Koen Timmers - Education technologist

What does it take to build a global network of millions of people taking action around a cause you care about? The story of Koen Timmers reveals some of the practical ways.

In this case the cause is climate change, the network is teachers and students, and the innovation includes a clever app for building community and measuring impact.

Koen tells how he gradually evolved this work from his humble beginnings in a family of teachers and a curiosity about technology, to a point where his work has been recognised in both the worlds of education (he was a top-ten finalist for the Global Teacher Prize) and climate action (supported by David Attenborough and others).

Today with Jennifer Williams and the team at Take Action Global, Koen Timmers is continuing to build this movement towards even greater scale and impact.

His story will encourage anyone who aspires to achieve great things and who is willing to muster the patience to invest and evolve over years or even decades.

(00:00) Introduction to Koen Timmers

(01:55) THE PAST - My Life and Career Journey

(11:21) Creative artefact

(12:35) THE PRESENT - My Work and Innovation

(30:50) THE FUTURE - Future of Work

(27:07) What's uniquely human?

(33:23) Concluding advice

USEFUL LINKS:

Koen Timmers www.timmers.me

Profile when elected as an Ashoka Fellow: www.ashoka.org/en-be/fellow/koen-timmers

Book - Game Changer: https://a.co/d/egl3ilo

Taking Action Global: www.takeactionglobal.org

Climate Action Project (from TAG): www.climateactionproject.org

EarthProject app for iOS and Android: www.earthproject.org