Amplify Festival 6-10 June 2011 on USTREAM: Amplify draws the biggest brains-trust of thinkers, business innovators and thought leaders from all over the w Amplify draws the biggest brains-trust of thinkers, business innovators and thought leaders from all over the world to Australia for one week of exploring the edge of business innovation and ideas. The festival takes place in Sydney but its digital… Amplify draws the biggest brains-trust of thinkers, business innovators and thought leaders from all over the world to Australia for one week of exploring the edge of business innovation and ideas. The festival takes place in Sydney but its digital reach brings in an Australia-wide and International audience. Since its origins in 2005 as a learning experiment for AMP, one of Australia's longest standing companies and best known financial services brands, Amplify has contemplated the impact of technology on our lives and the future of financial services through different themes.
4 More Days... Our amazing executive team has been working around the clock making sure we get Hawaii's best of the best to speak at TEDxHonolulu on 11.11.11. Thank you to Quincy, Genesis, and Cain for heading the speaker curation team and making sure everything runs smoothly for the upcoming auditions this Saturday! We have solidified 40+ potential speaker/entertainers so far for our event to audition on the following dates: Audition Dates: Saturday, June 18th, 2011 and Saturday, July 9th, 2011. Audition Times: 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM, by appointment, 10 minutes each. Location: University of Phoenix Hawaii Campus, Downtown Learning Center, Topa Financial Center, Fort Street Tower, 2nd Floor. It's Not Too Late! *We are still looking for 14 more speakers/entertainers. For all you speakers, here are some helpful commandments (not tips) to guide you with your speech: For your reading ease, the TED Commandments are: Whether you're speaking at TED or elsewhere, these are certainly worth following. Sincerely,
Amazing Women Rock - The 21 Amazing TEDWomen Speakers Of TEDGlobal 2011 Alice Russell (Singer) Alice Russell is a force of nature, one of those fabulous British girls with a great big soul sound -- a tradition stretching from Dusty Springfield to Alison Moyet to Adele. What sets her apart? "Growing up, I was surrounded by different types of music and you know, you just get taken by something, don’t you?" She counts influences from Sarah Vaughan to Bach, Kate Bush to Arvo Pärt, and J Dilla to Alice Coltrane, and has worked with collaborators ranging from jazz-soul legend Roy Ayres to indie god David Byrne, from Philly hip-hop outfit the Roots to her longtime producer and bandleader TM Juke. Here she is covering Seven Nation Army: Working with TM Juke, she's made My Favourite Letters and Pot of Gold, playing around with a heavy soul sound, but they're nudging each other in a synthy, Prince-infected direction for their next record. Related Links: Website Facebook Twitter: @alicemcrussell YouTube MySpace Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (Artist/Designer)
10 Public Speaking Tips For Introverts 1. For many speakers -- and especially for introverts -- preparation is key . Take your time crafting the speech so that it flows logically and is illustrated with stories and examples. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. "My eighth grade teacher told us all to pretend the people [in the audience] are heads of cabbages. For those participating in the Year of Speaking Dangerously: how’s it going so far? If you don't know what the Year of Speaking Dangerously is -- (quick recap: become the best and bravest speaker you can be, along with a like-minded group of readers) -- please go here . If you like this blog, you might like to pre-order my forthcoming book, QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking . Also, be sure to sign up for my newsletter . For earlier posts on the Power of Introverts, please visit my website here . Want to join the QUIET Online Book Club, for thoughtful, cerebral people?
Thursday TEDx Talks Playlist Hundreds of talks from independently organized TEDx events around the world are published on the TEDxTalks website daily. Each Tuesday and Thursday, we’ll choose four of our favorites, highlighting just a few of the enlightening talks from TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all TEDxTalks here » Using just a few hand claps, his voice, and a ukelele, musician Garrett Borns gets the TEDxGrandRapids crowd going. TEDxUofM’s Robert Bartlett talks about the importance of translation research — research that can have an immediate and life saving impact. Genevieve Bell worries that with the increasing use of cellphones and laptops humans will never be bored again, and makes the case for why boredom and unstructured downtime is important for individuals and relationships.
