The first TEDTalk that made our content director cry

Kate Torgovnick — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:16:59 +0000

What’s the first TEDTalk that made director of content Kelly Stoetzel cry? In a new interview on the website Womenetics, Stoetzel reveals the first TED speaker who got her choked up — surgeon Sherwin Nuland, who spoke at TED2003.

“[Nuland] made himself really vulnerable on the stage. He talked about something that his colleagues didn’t know about — that he had suffered from depression so severe that he became catatonic and had undergone electroshock therapy to heal. It made me cry,” she tells the site. “I thought, ‘This is the weirdest thing, I’m at a conference and I’m crying — I don’t know if I love that or hate that!’”

What’s the first TEDTalk that made you teary eyed? Share in the comments.

A meditation on hope: Sherwin Nuland on TED.com

tedstaff — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:30:00 +0000

Surgeon and writer Sherwin Nuland meditates on the idea of hope — the desire to become our better selves and make a better world. In a thoughtful 12 minutes, he explores the connection between “hope” and “change” — a fitting talk to end this week full of both. (Recorded February 2003 in Monterey, California. Duration: 12:37.)

Watch Sherwin Nuland’s talk on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 360+ TEDTalks — including more talks about changing the world.

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The first TEDTalk that made our content director cry

A meditation on hope: Sherwin Nuland on TED.com