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    A comment on Talk: Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music

    Jan 5 2012: I watched this as I am currently reading resonate by Nancy Duarte who recommends this as an excellent talk. She is so right about the structure, content, passion and resonance of this speaker. I was touched to the point of tears when he talked about the last words on the train between brother and sister. I've listened to classical music and enjoyed the popular classics but this has motivated me to listen again.

    He had a real resonance with his audience, he had energy, movement, engagement, passion, he was moving and engaging. One of the best TED talks I've seen.

  • A comment on Conversation: LIVE CHAT with Mike Matas: Monday, May 2nd, 1PM-2:30PM EST *UPDATE: Extended through May 6th*

    May 3 2011: Amazing. This is where the ipad is taking us. My son can't understand how I find it so amazing everytime I use my ipad. He sees it as being current whilst this 50 year old finds it so amazing. The point of this is that this is what he has grown to expect. He spends his life using and playing on computers and learning for him has got to make interactive use of text, images, graphics, sound, video and audio.
    As somebody said below this is a solid step towards convergence.
    Brilliant! I'll stop now as if I use amazing one more time you'll start to think I copied this from a Steve Jobs presentation!
    Peter Roddis
    activesafety.org
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    A comment on Conversation: Risks are important. But how do you decide which ones are worth taking and when to be more calculative.

    Apr 28 2011: Chip and Dan Heath perhaps capture this in Switch with the analogy of the elephant and driver as emotional and rational. The gut feeling is usually the elephant not wanting to change and being very difficult to move. As Lindsay says 'our sense of security arises from feelings not facts'. So its very difficult to motivate the elephant to change, even when it may be the right thing to do. You need to feel energized hopeful and creative to motivate the elephant. You need to understand how the heart and the mind interact.
    Peter
    activesafety.org

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