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TED Abundance

Why I believe everyone should be member of the TED newsletter…

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design; but it might as well also stand for CREATIVITY, POSITIVE IDEAS, VIRTUOSITY, INGENIOUSITY, and most of all ABUNDANCE.

TED started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives. Held annually in Long Beach, The TED Conference is still the heart of TED. More than a thousand people now attend and the content has expanded to include science, business, the arts and the global issues facing our world. Part of the conference is dedicated to The TED Prize. It is awarded annually to three exceptional individuals who each receive $100,000 and, much more important, the granting of “One Wish to Change the World”. After several months of preparation, they unveil their wish at an award ceremony held during the TED Conference. These wishes have led to collaborative initiatives with far-reaching impact.

Although the choice is so hard with the abundant presentations that TED offers, my favorite TED talk is by Ken Robinson on How Schools Kill Creativity. Watch it Here >>.

Just to present two other examples that could perhaps give a glimpse of the ABUNDANCE of TED:

  • Watch Nicholas Negroponte in Colombia as he delivers laptops to schoolkids in a territory once controlled by guerrillas. Watch this talk >>. Just listen to the first sentance in his talk and then decide whether to watch further…
  • Or sit back and watch in awe, Eric Lewis, an astonishingly talented crossover jazz pianist, as he sets fire to the keys with his shattering rendition of Evanescence’s chart-topper “Going Under.” Watch it here >>.

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    This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 at 10:26 pm and is filed under Inspirational. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

    • 2 Responses to “TED Abundance”

    1. kolonica says:
      April 7, 2009 at 10:28 pm

      Aida, you gotta check out that pianist (Eric Lewis) in the last video!!!

    2. Scientific Stand-Up Comedy « FreshNewsBlog says:
      September 17, 2009 at 10:43 pm

      [...] TED. I hadn’t watched any videos on TED for a while. Even thought I was on the way to kick the addiction, but for some reason I figured I’d watch one. The one turned into a couple, and here I am writing another blog about TED. I already mentioned the abundance of knowledge, positivity, and inspiration that can be found on TED in one of my previous blogs. [...]

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