Comments on: The first TEDTalk that made our content director cry http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/03/the-first-tedtalk-that-made-our-content-director-cry/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TEDTalks video, the TED Prize and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:36:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joseph Gendron http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/03/the-first-tedtalk-that-made-our-content-director-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-16180 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 15:48:32 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61332#comment-16180 he cried? lol… loser

]]> By: Lisa Van Gemert http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/03/the-first-tedtalk-that-made-our-content-director-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-16131 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:41:25 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61332#comment-16131 Ken Robinson’s “How Schools Kill Creativity” has become synonymous with TED, but before it was famous, I watched it in stunned fascination – finally someone with power was singing my song. As an educator and parent, it was transformative, empowering, and career-changing for me. It gave me the incentive to call Mensa and say, “Would you be interested in having a full-time gifted youth specialist?” Someday, I’ll meet him and thank him in person.

]]> By: Tom Rielly http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/03/the-first-tedtalk-that-made-our-content-director-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-16123 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:54:28 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61332#comment-16123 This is my favorite TED Talk of all time, for all the same reasons. I’ll never forget the “Sixth Sense” twist at the end of the talk, when the audience’s bodies shuddered, and we all got chills as we realized the import of his words. Still one of the gold standards for me.

]]> By: Ben Tanen http://blog.ted.com/2012/08/03/the-first-tedtalk-that-made-our-content-director-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-16121 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:53:56 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=61332#comment-16121 By the way guys, this was from 2001.

Mr. Wurman’s oft-repeated charge to the speakers was “be vulnerable”. It produced some amazing and moving results of which Dr. Nuland’s talk was undoubtedly the most profound.

-Ben

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