Mitchell McKenna - tagged with talks

Mechai Viravaidya: How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 05:23:00 -0400

http://www.ted.com At TEDxChange, Thailand's "Mr. Condom," Mechai Viravaidya, walks us through the country's bold plan to raise its standard of living, starting in the 1970s. First step: population control. And that means a lot of frank, funny -- and very effective -- talk about condoms.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team

Sat, 22 May 2010 13:04:00 -0400

http://www.ted.com Tom Wujec from Autodesk presents some surprisingly deep research into the "marshmallow problem" -- a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why does a surprising group always beat the average?

Graham Hill: Why I'm a weekday vegetarian

Thu, 20 May 2010 02:29:00 -0400

http://www.ted.com We all know the arguments that being vegetarian is better for the environment and for the animals -- but in a carnivorous culture, it can be hard to make the change. Graham Hill has a powerful, pragmatic suggestion ...

TEDTalk: Could This Laser Zap Malaria?

Fri, 14 May 2010 02:45:00 -0400

Nathan Myhrvold and team's latest inventions -- as brilliant as they are bold -- remind us that the world needs wild creativity to tackle big problems like malaria. And just as that idea sinks in, he rolls out a live demo of a new, mosquito-zapping gizmo you have to see to believe.

Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

Thu, 06 May 2010 03:39:00 -0400

http://www.ted.com Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers -- and as a counterpoint Tivo, which (until a recent court victory that tripled its stock price) appeared to be struggling.

A.J. Jacobs: My year of living biblically

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:57:00 -0500

http://www.ted.com Speaking at the most recent EG conference, author, philosopher, prankster and journalist A.J. Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblically -- following the rules in the Bible as literally as possible.

TEDx Talk: Microsoft's Augmented-Reality in Bing Maps

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:47:00 -0500

In a demo that drew gasps at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos new augmented-reality mapping technology from Microsoft. Blaise Agüera y Arcas is the architect of Bing Maps at Microsoft, building augmented reality into searchable maps. He's also the co-creator of Photosynth, software that assembles static photos into a synergy of zoomable, navigatable spaces.

TEDx: On the Perspectives of Global Nomads

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:18:00 -0500

The last five years of Azim Wazeer's life have seen him undertake undergraduate coursework in both Saudi Arabia and Canada, two vastly different spaces. What makes this story more complex is that he was also born in Sri Lanka (South Asia). Having never lived (and only vacationed) in Sri Lanka, he has always been an international student in some form and he has been one in locations that are polar opposites.

Global citizenship to Azim is about an understanding that we may seem bizarre to one another in our practices, but beyond that our core motivators, needs and wants are pretty much the same. Global citizenship is about a belief that we can succeed as a collective group despite our varying patriotic and cultural beliefs.

[TEDTalks] Jonathan Zittrain: The Web as random acts of kindness

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:19:00 -0500

Feeling like the world is becoming less friendly? Social theorist Jonathan Zittrain begs to difffer. The Internet, he suggests, is made up of millions of disinterested acts of kindness, curiosity and trust.

Natasha Tsakos' multimedia theatrical adventure

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:29:00 -0400

Ted.com: Natasha Tsakos presents part of her one-woman, multimedia show, "Upwake." As the character Zero, she blends dream and reality with an inventive virtual world projected around her in 3D animation and electric sound.

Daniel Pink on the Surprising Science of Motivation

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:46:00 -0400

http://www.ted.com Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.