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Electric Vehicle Surge at Silicon Valley Auto Show: Slideshow

Electric Vehicle Surge at Silicon Valley Auto Show: Slideshow

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Electric vehicles made a big impact last week at the 2013 Silicon Valley International Auto Show. Steve Smith, President of the Silicon Valley Auto Dealers Association gave Fresh Dialogues a [...]

Getting a Handle on the Tesla Model S – Video and Review

Getting a Handle on the Tesla Model S – Video and Review

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues In June, Fresh Dialogues toured the Tesla Factory and last week we finally got behind the wheel of the finished product: a Model S Performance. It’s an impressive vehicle: sleek, stylish [...]

Green Jobs Advice from Google, SolarCity, San Jose City, VC at Commonwealth Club

Green Jobs Advice from Google, SolarCity, San Jose City, VC at Commonwealth Club

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues This month, I moderated a panel of green jobs experts for the Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley. Experts included: Parag Chokshi, Clean Energy Public Affairs Manager, Google; Josh Green, General Partner, Mohr Davidow [...]

Tom Brokaw: Climate Change is Real

Tom Brokaw: Climate Change is Real

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Days before the Global Climate Conference in Durban South Africa, NBC’s Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw delivered a  strong message in  Silicon Valley for those who deny climate change. ”It’s real, we see it in [...]

Jeff Skoll: Humanitarian Award Winner at Tech Awards, Silicon Valley

Jeff Skoll: Humanitarian Award Winner at Tech Awards, Silicon Valley

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Last night, Jeff Skoll joined an eminent group of change-makers – Bill Gates, Al Gore, Gordon Moore and Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan. He was honored with The [...]

Visionary Awards 2011 Embrace A Unique Silicon Valley

Visionary Awards 2011 Embrace A Unique Silicon Valley

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues The 2011 Visionary Awards Ceremony was held at the home of Kelly Porter in Los Altos Hills on June 21, the longest… and also the hottest day of the year. This annual [...]

Carl Guardino on AB 32/ Prop 23: We’re not going to sit idly by

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues You’ve no doubt heard about the November ballot measure (Proposition 23) which aims to to scupper California’s landmark climate change legislation, AB 32. In this Fresh Dialogues interview, Carl Guardino, [...]

Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Entrepreneurship

Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Entrepreneurship

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues June 24 marked the 13th annual SDForum Visionary Awards, a celebration of the innovators and chutzpah that make Silicon Valley unique. Although the four visionaries come from diverse backgrounds, [...]

George Shultz: AB 32 – The Facts

George Shultz: AB 32 – The Facts

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Former U.S. Secretary of State, George Shultz delivered an eloquent summary of the facts surrounding AB 32(California’s answer to global warming) at the Silicon Valley Energy Summit at Stanford University on [...]

A Clean Energy Future: Advice from Silicon Valley

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Last night, President Obama addressed the nation for the first time from the Oval office. His subject: the BP oil spill disaster. Although some say he was “vapid”, Obama seized [...]

Rolf Papsdorf: Alternative Energy Brings Power to People

By Alison van Diggelen, Host of Fresh Dialogues Rolf Papsdorf, President of the Alternative Energy Development Corporation was a recipient of the 2009 Tech Awards in Silicon Valley, for bringing renewable energy (zinc fuel cells) and empowerment [...]

Laurie Yoler: On Tesla, Venture Capital and Obama

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Laurie Yoler, a managing director of Growth Point Technology Partners, was a founding board member of Tesla Motors and currently serves on its advisory board. I met with [...]