Tag Archives: TED
You Got The Fever? I Got The Curator.
Day 226 I never thought of this as a philanthropy buzzword, but noted blogger Lucy Bernholz says it is: Curator. She cited the TED and TEDx conferences among others that have curators. That word used to refer to people who worked in museums and art galleries. I’ve known several curators and guest curators, and their jobs involved [...]
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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 171 On a recent visit to a museum, I was surprised to find a little video viewing area in a specially ticketed exhibit. Comfy furniture, throw pillows, and other casual seating created the impression of a TED Simulcast Lounge, and surprise! The venue had been set up to show Edith Witter’s TED Talk on bioluminescence . She said that fish [...]
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Day 157 I knew it was time for a new photo when one of the TED Fellows said, “I wouldn’t have recognized you from your picture.” And another said, “Oh, I would have. Of course, you’ve gained a lot of weight since then.” Tim Llewellyn took that picture, and it’s been my logo for years. [...]
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Day 78 There are movies that I’ll watch every time they show up on television: Blade Runner , That Thing You Do , Enchanted April , Beetlejuice , Caddyshack , the list goes on. I might not watch the whole thing, but I’ll always stop flipping for at least a minute. My husband’s list includes all the James Bond movies (even with [...]
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Day 75 During my sabbatical I am looking for sources of delight, and I can always count on Maria Popova to provide a plethora. I can’t remember how or where I first heard of her. Maybe it was Twitter , maybe it was through her creation called TEDify in which she does a mashup of TED Talks. [...]
Full StoryTelling 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 [...]
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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 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 [...]
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