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Women Leaders of the Middle East: Leena Al Olaimy, Helping MENA Find Its Green Side

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Leena Al Olaimy, Mena, 3BL Associates, Baraka Ventures, Bahrain, Tedx, Muhammad Yunus, Triple Bottom Line, World News

Women like Leena Al Olaimy are helping shape the future of the Middle East. In addition to her consulting work, she plays a key role in working with youth.

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TEDxStanford Opens Its Doors Today With Free Live Streaming

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Tedx, Amputees, Brain Damage, Stanford University, Krista Donaldson, Infant Jaundice, Jaundice, Tedxstanford, Jaipurknee, San Francisco Impact, La Impact, Smarter Ideas, Impact News

In just two short years, Krista Donaldson and her team at D-Rev have changed the lives of over 3,500 people in India. Donaldson is one of 21 outstanding speakers at TEDxStanford that you can watch live on LiveStreaming today.

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Innovation in the Government Industry, Vol. 1: Seasteading

Michael B. Fishbein | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Peter Thiel, Government, Innovation, Patri Friedman, Seasteading Institute, Startups, Venture Capital, Capitalism, Entrepreneurship, Tedx, Small Business News

Innovation and progress requires experimentation -- trial and error. Unfortunately, for entrepreneurs with ideas for "startup countries," there's no way for them to experiment. It's not like the software industry where all you need is a laptop.

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Wanted: Professional Soulmate

Dr Layla McCay | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Women, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Tedx, Africa, Public Health, Partnerships, Innovation, Ben and Jerry's, Development, Entrepreneur, Tedxchange, 'No Controversy' Campaign, Business News

It turns out that while I was spending my formative years coming up with brilliant ideas to change the world, I should actually have been screening my fellow students for their potential as my future business partners.

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4 Incredible Youth Activists From TEDxTeen

www.teenvogue.com | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Krystyn Lambert, Tedx Teen, Tedx, Kristen Powers, Tedxteen, Natalie Warne, Teen News

These young women caught our eye this weekend at the 2012 TEDxTeen conference, an annual event that brings youth together to discuss social activism a...

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TEDxChange: Looking Ahead to a Stellar Line-Up

Melinda Gates | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Global Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Poverty, Poverty, Tedx, Tedxchange, Impact News

There's no greater honor than to take to the stage alongside a line-up of individuals from around the globe for whom I have such great respect. This year's speakers are all unique in their talents and perspectives, but they also have much in common: a strong belief in our ability to change the world for good.

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TEDxAntarctica: Solar Powered TEDx Event Takes Place in the Antarctic March 6

Aiko Stevenson | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Antarctica, Antarctica Solar Power, Tedx, Tedx Antarctica, Solar Power, Antarctica Tedx Event, Green News

If alternative energy can work in the coldest, harshest, most unforgiving place on earth, it can be used anywhere.

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WATCH: Deaf ROTC Soldier Fights To Change Military Acceptance Rules

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Soldier, Keith Nolan, US Military, California State University, Tedx, California, Bravo Company, Henry Waxman, Navy, Deaf, Video, Impact News

Growing up, Cadet Private Keith Nolan knew he wanted to be in the military. After high school he went to enlist, but instead, got three words scribble...

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The Decline and Rebirth of the Liberal Arts

Nathaniel Whittemore | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Long Beach, Ancient Rome, Liberal Arts Colleges, Liberal Arts Education, Tedx, Ancient Greece, Liberal Arts, Western Learning, Education News

And as people, even with degrees, have a harder and harder time finding jobs, the question becomes: is higher ed worth it? A whole new world of startups have launched to create learning alternatives to formal higher ed.

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The Yellow Boat of Hope

Jay Michael O. Jaboneta | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Montpellier, Yellow Boat Project, Social Change, Tedx, Philippines, Tedxmonpellier, Zamboanga-City, Impact News

You cannot help people without getting both your hands and your feet dirty. When we want to help people, we should act on it. Only in doing so can we gain insights into how our efforts and operations can be made better.

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WATCH: TEDx Mile High Videos

Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Tedx Denver, Denver TEDx Video, Video, Tedx, Shannon Galpin, Theo Wilson, Tedx Mile High, Todd Siler, Cesar Gonzalez, Allen Lim, TED Denver Video, Michael Huemer, Libby Birky, Denver News

Here's the task: assemble the best and brightest in Colorado, the doers, the movers, the shakers. Then ask them to deliver "the speech of their life"...

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TEDxAthens 2011 -- What Took You So Long to Make Films Disruptive?

Sebastian Lindstrom | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Ted, Tedx, Athens, Greece, TEDx Athens, Tedx Conferences, Documentary Filmmaking, Filmmaking, Impact News

Bringing some much-needed positive energy to a country wracked by economic woes, the theme of this year's TEDx event was disruption. From politics to storm chasing to filmmaking; how do we change the rules of the game?

