Idea Folks
Bill Gates
Sharing things I'm learning through my foundation work and other interests...6,746,835 followers | Follow
John Dickerson
Political correspondent Slate magazine/Political Director CBS News1,374,871 followers | Follow
socialedge
Global online community by social entrepreneurs, for social entrepreneurs [via Victor d'Allant @dallant]409,720 followers | Follow
Beth Kanter
Let's talk about networked approaches & social media for training and capacity building for the nonprofit sector that leverage learning and impact.403,468 followers | Follow
Change.org
Change.org is the world’s fastest growing platform for social change, empowering millions to start and join campaigns for social change in their communities.298,826 followers | Follow
Cory Doctorow
Writer, blogger, activist. If you want a reply, use email. Blog suggestions here: http://boingboing.net/submit/237,443 followers | Follow
Alain de Botton
Interested in wisdom and action. Writer; most recently of 'Religion for Atheists'.217,490 followers | Follow
Chris Brogan
President, Human Business Works. More? http://bit.ly/cbbio . contact: http://chrisbrogan.com/contact210,062 followers | Follow
Mignon Fogarty
Podcaster. Author. Entrepreneur. Skier. Founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcasting network. http://is.gd/9a1.197,028 followers | Follow
Daniel Pink
Author of: Drive, A Whole New Mind, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, & Free Agent Nation187,358 followers | Follow
Maria Popova
Interestingness hunter-gatherer obsessed with combinatorial creativity. Editor of @brainpickings & @explorer. Bylines for @WiredUK & @TheAtlantic. MIT Fellow.185,720 followers | Follow
Seth Godin
Founder of Squidoo.com, author, blogger. This is a retweet of my blog.180,550 followers | Follow
Gary Hustwit
The jet-lagged and guitar-obsessed director of the documentary films Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized. Currently: The Olympic City photography project.151,146 followers | Follow
Forrester Research
Forrester Research, Inc. is an independent research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice to global leaders in business and technology.128,481 followers | Follow
Brian Stelter
I report on TV & media for The New York Times. I'm working on a book about morning TV. For Q's and news tips: bstelter@gmail.com | 212-556-4668 | 240-793-2483125,909 followers | Follow
Ann Handley
Head of Content here at ‘Profs. People seem to like my writing: http://www.contentrulesbook.com http://www.annhandley.com125,480 followers | Follow
Brian Clark
Content marketing, online publishing, and copywriting advice from the editorial team at Copyblogger Media.110,294 followers | Follow
Jeremiah Owyang
Industry Analyst (aka Catalyst) at Altimeter Group. Some tweets publish on timer. How I use Twitter http://bit.ly/LK0i105,140 followers | Follow
Sir Ken Robinson
105,018 followers | Follow
Leo Babauta
Simplicity blogger at zenhabits.net & mnmlist.com. See http://leobabauta.com98,501 followers | Follow
Michio Kaku
Theoretical Physicist, Professor, Futurist, Bestselling Author & Popularizer of Science85,103 followers | Follow
William Gibson
79,753 followers | Follow
Sarah Evans
PR. Social Media Correspondent. Animal lover. Birthed Twitter industry chats. #journchat #commentz prsarahevans@gmail.com77,337 followers | Follow
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Economist, Professor, Director of the @EarthInstitute, Columbia University and Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General. Author of The Price of Civilization.68,976 followers | Follow
John Jantsch
Small business marketing consultant, speaker and author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine and soon to be released - The Commitment Engine.64,720 followers | Follow
Tom Peters
author, speaker, professional agitator, labeled the Red Bull of management thinking59,244 followers | Follow
Blair Semenoff
1 of the Most ReTweeted Accounts on Twitter! Providing YOU 24/7 News, Random Information & Inspiration Since May 13th 2009!58,390 followers | Follow
Christopher Penn
Director of Inbound Marketing, ninja, PodCamp cofounder, Marketing Over Coffee cohost, speaker, author, marketing professor. More: http://cspenn.com/w54,012 followers | Follow
