Was invited to give a keynote at the MLOVE conference in Berlin in June 2014 along with Tim Lebrecht and Yuri van Geest. My presentation was a more personal take on how existing in a connected world has enriched my life by the exchange of love, empathy, and gratitude online and in social media.

1. L O V E , E M PAT H Y & G R AT I T U D E
I N A C O N N E C T E D W O R L D
C E C I L I A PA G K A L I N A WA N

3. T H E P O W E R O F T O U C H
• “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a
smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest
compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which
have the potential to turn a life around.”
• - Leo Buscaglia

4. W H AT I S O U R P U R P O S E ?
• “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be
useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have
it make some difference that you have lived and lived
well.”
• Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. My family before emigrating to the United States from the Philippines.

6. H O W C A N W E T O U C H O T H E R S
T H R O U G H T E C H N O L O G Y ?

7. Wedding Gifts Pour in
For Seattle Shooting Hero Jon Meis

8. K I VA :
S T R A N G E R S M I C R O F U N D I N G D R E A M S

9. R A L LY. O R G :
J E S S E L E V I N F O R T Y P H O O N H A I YA N

10. @ N E X T D AY B E T T E R H A C K AT H O N F O R
T Y P H O O N H A I YA N & @ R U R A L K I D S R E L I E F

11. M Y S O N M AT E O . C R O W D - S O U R C E D PA R E N TA L
A D V I C E O N B U L LY I N G F R O M S O C I A L M E D I A .

12. D O M E S T I C V I O L E N C E S U P P O R T F R O M
F R I E N D S — F R O M L E G A L A D V I C E T O F U N D S

14. M L O V E C H A L L E N G E :
• HOW CAN WE MATTER?
• HOW CAN WE UTILIZE OUR COLLECTIVE ENERGIES
AND INTELLIGENCE TO IMPACT LIVES?