Tag Archives: TED
Telling Myself A Different Story
Day 70
My houseguest asked yesterday, “What is the difference between what you do on your sabbatical and what you do when you are working? Because last year, when you are working, you are on the computer. When you are on sabbatical, you are also on the computer.”
That’s easy. What I’m doing on the computer now is [...]
Have To, Get To, Want To, Need To
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 talks about having [...]
This Is Not Working
Day 46
The temptation to “work” today is stronger than at any time since the beginning of my sabbatical.
I resisted most compulsions to tweet and blog TED2010 . My output at TEDGlobal2009 was prodigious by comparison.
As expected, I connected with some of our grantees, but also as expected, that was a joyful reward, not workwork.
Today I am powerfully pulled toward [...]
TED Head
Day 44
After the TED Conference, my head is exploding.
I need to sleep for about two days now.
Wherever 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 accidentally missed those TED [...]
You 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 as president of [...]
Earthquake in Haiti Aftershocks Felt…Here
Day 15
I’m having flashbacks to my old TV news anchor days.
If I were still working in the newsroom, the earthquake in Haiti would have been the center of my world for as long as it was a big story. I’m glad I’m no longer required to immerse myself in tragedy. These days, I get the information I need, take what [...]
Slower
Day 14
Yes, I know, it’s almost the end of Day 14. I’m not responding to artificial deadlines this year.
When TED Community Director Tom Rielly invited The Harnisch Foundation to be a founding sponsor of the TED Fellows program, we signed on immediately. The TED Fellows are some of the most extraordinary people in the world. As a [...]
There 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 a [...]
So BusTED
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 ted [...]