Gretchen Rubin
Author of the book and the blog, THE HAPPINESS PROJECT. (Can't resist adding: #1 New York Times and international bestseller.)53,881 followers | Follow
craignewmark
customer service rep & founder for craigslist & craigconnects. Media inquiries please email: press@craigconnects.org.52,875 followers | Follow
Bit Rebels
The killingest Geek, Technology, Design and Social Media news blog out there!50,152 followers | Follow
Tara missrogue Hunt
CEO (@buyosphere), blogger (@ungracefully), Author/Speaker (@whuffiefactor), Mom (@taquitotadito), Pug lover (@ridley) + partner (@carlospache_co)43,125 followers | Follow
Big Spaceship
Big Spaceship's twitter feed. We create connected experiences, products and platforms. Maintained by Founder & CEO Michael Lebowitz39,606 followers | Follow
Pete Cashmore
CEO and Founder of Mashable.com. Professional account is @mashable39,155 followers | Follow
Hugh MacLeod
Cartoonist, bestselling author, co-founder of Social Object Factory: http://socialobjectfactory.com gapingvoid@gmail.com36,474 followers | Follow
Don Tapscott
Author (most recent book Macrowikinomics), consulting company CEO, Hammond B3 player, striving to live a principled life of consequence.36,241 followers | Follow
Danny Brown
VP, Product Intelligence at Jugnoo, Inc. Award-winning marketer and social media blogger. Author of The Parables of Business. Some tweets automated.33,540 followers | Follow
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Harvard Business School Professor and author of SuperCorp, a look at how a new generation of values-driven businesses do well by doing good23,627 followers | Follow
kottke.org
Officially verified Twitter account of kottke.org, the home of fine hypertext products22,986 followers | Follow
RayBeckerman
Law, social justice, nature, human & animal rights, the arts, ecology. Progressive. I try to lend my voice to the voiceless. http://is.gd/cNFKN22,391 followers | Follow
Chatham House
Chatham House is a leading independent policy institute on international affairs.22,168 followers | Follow
Ryan North
I am the final boss at the end of the internet. I am the place where food goes to die22,087 followers | Follow
JOHNABYRNE
Founder of C-Change Media & former Executive Editor of BusinessWeek, Digital Journalism Advocate22,065 followers | Follow
Greg Mitchell
Blogger for The Nation. Author of 13 books (see link below) on OWS, WikiLeaks, Beethoven, Atomic Cover-Up. Former ed. at Editor & Publisher and Crawdaddy.20,958 followers | Follow
Jennifer Leggio
Raconteur. Comedienne. Hockey lover. Security Twits herder emeritus. VP of Corp Comm for Sourcefire. Forbes.com tech contributor. My tweets, my opinions.20,015 followers | Follow
Chris Heuer
Specialist, Social Business for Deloitte Consulting. Postdigital Architect. Founder/Chairman, Social Media Club. UX/IA Guy. Game Changer.19,165 followers | Follow
citizentube
Citizentube is YouTube's source for info on news, politics, and social change.18,838 followers | Follow
Ross Mayfield
Biz Dev for SlideShare, a LinkedIn company. Social, I called it...18,046 followers | Follow
Pierre Bourdieu
French Sociologist. Habitus, Champ, Capital Cultural, Distinction, Theory, Sociology.17,480 followers | Follow
Mark Horvath
Just a hardly normal guy trying to navigate through an abnormal world by helping others. Founder @invisiblepeople & @wearevisible. Watch http://bit.ly/s6lP1315,719 followers | Follow
Irina Shamaeva
Master People Sourcer, Brain Gain Recruiter, Boolean Strings Creator, LinkedIn Data Miner, Internet Researcher. New! #Peoplesourcing Certifications15,442 followers | Follow
Geoff Livingston
Marketing Strategist. Co-author, Marketing in the Round. Author, Welcome to the Fifth Estate. Giving days for @razoo.14,269 followers | Follow
Andrew Hyde
minimalist vagabond. Planned @TEDxBoulder @igniteboulder and worked for @techstars. @startupweekend founder.14,116 followers | Follow
Shambhala Sun
The online and print magazine of Buddhism, Culture, Meditation, Life14,095 followers | Follow
Clive Thompson
Journalist, blogger, musician. Wired mag columnist, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. Writing a book about how tech affects our thought.13,872 followers | Follow
