TED Community » Jeff Thompson
About Me
- Location:
- United States, New York, NY
- Current organization:
- Law Enforcement
- Past organizations:
- ADRhub.com
- Current role:
- Detective, Mediator, PhD Student
- Gender:
- Prefer not to say
- Areas of expertise:
- nonverbal communication, Mediation and conflict resolution, Interfaith Dialogue
- I am:
- Blogger, Change Agent, Connector, Educator/Teacher, Idea generator, Policy maker, Public servant, Student, World traveler, Writer/Editor
- Associations:
- International Mediation Institute (IMI), Association for Conflict Resolution
- Languages:
- English
- My website links:
- Nonverbal PhD, Enjoy Mediation, ADRhub.com
- Universities:
- Griffith University Law School, Queensland, Australia, Werner Institute, School of Law, Creighton University, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY
More About Me
I'm passionate about
Nonverbal communication, mediation, mindfulness, semiotics, conflict resolution, interfaith, law enforcement. Oh and making people smile and be happy.
An idea worth spreading
Using communication, specifically nonverbal communication, to help others make this world a better place. My acronym to help people maintain awareness of all the nonverbal elements is METTA: Movement (body language, gestures, posture, body orientation); Environment (where the interaction is occurring, lay out, room arrangement); Tone ( how you say things); Touch; and Appearance (what you wear matters!).
Talk to me about
Nonverbal communication, mediation, mindfulness, semiotics, conflict resolution, interfaith, law enforcement.
People don't know that I'm good at
Smiling for a long time. Being optimistic and energetic for a reallllly long time.
My TED Story
Each TED talk I watch reminds me I can always learn. There are many people I have yet to engage and TED has brought me numerous topics that I would never have usually learned about. That technology is helping me learn and that the more TED Talks I watch, the more I can learn to make my (eventual!) TED Talk be compelling and beneficial to those who watch it. :)
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A comment on Conversation: Im searching for people to organize a TEDx in NYC and in cities worldwide focusing on peace and attaining a permanent cease fire on 9/21/12.
I am very interested in helping out.
Please email me Jeff.thompson [at] Griffith.edu.au or send me a message on twitter: @NonverbalPhD
Great idea!
-jeff