TED Community » Nicole Foster

About Me

I'm a web designer, a programmer, a gamer, a football fan and a caring person.

Location:
United States, Delmar, NY
Current role:
Professional Designer and Marketer
Gender:
Female
Areas of expertise:
web design / development, Internet - Marketing, Computer Programming
I am:
Activist, Designer, Job-seeker, Marketer, Student, Web guru
My website links:
Nicole Foster Designs
Universities:
Cazenovia College
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More About Me

I'm passionate about

Web Design, Programming and Life.

An idea worth spreading

Smile even when you're sad.
A business can benefit immensely from a website and proper marketing.
Meditation and being mindful can significantly change your life.

Talk to me about

Design, Life, Love, the Web, and Technology.

People don't know that I'm good at

Public speaking and teaching.

My TED Story

Love this organization and hoping to be a future speaker.

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    A comment on Conversation: If you could have done any other career what would it have been?

    Jan 12 2012: Currently, I love Web Design and plan on sticking with it as long as possible, but I also enjoy Sociology. I really enjoy studying it and using it to help people see societal problems differently.

  • A comment on Conversation: Looking to become a future TED speaker. Many questions!

    Jan 12 2012: I appreciate everybody's comments on this. It's very nice to see feedback on my thoughts and advice. I thank you all for responding.

    I believe it's best for me to really think about what I wish to talk about. Like I said, I'm extremely passionate about web design. I learned it when I was 12 (that was about 7 years ago) and haven't let go of it since. I'm in no way trying to boost my business or my ego by being a TED speaker, but I sincerely want to make a difference and do something big. I have always wanted to impact people in a large way and I feel expressing a unique idea on TED would be amazing. I want to contribute something great just as other TED speakers have.

    I will keep brainstorming ideas and worry about the other stuff afterwards. I'm now thinking about talking about passion and motivation in a new light. Possibly related to adversity or youth. I will keep you all informed when I come up with a topic.

  • A reply on Conversation: Looking to become a future TED speaker. Many questions!

    Jan 6 2012: Yeah, this is the dilemma I'm coming to. I don't want to talk about something that's plain and generic. I want to talk about something that changes the mindset of my local area.

    My goal is NOT to promote my business in any way. My goal is to talk about something interesting and make the audience think. I'm just not sure what to talk about and the only thing I can think of is related to the web or web design.
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    A comment on Conversation: What was the most defining moment in your life during this past year?

    Dec 31 2011: Learning two things: how to take risks and how to let go of the past.

    In 2008, I started my website design business, but it grew tremendously this year when I started taking risks and pushing outside of my comfort zone. I began talking face-to-face with business owners and generally adapted more aggressive tactics to finding clients.

    This year I learned how to let go of the past with acceptance and introspection. I believe I haven't fully accepted my past, but I made an immense amount of progress this year. I learned how to understand why and how events in my past happened, and to see the positives of it. It was difficult for me to do, but it has improved my life significantly.

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