Derek Markham
Generally green, sprinkled with randomness & slathered with peanut butter. Writer for TreeHugger.com and Discovery. Good man. Skilled shoveler. WordPress lover.13,395 followers | Follow
Micah Baldwin
Live a life of extreme honesty. First company when I was 14; sold last company in 2007. Now CEO & founder of @graphicly. Startup advisor/mentor. Animal lover.13,352 followers | Follow
NextBillion
Exploring the connection between development and enterprise through blogs and analysis13,029 followers | Follow
Justin Wolfers
Economist by day. Dad by night. Runner when I get the time.12,920 followers | Follow
Laurel Touby
founder of mediabistro.com, which I sold. Now investing in/advising various startups. I tweet highly personal musings about my life in the media/startup world.11,536 followers | Follow
David Quilty
Founder of thegoodhuman.com. Social activist, greenie, writer, social media addict, forkoverknifer. You'll find me outdoors trying to avoid looking at my phone.11,204 followers | Follow
Jason Easley
Proud liberal website. In a world full of corporate cash, we are independent. #p210,796 followers | Follow
emilynussbaum
TV Critic for The New Yorker. Melissa Steadman acolyte. Hair.9,817 followers | Follow
Saskia Sassen
Among 100 Top Global Thinkers Foreign Policy. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,33 Author9,033 followers | Follow
Rex Sorgatz
Strategist, writer, entrepreneur, designer, advisor, consultant, creative technologist, gadfly, and dilettante.8,224 followers | Follow
Jeffrey Levy, EPA
EPA Director of Web Communications, Co-Chair of the Federal Web Managers Council, Gov't 2.0er.8,035 followers | Follow
Atlas Obscura
The definitive guide to the world's hidden wonders. Uncovering the world. Follow the Atlas team: @eucryphia, @sethteicher, @joshuafoer, @dylanthuras8,010 followers | Follow
Grant McCracken
I'm an anthropologist & author of Chief Culture Officer. The new book is called Culturematic. http://amzn.to/r3awjd.7,850 followers | Follow
Insight Labs
An unorthodox approach to social innovation and progress. “It’s like the love child of a think tank and a flash mob for good.”7,804 followers | Follow
BibliOdyssey
Links to obscure art/book/illustration finds and alerts to new web exhibitions as well as random history/science/library/museum/literary fancies. Play nice.7,690 followers | Follow
Antonio Altamirano
Entrepreneur. Founder @DabbleApp and @Tangelo. Between Silicon Valley and South America7,126 followers | Follow
Mark Graban
Lean healthcare consultant, blogger, keynote speaker, author of @LeanHospitals & @HCkaizen, also works for @KaiNexus - making improvement easier.7,120 followers | Follow
Paul Saffo
6,622 followers | Follow
The New Inquiry
5,488 followers | Follow
Stefan Wolpers
Founder of Twittwoch.de & EntrepreneursClub.de. Specializing in startups, product management, scrum, software & social media. Apple & ice-cream enthusiast.4,641 followers | Follow
Nancy Friedman
Name and tagline developer, @VisualThesaurus columnist, bay swimmer, California native, skeptic. Lover of fashion, maps, brand lore, high/low culture.4,477 followers | Follow
Randall Krause
Change myself & the world by living and teaching Himalayan Yoga Meditation. Founder of Hym-la, a charitable nonprofit providing support to 3 schools in India.4,399 followers | Follow
Clayton Cubitt
I make pretty pictures that solve problems by selling ideas.4,325 followers | Follow
Fern Cohen
disabled [ALS] writer, rabbit rescue, healthy eating, Love my rabbit, chocolate, red wine, tea, marzipan, Starbucks, indie film, good food, art.4,237 followers | Follow
Gregg Morris
A Renaissance Man in a niche world. Narrative. Story. Writing. Creative Technologist. Reimagined software C-Suite executive.4,232 followers | Follow
Meryl at Beanstalk
Only one Truth & we foolishly fight over the path to it. I tweet to learn, inform & engage.4,137 followers | Follow
UNESCO Office Amman
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization3,755 followers | Follow
Ozgur Uckan
Writer, teacher, advisor. Works on knowledge economy, creative industries, information design & management, communication design, art and culture.3,571 followers | Follow
Judy Schriener