TEDtoChina Shanghai: The Upcoming Sixth Sense Talk Pranav Mistry is a ‘human interaction interface innovator’ from MIT. Back in 2009 he gave his first talk at TED about his Sixth Sense technology which is a holographic touch sensitive projector that’s workable on any surface. It’s an augmented reality technology that allows you to compute anywhere anytime with gesture controls for everything. 100 participants will be invited to the event, you can apply for your invitation here. About Pranav Mistry: Currently Research Assistant and PhD candidate at MIT Media Lab.Previously UX Researcher at MicrosoftMasters in Media Arts and Sciences from MITMaster of Design from IIT Bombay For those you who haven’t seen this Sixth Sense technology, watch this video of Pranav’s TEDtoIndia talk in November 2009. TEDtoChina is a community of volunteers who are committed to the idea of TED, and are active in spreading the TED meme.
Sparks | Search Institute Educators and youth leaders know how motivating it can be for young people to discover their "sparks"--those activities and interests that truly engage kids to be their best. Discovering those sparks can help students express their personalities and make unique contributions to the world. Search Institute research shows that kids who thrive have two important supports: knowledge of what their sparks are and adults who support the development of those sparks. Read the research and help us make sure kids know their sparks, grow them, and share them. Learn About Sparks: For the best source of information on sparks, buy the book that started it all, How Parents Can Help Ignite the Hidden Strengths of Teenagers.Help Kids Find Their Sparks: Bring the Igniting Sparks curriculum to your school or program.Ignite Sparks In Your Community: Bring our dynamic sparks training to the parents, educators, and leaders in your community and start making a spark in young people's lives.
「旅程的力量」特別講者 大衛．漢森為漢森機器人技術公司的創立者與CEO。曾在羅德島設計學院研究藝術，目前已經獲得了德克薩斯州立大學互動藝術與工程博士學位。接連被PC Magazine 和連線雜誌讚譽為「天才」，大衛．漢森致力解決工程與藝術的結合問題、，夢想著創造出出神似人類的機器人：擁有細膩豐富的面部表情、懂得捕捉人類情緒與回 應，甚至能與人類自然對談。 透過漢森引領的機器人革命，讓我們一同想像機器人全面進入人類生活的科幻未來。 David Hanson is the founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics – a company that aims to create robots as socially adept as any human being. “This moment is the Kitty Hawk of androids. 生於捷克，一位全球公民。 Martina Klimesova, a native of the Czech Republic, otherwise a global citizen, is currently living in Taipei as a recipient of the Taiwan Fellowship (a research grant provided by Taiwanese MoFA), based at the Institute of International Relations at NCCU. With a PhD in International Relations and having worked on conflict management at the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm, her curiosity has led her to meetings with Nobel Peace Prize winners, prominent statesmen, human rights activists, and insurgent leaders. 請各位不要錯過在「旅程的力量」活動中與國際講者互動的機會， 門票所剩不多，請儘速購票以免向隅。
Lawrence Wang - Google+ - TED editor wants your opinions on how TED could use a… TED editor wants your opinions on how TED could use a google+ page to engage g+ community So don't want to push my luck, but last night I posted about the fact that google+ needs an official TED page, it was shared and found its way to +Emily AtTED editor of TED.com! Which is amazing and she wrote me back with this 'What would you like to see on an official Google+ page for TED? We're thinking how best to make this page work: Should we post the day's TEDTalk here every day, or would you rather have more curated content and conversations? Very, very open to suggestions -- and thanks for your thoughts! So I'm hoping that those with more social clout on here such as +Denis Labelle +Carter Gibson +Samantha Villenave etc and google+ tipsters such as +Gabriel Vasile +Google+ Tips And Tricks etc could help share her response so we can get TED some great feedback and suggestions.
Ann Cooper Talks School Lunches Susan notes: Thanks to TED for making TED Talks downloadable and embeddable, and for providing the biographical information that goes along with them. Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, "renegade lunch lady" Ann Cooper talks about the coming revolution in the way kids eat at school -- local, sustainable, seasonal and even educational food. Ann Cooper has a frontline view of the daily battle to keep kids healthy -- and of the enemy, the processed-foods industries that, it sometimes seems, want to wrap every single thing that children eat in a fried coating and then a plastic bag. When NORAD tracked Santa: Bruno Bowden on the TED Blog News Why TEDActive? Thoughts on what makes this conference “an ‘a-ha’ experience” TEDActive was born with a bang in Aspen, Colorado, in 2008. Quite literally. Photography TEDActive, in Instagrams Take the TED Conference and add a generous helping of play, a sprinkling of colorful creativity, a lot of red beanbags, an endless supply of coffee, and a plethora of riveting conversations around fire pits with a tribe of smart, quirky people from all over the world and — voila!