?