Radio talk show host/longtime journalist/writer. Co-author of Building for Boomers published by McGraw-Hill. NASCAR, Denver Broncos fan.3,468 followers | Follow
James Boyle
I teach law at Duke & write for the FT & Huff Po. http://thepublicdomain.org/bio3,364 followers | Follow
Aaron Stewart-Ahn
Filmmaker, writer, sometimes work @bicyclehabitat in NYC. Alumnus of Dreamworks Animation, Rockstar Games, & @giant_robot magazine.3,277 followers | Follow
Elizabeth King
Outsmarting the SAT (Ten Speed) | Winning the Customer w/ @louimbriano (McGraw Hill); arts/culture/edu at StayOutOfSchool | ACT/SAT at elizabethkingcoaching.com3,067 followers | Follow
john v willshire
'Make Things People Want' beats 'Make People Want Things'.2,963 followers | Follow
Street Culture Mash
Street Culture Mash [SCM] is a creative venture with a social mission. SCM is art lived.2,634 followers | Follow
Søren Kierkegaard
Beyond death I continue to ask questions about what it means to be or not to be2,484 followers | Follow
Frank Da Silva
I am producer, geek, filmmaker and an innovator in multimedia technologies and social media. I am also the co-founder of Earth 2 Hub™ | http://earth2hub.com2,391 followers | Follow
Bruce Waltuck
change agent. Application of complex systems science to leadership and change. Conflict resolution and process improvement services. Green chile & delta blues.2,250 followers | Follow
Sthlm Resilience
Advances transdisciplinary research on resilience - the ability to deal with change and continue to develop.1,991 followers | Follow
The Third Teacher
A multidisciplinary group within Cannon Design that develops strategies for transforming education and instills them into the physical environment1,843 followers | Follow
Ian Spector
Bestselling humorist/creator of Chuck Norris Facts, entrepreneur, creative type. I do interesting things w/ media and tech.1,819 followers | Follow
Paul Miser
Collision of Digital & Physical Realities. Extending experiences through the digisphere. Director of New Media @IIRUSA1,717 followers | Follow
DESIGN*aRt::archive
design art architecture+landscape and miscellaneous... News/Inspiration/Weblog1,627 followers | Follow
Rik Davnall
If you only become a futurist after the future starts, does it still count? Free fantasy serial, 'The Second Realm': http://bit.ly/2ndrealm1,555 followers | Follow
Graham Leicester 雷思达
International Futures Forum: practical hope. wise initiative. effective action in conceptual emergencies.1,506 followers | Follow
Feel Gooder
Feel Gooder! - Because life is too short not to. An embryonic project of @ProBlogger.1,245 followers | Follow
jaycousins
Interests: social technology, human interaction, technology trends, product hacking, open everything, disrupting technologies and systems1,153 followers | Follow
Jeff Sonstein
IT prof @ RIT, mobile tech junkie, old hacker. This is my personal account, & does not reflect the views of my employer... honest.1,083 followers | Follow
Richard DeLorenzo
Partners with education systems that are serious about unleashing the potential of every student. Lead the first school district to win the Baldrige award.1,019 followers | Follow
Steve Fuller
Prof of Sociology, @warwickuni. Founder of Social Epistemology & Author of Humanity 2.0: What It Means to be Human Past, Present and Future922 followers | Follow
Platform NAi
Platform of Netherlands Architecture Institute for lectures, debates, master classes and presentations on innovation agenda Architecture of Consequence.893 followers | Follow
Richard Conniff
I write about behavior, in books, magazines, tv, and radio. Check out my latest book here: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-Species-Seekers/826 followers | Follow
jawoodward
I am a PhD in the Humanities, father of three(!), manual laborer, entry-level programmer, who wants equal rights and equal pay for all. #socialism #leftism653 followers | Follow
Marthin De Beer
SVP of Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group, responsible for the company’s efforts around end-to-end video and collaboration, energy, and home networking.593 followers | Follow
Zehra Nasif
.NET, SQL, Active Directory Developer, Hiker, Runner, Regular Exerciser, Healthy Dose of Skeptic401 followers | Follow
World Heritage Sites
116 followers | Follow
