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The TED Gift Guide

Buying gifts? It is HARD. Especially when so many gift guides offer up ideas for what to get your dad, co-worker or sister without taking into account what actually interests those specific people in your life. A better way to locate the perfect gift? Think about what captures a person’s curiosity, and then seek ideas from people in that field. ...
Posted December 9, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/12/09/the-ted-gift-guide

Fellows Friday with Sarah Jane Pell

Sarah Jane Pell is making preparations to live in the ocean. That’s right, under the sea -- but not until after a jaunt to the Arctic. Never one to be satisfied with the ordinary, Sarah Jane founded the Aquabatics Research Team Initiative to explore water choreography, technology, and human behavior as works of live art. Her future projects wi...
Posted April 8, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/04/08/fellows-friday-with-sarah-jane-pell

Fellows Friday with Sean Gourley

Sean Gourley analyzed real-time data from the Iraq war and discovered a precise mathematical model underlying it. Now he’s expanding on that research at Quid, his startup that maps trends in technology. Having unearthed such powerful information, Sean takes time to help kids understand the importance of math, even while he grapples with the et...
Posted June 17, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/06/17/fellows-friday-with-sean-gourley

Running notes from TEDYouth 2015: Made in the Future

Fast-forward 20, 50, or even 100 years into the future -- what will our lives be like? Will flying cars and 3D-printed dinners be the norm, or will they remain mostly science fiction? On Saturday, November 14, kids and teens from all five boroughs of New York City explored these possibilities at the Brooklyn Museum. With 27 speakers and perf...
Posted November 15, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/11/15/running-notes-from-tedyouth-2015-made-in-the-future

Is this Portuguese eco-village a 21st-century utopia?

Yes, it has free love, vegan food, Wi-Fi and a low carbon footprint. But it also has unchallenged assumptions, ramshackle housing and a questionable belief system, finds social media analyst Jamie Bartlett. As the sun rises over the Portuguese countryside, I find myself standing in a circle on top of a hill with a group of strangers, grasping h...
Posted July 18, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/is-this-portuguese-eco-village-a-21st-century-utopia

Reimagining the future: Notes from TED Fellows Session 1 at TED2018

Forget those miserly folk who hoard their best for the last -- TED believes in starting strong. Kicking off TED2018 is Session 1 of the TED Fellows, who count among their ranks artists, activists, scientists, researchers, conservationists, thinkers and changemakers of all kinds. The Fellows program now total 453 individuals from 96 countries...
Posted April 10, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/04/10/reimagining-the-future-notes-from-ted-fellows-session-1-at-ted2018

How mega-landscaping might reshape the world, according to one TED Fellow

Picture a spillway gate that doesn’t just release water from an overflowing river, but manipulates sediments to create new streams, islands and wetlands. And imagine that the gate does this autonomously, guided by ecological data and shifting needs -- essentially allowing nature to “evolve.” Computational landscape architect Bradley Cantrell...
Posted December 12, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/12/12/ted-fellow-bradley-contrell-on-computational-landscape-architecture

Gift guide: Books about business and professional growth

Minority Leader: How to Lead from the Outside and Make Change by Stacey Abrams (TED talk: 3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do) I work in government affairs, and the last thing I enjoy reading for pleasure are books by politicians. However, this book is different on so many levels and is a must-read -- whether you’re a political ...
Posted November 20, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/gift-guide-books-about-business-and-professional-growth

Further reading and citations on global corruption's hidden leaders

Charmian Gooch, co-founder of anti-corruption NGO Global Witness, tracks money to expose deep-rooted global corruption. In yesterday's talk, Gooch demonstrates that dirty money goes all the way to the top, and more sinister is that these cases of corruption are well-known to leaders and corporate elites. Nobody -- banks, big oil, government ...
Posted July 9, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/07/09/further-reading-and-citations-on-global-corruptions-hidden-leaders

Working for the health of the many: How Asher Hasan is bringing insurance coverage to Pakistan's low-income workers

Growing up in the UK and coming of age in Pakistan, TEDIndia Fellow Asher Hasan observed a vast discrepancy: those with and without access to basic healthcare, and the devastating social consequences of this disparity. He tells TED Blog the story of how he witnessed a single health disaster ruin the hopes of his childhood friends, and how this...
Posted February 28, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/02/28/working-for-the-health-of-the-many-how-asher-hasan-is-bringing-insurance-coverage-to-pakistans-low-income-workers

A jewel of the city: Aziza Chaouni on restoring the Fez River

The Fez River winds through the city’s medina -- Fez's historic medieval center and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Heavily contaminated, almost an open sewer, it was covered over with concrete to contain the smell; it was all but forgotten in recent decades. For much of the past 20 years, architect and engineer Aziza Chaouni has been battling to ...
Posted April 4, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/04/04/from-an-open-sewer-to-a-jewel-of-the-city-aziza-chaouni-on-uncovering-and-restoring-the-fez-river

Symbiotic: The talks of TED@BCG 2020

How can we make advances in technology that don't require massive job losses? Work with nature to protect both the planet and humanity? Ensure all people are treated equitably? In a day of talks, interviews and performances, 17 speakers and performers shared ideas about a future in which people, technology and nature thrive interdependently....
Posted October 23, 2020
https://blog.ted.com/2020/10/23/symbiotic-the-talks-of-tedbcg-2020

Reboot: The talks of TED@BCG

How do we manage the transformations that are radically altering our lives -- all while making a positive impact on our well-being, productivity and the world? In a word: reboot. For a seventh year, BCG has partnered with TED to bring experts in leadership, psychology, technology, sustainability and more to the stage to share ideas on ret...
Posted October 8, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/10/08/reboot-the-talks-of-tedbcg

What can the American and British education systems learn from classrooms in the developing world?

Adam Braun went to school in the US and now runs a nonprofit that builds schools in Ghana, Laos, Nicaragua and Guatemala. In contrast, Sugata Mitra—the winner of the 2013 TED Prize—went to school in India and now is a professor in the UK, where his research on self-directed learning routinely brings him into elementary schools. Both of these...
Posted August 14, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/08/14/what-can-the-american-and-british-education-systems-learn-from-classrooms-in-the-developing-world

70 books to make you feel hopeful: A special reading list

Need a dose of literary oomph and inspiration? Here's a selection of uplifting reads -- all suggested by TED speakers -- for your enjoyment. When you crave entertainment but don't want to dumb down A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman This touching novel reminds us that everyone has a story; that we should aim to understand, not to judge; and ...
Posted December 16, 2016
https://ideas.ted.com/70-books-to-make-you-feel-hopeful-an-end-of-year-reading-list

Your mega summer reading list: 200 books recommended by TEDsters

Books can entertain, sucking you like a tornado into incredible new worlds. Books can teach, giving you a richer understanding of time periods, people and ideas you’ve never been exposed to. But books can do so much more. In today’s talk, TED's own Lisa Bu introduces us to the concept of “comparative reading,” the practice of reading book...
Posted May 31, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/05/31/your-mega-summer-reading-list-180-books-recommended-by-tedsters

88 books to enjoy this summer: the TED reading list

Whether your weeks ahead contain travel, vacations or just longer and lazier days than usual, our list of recommendations from TED speakers has books for all moods, activities and tastes. When you want to understand why we humans do what we do Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (TED Talk: Our buggy...
Posted June 5, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/88-books-to-enjoy-this-summer-the-ted-reading-list
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