TEDxMileHigh, the independent local TED event that showcases innovative Coloradans, announced the first batch of speakers for their June 2013 event th...
Try getting on TV if you're telegenic with an instinct for news. Try again if you lost an eye as a poverty-stricken child from Yemen where even your r...
The strongest leaders get that it's not about them. It's about the others. Whether you call them "first followers" or "front line," leadership is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best together to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose.
TED has invited religious leaders to speak, but that's not at issue. The "fusion of science and spirituality" that you warned against in your guidelines is the issue.
It surprised the millions of admirers of TED, whose conferences attract wide attention to new, cutting-edge ideas, when that organization recently decided to practice semi-censorship.
I had been invited to share a story from my life in -- 13 minutes-- with over 1,300 people in University of Michigan's Power Center for the 4th TEDxUofM conference.
New York City is the world's ultimate example of a civilization with innumerable moving parts operating in sync. With Twitter, Jack Dorsey created a virtual space that facilitates the same kind of systemic harmony, on a global scale
Our government's failure to require labeling, and to be engaged in developing the science supporting GE food risk assessment is an absolute breach of its responsibility to the American public.
Disruption is often unwelcome. But some disruption can be a positive -- even vital -- catalyst for change. That is why I am so thrilled about this year's TEDxChange theme of "positive disruption."
TEDx is an independently organized TED event that focuses on the community it is organized in. At Carnegie Mellon University, we have our own TEDxCMU, only four years old on Sunday March 3rd, and organized entirely by a student board.
Perhaps the conference had not intended to give us hope -- but rather to disrupt any complacency around the pace of change and the evolution of a national agenda around food policy.
There are few events that bring such diverse groups as farmers, professors, activists, CEOs and small business owners together into one room. But perh...
The third annual TEDx Manhattan conference, "Changing The Way We Eat", will occur on February 16, 2013. The day-long speaker series brings together fo...
The ecosystem of an educational institution has the capacity to create change, provided we give a platform where ideas can nourish and flourish. By student sourcing global development, we will match the toughest problems with our most prized resource of all: creativity.
It seems to me that psychologists are beginning to better understand human creativity, and that engineers are beginning to learn to program it into computers. Perhaps the next great generation of artists will be made of silicon.
By 2050, we need to figure out how to not only feed but also nourish the three billion new people who will be joining the seven billion of us who are already here on the planet. And we need to figure out how to do this as effectively, ethically and as environmentally sensibly as possible.
After TEDx Malibu 2012: Living Out Loud=LOL, I am filled with newness, inspiration, excited "to do" in life and make a difference. Here are some moments of truth and quotes of wisdom from a cast of TEDxMalibu 2012:Living Out Loud=LOL.
This TED conference was an exhilarating exercise in thinking differently -- asking new questions, hearing answers to questions you didn't know you had, exploring new possibilities. That is what innovation is all about.
The time is now for women's natural collaborative leadership style to be valued. As the 21st Century unfolds, the challenge is on for women to value our differences, raise our voices, be our authentic selves and dare to lead.
There's a lot more to being a professional athlete than just playing. We have a voice, and we're role models. We have a responsibility and obligation to give back.
Many of us have seen TED videos and I have always been moved by the information, the power, intelligence and interesting ideas that entertain and inspire out-of-the-box thinkers. TEDxMalibu will explore what "Living out Loud" means.
When kids understand pain, they understand how to cope with stress and how to play well with others -- something you can teach with and without religion.