[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXOoEFqIOwI] Hari Sreenivasan from PBS NewsHour filmed three short but info-packed interviews with TEDWomen speakers Amber Case (above), roboticist Cynthia Breazeal and breast-tissue researcher Deborah Rhodes. Worth a look! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdGkKxpaWpg] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVD3Uh01FQs]
On Thursday, December 10, India’s INK Conference held its inaugural day of talks. Attendees gathered outside the theater doors at Lavasa Conference Center, anticipating three sessions of TED-like ideas. INK did not disappoint, delivering a day’s worth of breathtaking perspective and innovation, both local and global. Session 1: Science writer Anil Ananthaswamy gave an overview […]
Joan Halifax: Essential to compassion: We cannot be attached to outcome. Donna Karan: I realized I needed to address people, not just dress them. Sejal Hathi: I made it my mission to build a sisterhood of change-makers. Madeleine Albright: Women’s issues are the hardest issues; they are the ones that have to do with life […]
From the wonderful TED Fellows blog, this report: Fifteen outstanding TED Fellows were invited to attend TEDWomen, held in Washington, D.C, on December 7-8. What unique perspectives did these female filmmakers, scientists, artist-activists and more bring to this TED Conference? We asked each of them about their experiences as women and how women are reshaping […]
Kiran Bedi‘s campaign to bring mindfulness to prisons was expressed in one amazing photo: 1,000 prisoners meditating in one room. Sheikha Al Mayassa (live via satellite from TEDxDoha) on cultural development in the Middle East: It must be done organically, from within the region. Naomi Klein: “Our underlying assumption of limitlessness makes it possible for […]
Beverly + Dereck Joubert: Conservationists and documentary filmmakers Beverly & Dereck Joubert focus on iconic cats, particularly the leopard. Heather + Tony Podesta: We like artwork where, when you close your eyes, you still see it. You see it in 4 minutes, in 4 hours. Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe + Deqo Mohamed: Somali doctors Dr. Hawa […]
http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/HillaryClinton_2010W_embed.mp4 . The US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, made a surprise appearance at TEDWomen on Wednesday, Dec. 8. “The United States,” she begins, “has made empowering women and girls a cornerstone of our foreign policy.” In the 16-minute talk above, she details why it’s of vital international importance that every girl in the […]
Written by Morley. Performed onstage at TEDWomen by Morley and Toshi Reagon. They stood together under a tree in tall grass on TV telling the world their story We will be left to wander and fade away, soldiers came and took our husbands at the break of day We will live on then […]
Here at TED’s New York office, we’re pretty excited to see the TED iPad app appearing in Apple ads all over town — and helping share TEDTalks with new fans on the streets and subways. Have you seen the ad in your town yet? Take a picture and tweet it; tag it #TEDad … and […]
The INK Conference, held in partnership with TED, begins today in the hillside town of Lavasa, India. Speakers and attendees began arriving last night, and shared an incredible dinner under the stars with the inaugural class of INK Fellows. Among these 20 astonishing thinkers and doers are Mushtaq Ahmed, a self-trained inventor whose pole-climbing devices […]
At TEDWomen, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don’t “act like a man.” Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality, drummed into so many men and boys, can lead men to disrespect, mistreat and abuse women and each other. His solution: Break free of the “man box.” (Recorded […]
It’s the day after TEDWomen — and from attendees in Washinton and at global TEDx events and livestream viewers around the world, thoughtful blog posts are appearing on the two-day event. A sample: Maria Cartel has pulled a dive-in-able selection of great quotes from TEDWomen >> Activist Christy Turlington Burns blogs here >> … and […]
Deborah Rhodes‘ spectacular collaboration with a nuclear physicist led to a breakthrough in breast cancer detection. Kate Orff introduces us to the new hero of ecology: the oyster. Amber Case is a “cyborg anthropologist” — she studies the symbiotic relationship between humans and machines. The Ahn Trio: With cello, piano and violin, sisters Maria, Lucia […]