Over the last month, we’ve made mention of many TED Moments. Everyone seems to remember different details, different conversations… But leave it to Rives, slam-poet in residence at TED2006, to take it to an entirely different level … (Note: scroll down in his blog to March 5th)
Rives' TED Moment…
Health
What to expect at TEDActive 2013? A banter-filled Q&A with hosts Kelly Stoetzel and Rives
How does one describe TEDActive? If TED in Long Beach is like a really great book, then TEDActive is the same story told in brightly colored, pop-up form — with streamers and confetti. Centered around a simulcast of the TED Conference, TEDActive adds on new dimensions with participants hiking, creating, interacting, biking, making and, of […]
Culture
10 spoken word performances, folded like lyrical origami
Spoken word artist Lemon Andersen begins today’s talk with the poem, “Please Don’t Take My Air Jordans,” written by Reg E. Gaines in 1994. My Air Jordans cost a hundred with tax. My suede Starter jacket says Raiders on the back. I’m stylin’, smilin’ looking real mean, Cause it ain’t about bein’ heard. Just about […]