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Get Rid of Those Resolutions

Sophie Chiche | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Tedx, Tedxwomen, Goals, New Year's Resolution, New Year Resolutions, TED Talks, Success and Motivation, New Year Resolution, Video, Healthy Living News

I don't like resolutions. New Year's, Easter, summer or any other kind. I don't like them because they don't work. They have never worked. They put emphasis on what we don't do, don't have or don't know how to get. They put a focus on what's wrong with us. What we are lacking.

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The Longevity Revolution: Time to Get Out and Change Things

Wendy Gordon | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Jane Fonda, New Year's Resolutions, Tedx, Gray Is Green, Longevity, Mary Catherine Bateson, Environmental Protection, Green News

There are countless stories of women of all ages taking up the cause of a positive future. Tell us yours. And let's make 2012 the banner year for women's environmental activism.

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WATCH: Pat Mitchell, Host Of TEDxWomen, Talks Women In Media

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Paley Center, Video, Tedx, Tedxwomen, Amanda Fairbanks, Media Criticism, Media, Women in Media, Pat Mitchell, Women News

At the The Paley Center for Media's TEDxWomen yesterday, Pat Mitchell, the Center's President and CEO and host of the conference sat down with The Huf...

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Rachel Simmons On Girls And Self-Esteem

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Video, Parents-Teens, Tedx, Cyberbullying, Tedxwomen, Bullying, Amanda Fairbanks, Raising Girls, Raising Strong Girls, Rachel Simmons, Self-Esteem, Tedxwomen Conference, Parents News

On Thursday in New York, at the TEDxWomen Conference in midtown Manhattan, Rachel Simmons hosted a presentation about girls and self-esteem. Simmo...

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Manifesto for the Corporate Idealist

Christine Bader | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: TED Talks, Tedx-Talks, Tedx, Ted, Ted Walk, Video, Impact News

Can big business do good in the world? With each new headline about bad corporate behavior, it would be easy to assume that the answer to both questions is decidedly 'no'.

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WATCH: How To Redefine Success

The Huffington Post | Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Success, Video, Tedx, Margaret Wheeler Johnson, Tedxwomen, Farah Miller, The Huffington Post, Laura Rowley, Career Advice, Failure, Career Advice for Women, Arianna Huffington, Women News

Yesterday, in conjunction with the Paley Center for Media's bicoastal TEDxWomen conference, Arianna Huffington hosted a panel discussion about the wa...

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Why Aren't we Hearing from Gen Y Women in the Workplace?

Erica Dhawan | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Radcliffe Institute, Nancy Cott, Baby Boomers, Tedx, TED Talks, Gen X, Tedxwomen, Gen Y, Erica Dhawan, Harvard, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Women in the Workplace, Sheryl Sandberg, Women News

Women's forums, conferences and events -- both in the real world and online -- need to address and speak about the new issues that women of the next generation face.

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Fatness, misFitness and the Right Kind of Island

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Children, Adolescents, Obesity, Tedx, Obese Children Self Esteem, Obesity and Self-Esteem, Teens and Obesity, Obesity and Bullying, Children With Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Adolescents and Obesity, Obesity and Improving Self-Esteem, Parents News

The collation of obesity and bullying means that the very kids who may be struggling most to measure their self-worth with something other than a bathroom scale are being told daily not to bother.

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The Power and Peril of Social Networks: Two Stark Examples

Beverly Macy | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Tedx, Penn State, Social Networking, Joepa, Twitter, Real-Time Social Media, Facebook, Thomas Suarez, Ashton Kutcher, Technology News

As we continue to study the complex phenomenon that is social media, it is becoming evident that for every positive there is a negative; that for ever...

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The Life Out Loud: How to Get SWAG

MeiMei Fox | Posted 12.12.2011

Vineet Singal is living proof that you don't need even two decades under your belt to get busy taking on the world.

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Meet the "Other" Today at TEDxJaffa Live From Israel

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Holy Land, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jaffa, Tedx, Ted, Israel, Tedxjaffa, Middle East Conflict, World News

More than people know, Jaffa is a lens through which the world can understand cultural diversity and cultural freedom in Israel.

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Pakistan and the American Learning Curve

Ethan Casey | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Dead, TED Talks, Pakistan, Pakistan Floods, Osama Bin Laden Killed, US Foreign Policy, USA, Osama Bin Laden, America, American Foreign Policy, Princeton, Tedx, Haiti Earthquake, Pakistan Flooding, Tedx Talks, Haiti, Floods in Pakistan, Afpak, Politics News

Our lazy and self-comforting reductionism says nothing about Haiti or Pakistan, and all too much about us Americans. The earthquake in Haiti and the floods in Pakistan were natural disasters, but didn't happen in a geopolitical vacuum.

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Extreme Transparency: The New Way We Live

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Grand Rapids, Curation, Tedx, Steven Rosenbaum, magnify.net, Steve Rosenbaum, Curation Nation, Tedxgr, Technology News

My fellow traveler read my powerpoint from behind me on the airplane. And my car service driver watched it live on the web. Certainly my 'private' presentation to the TEDx community was more public than I ever imagined.

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