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Community Powered Perseverance: Savvy’s Quest to Become an Edmund Hillary Fellow in New Zealand

If you know me at all, you know I’m properly obsessed with New Zealand. I studied abroad there in 2008, and started returning regularly as a speaker/mentor in 2015. I’ve made the transpacific journey 13 times, and have come to fortunately refer to the Air New Zealand long-haul between SFO Read more…

By Savannah Peterson, 6 months6 months ago
Community Management

Empowering New Zealand’s Regional Māori Economy, One Hackathon at a Time

Kiwis often joke about New Zealand being a “rock on the bottom of the Earth.” The reality is, it’s a massively creative, stunning, sustainability-focused prototype for the communities of our future. It’s not just their progressive agenda, or (relatively) agile government, it’s the value they place on community. It’s the Read more…

By Savannah, 1 year ago
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Events

Interview with Greg Broadmore of Weta Workshop & Magic Leap at Creative Leadership New Zealand

There are a select few humans that get to design the future, and Greg Broadmore is one of them. He’s been with Weta Workshop for 18 years, and has lead the creative studio designing Magic Leap’s first games for seven. If you’re unfamiliar with Weta, they’ve designed some of the Read more…

By Savannah, 1 year ago
Events

New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards 2019: Video Recap w/ Jacinda Ardern!

“This is an evening that is really about celebrating the unique innovation New Zealand brings to the world.” If you know me, you know New Zealand is my favorite place on Earth. Their unique innovation ecosystem lends itself to some of the coolest products and strongest communities I’ve ever seen. Read more…

By Savannah, 1 year ago
Hardware

NBC Nightly News: Walmart and Google Announce Partnership ft. Savannah Peterson

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt recently aired a story on the exciting new Walmart and Google partnership. I gave my 10 cents on the collaboration that could define the future of retail in this clip:

By Savannah, 3 years ago
Events

Auckland Techweek: International Judge Selection

I was honored to be asked to judge the Young Achievers Award for Auckland Hi-Tech week this year. I joined a lineup of stellar other international judges for the event, and got to meet some incredible kiwi entrepreneurs as a result. In addition to judging the event, I also gave Read more…

By Savannah, 5 years ago
Events

What is World Class? Air New Zealand Inspiring Voices Feature

Air New Zealand recently started a new series called “Inspiring Voices” that asks thought leaders around the globe “what is world class?” Alongside Tam Tam McQueen and Ned Dyer, I took the #AirNZVoices stage in Christchurch and Wellington. The videos from those two special nights will be in-flight entertainment onboard Read more…

By Savannah, 5 years ago
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