Maxine Cunningham
Meet the World's People
Cumberland, Canada
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Maxine is a visionary entrepreneur and global connector on a mission to revolutionize the way we exchange knowledge. As the founder and CEO of Pick My Brain, she has built a thriving marketplace where experts, professionals, and storytellers from 88+ countries share their insights via live, interactive conversations.
With a background in economics and community-building, Maxine has spent the last decade designing scalable, human-first knowledge economies that make learning more accessible, personal, and experiential.
Her latest initiative, Meet the World’s People, is a groundbreaking education platform designed to give teachers and students on-demand access to inspiring speakers—offering career stories, life lessons, financial literacy, and post-secondary insights in real-time.
Driven by a belief that a single conversation can change a life, Maxine is passionate about bridging education, technology, and human connection to create a more curious, conscious, and connected world.
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Meet the World's People
Travel the World Through Conversations – Bringing Global Citizenship and Cultural Exchange to Your Classroom
The Vision
Imagine a classroom where students and teachers can meet, greet, and engage in live conversations with individuals from every corner of the globe—without ever leaving their desks.
Meet the World's People is a groundbreaking program that connects classrooms to thousands of professionals, experts, and storytellers across 88+ countries and 100+ industries through LIVE, virtual, 45-minute storytelling sessions.
With just a few clicks, teachers and students can book engaging speakers—from a Kenyan farmer sharing lessons on resilience to an oceanographer revealing the mysteries of the deep—offering real-world learning, cultural exchange, and global citizenship in action.
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