What are your favourite TED talks and why?

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Permalink Reply by Jacques Kruger on April 8, 2010 at 9:23am

Chimamanda Adichie - on the danger of a "single story" or stereotyping.
http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_...

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Permalink Reply by Belina Raffy on April 11, 2010 at 2:45pm

Thank you Jacques - beautiful ted talk. Lovely one for many reasons...diversity workshops would be a great context. What other TED talks do you like?
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Jacques Kruger said:

Chimamanda Adichie - on the danger of a "single story" or stereotyping.
http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_...

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Permalink Reply by Penny Walker on April 24, 2010 at 6:23am

I was just alerted to this one, which is neat!

http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_build_a_tower.html

Some lovely surprises brilliantly summarised. A model of great (short) presentation, as well as nice lessons.

Penny

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Permalink Reply by Chris Grieve on May 7, 2010 at 3:56am

TED is an inspiring place to go. I've shared with my clients and go there just for myself every now and again to get a shot of inspiration. Three favourites are these:

1. Ken Robinson and creativity (link posted by Belina).

2. Emily Levine - a funny, subversive look at a theory of everything (almost). She's an American philosopher-comedian.
http://www.ted.com/talks/emily_levine_s_theory_of_everything.html

3. Dan Gilbert on why are we happy? http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html

Chris

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Permalink Reply by John Anthony Carlisle on July 12, 2010 at 9:24am

Karen Armstrong and Ken Robinson. Both are counter-cultural in their own ways, and are a tonic to listen to because they make so much sense. I like metaphysics and am a great admirer of Karen anyway as she has phenomenal application in the face of all sorts of earlier adversities that nearly broke her; and is so centered

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Permalink Reply by Penny Walker on August 30, 2010 at 11:38am

This just came through on twitter: New Economics Foundation talking about their Happy Planet Index:

"nef is at #TEDGlobal! Check out Nic Marks' TED talk about the Happy Planet Index: http://bit.ly/9M0XrV "

Perry Walker (no relation) of the New Economics Foundation is running a working with AMED on 23rd September, on their consensus building technique Crowd Wise. Check that out here: http://www.amed.org.uk/events/crowd-wise-consensus-building

Penny

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