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About Me

Location:
United States, Grand Rapids, MI
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Event Production, Coaching, Change Agent, Idea Generation and Development, Electronic Music Production, Real Estate - All Aspects
I am:
Brainstormer, Change Agent, Connector, Event planner, Idea generator, Musician, Parent, Promoter, Public servant, Real Estate professional
Associations:
TEDxGrandRapids, Gilda's Club - LaughFest
My website links:
Todd Ernst
Universities:
Grand Valley State University
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  • A comment on Conversation: Is it time to change TEDs official response to the question, "Is TED elitist?"

    Feb 17 2011: I tend to be confounded by the idea that our entire life we extoll the virtues of obtaining the best education we can receive; and now to get one of the better jobs it is looking like you need not just a BA/BS, but perhaps an MBA as well. Yet, once one strives to receive said MBA or law degree from a prestigious university, political posturing typically brands that person as an elitist.

    Where is that line exactly anyway... where one receives enough of an education to be 'smart enough' to obtain a solid career and a become a thought leader, yet not too smart to have veiled insults hurled at them suggesting one is an elitist.

    Rather, was the term championed by those hoping to ratchet down others intelligence, as a result of their own inability to rise to a challenge... or even their self imposed perception that they already know everything they need to know.

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