Brent Toderash bills himself as a “freelance thinker” and currently does freelance work on branding and web development projects. An eclectic big-picture thinker, he enjoys review­ing busi­ness mod­els and strate­gies with an eye to long-term effects.

After studying theology, he became an entrepreneur and blogger. As an entrepreneur, he helped build an IT consulting firm and an innovative Internet service provider whose first major rural project was written up as a successful case study for Industry Canada.  As a blogger, he built two successful blogs over the past dozen years. The first on technology and early open source and Linux news, followed by one on theological change. Both became well-known and influential in their areas at the time and established his bona fides as a knowledgeable participant in emerging Internet-fueled change.

More recently while on the lookout for ways to help spread positive change, he decided to inflict his skillset upon TEDxManitoba.

What’s your role on the organizing committee?

Technical Lead

Why are you volunteering for TEDxManitoba 2012?

I’ve been a fan of TED for several years, so when I heard about last year’s event, I made sure to get my name in to attend, and was fortunate to be selected. As soon as the event wrapped up, I was determined to volunteer with this year’s event in some way.

The core idea behind TED — of spreading ideas and looking at things in fresh new ways — strikes close to home for me, so I’m really excited to get behind it.

Which TED talk do you think everyone should watch?

John Hunter on the World Peace Game.