Tag Archives: TED Conference
Something From Nothing
Day 192 Ahem. You may now refer to this college dropout as “Professor.” (If you speak at TED University that’s what they call you.) (That photo was lifted from Flickr, shot by James Duncan Davidson for TED.) Maybe sometime next week I’ll upload the script and my faaaaabulous slides, which were conceived and produced by [...]
Full StoryDo Be Do Be Do
Day 191 I’ve just returned from a reception for the TEDGlobal2010 Fellows. These world-changing individuals are intimidating even to the Fellows who precede them. Every time we meet a new class of Fellows, at least one of the outgoing Fellows or Senior Fellows will say, “I’m glad I didn’t have to compete for a spot in THIS [...]
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Day 47 Yesterday I wrote that I am resisting the urge to write volumes about my TED experience. Janet Ginsburg sent a thoughtful comment , which deserves a reply. First, one of the TED Talks that I predict will be the next talk-heard-’round-the-world is a talk from an audience member at TEDActive in Palm Springs. A young woman [...]
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Day 44 After the TED Conference, my head is exploding. I need to sleep for about two days now.
Full StoryOops. I Broke It.
Day 42 Yesterday I broke a pattern when I accidentally missed TED University – I never missed it before. And today I missed it on purpose. This is what happens when barriers are broken – they’re, you know, broken. I’m not deliberately attempting to create disruption in my patterns, but when they happen, I’m willing to explore new [...]
Full StoryWherever You Go, There You Are
Day 41 I lost track of the time, and I missed the first session of TED University today. Ordinarily, I would have been really upset. After all, I’m here for the TED Conference . But I was doing something else that was important to me, and I’m glad I did it, even though I’m sorry I [...]
Full StoryYou Never Step Into The Same Conference Twice
Day 37 If I hadn’t already signed up, I might have decided to skip the TED Conference. This might shock those who know I love the annual gathering, that it is the one thing that is on my calendar in indelible ink, that I am paid up until 2017. I’ve been attending in my role [...]
Full StoryThere Is No Try – Do Or Do Not
Work ethic- it was pounded into me from earliest childhood. Kids had chores, and were expected to exercise some creativity, ingenuity, and enterprise to earn their own money. I can’t remember when I wasn’t busy. I usually had more than one job – even in high school, I was working at a radio station and [...]
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This is the shirt that launched a thousand lies. OK, I’m exaggerating for the sake of literary allusion. It was maybe a dozen cases of mistaken idenTEDy. www.mondonation.com allows you to complete the sentence “i believe” and put it on the back of a t-shirt. I got a long-sleeved pink one that says “i believe heaven is a [...]
Full StoryInteresTED?
I know, I know, enough about TED. But whatever you care about, someone at TED is probably doing something about it. One of my core principles is “non-duplication of effort.” Why should you work so hard to do something that’s already been done, or that other people have figured out a way to do that [...]
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