JR, a street artist from France, won the TED prize this year.  

You can join in.

http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/ted-prize.php

One of the cool things at TED this year was Ads Worth Sharing.

That sounds like an oxymoron, but it being TED, they are AWS.

Take a look at TED.com/aws.  My favorite is Girl Effect.