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TEDxKiraTown: The future is today - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxKiraTown is organized to bring people together to listen to presentations and talks from the leading thinkers and innovators of this country as they share their ideas, innovations and potential solutions to problems affecting this country. From the theme above, speakers will present ideas in the lens of their professions ranging from Welln...
Event details: Kampala, Kampala, Uganda · May 9, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14639

Amber Hikes: Want to truly succeed? Lift others up while you climb

It's up to all of us to create a more inclusive and diverse workplace. No matter where you are in your career journey, it's essential that you help others grow, even as you are growing yourself, says ACLU Chief Equity Officer Amber Hikes. She lays out three ways we can help each other succeed -- and empower and advance those who historically hav...
https://www.ted.com/talks/amber_hikes_want_to_truly_succeed_lift_others_up_while_you_climb

20+ resources for better giving and living a more altruistic life

Every day, most of us do something morally indefensible -- we go about our lives without sending help to the 6.9 million children under the age of 5 who will die this year from poverty-related disease. In today’s talk, philosopher Peter Singer makes the case that ignoring these kids is as inhumane as ignoring a child who's been hit by a car on...
Posted May 20, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/05/20/20-resources-for-better-giving-and-living-a-more-altruistic-life

Carla Harris: How to find the person who can help you get ahead at work

The workplace is often presented as a meritocracy, where you can succeed by putting your head down and working hard. Wall Street veteran Carla Harris learned early in her career that this a myth. The key to actually getting ahead? Get a sponsor: a person who will speak on your behalf in the top-level, closed-door meetings you're not invited to (...
https://www.ted.com/talks/carla_harris_how_to_find_the_person_who_can_help_you_get_ahead_at_work

A class of medical students thinks “upstream,” thanks to the gift of a book

Before Jackie Hodges arrived for orientation at Tufts University School of Medicine, she got a gift from her soon-to-be med school: a free download of the e-book The Upstream Doctors by Rishi Manchanda. In this book, Manchanda — who has worked for a decade as a doctor in community clinics around South Central Los Angeles — offers a bold i...
Posted December 10, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/12/10/a-class-of-medical-students-thinks-upstream

Elon Musk wants to land a rocket, a concert for wolves, and speakers open up about life after TED

The TED community has been very busy in the start of this new year. Below, a few TEDsters with news to share. Landing a rocket on a boat: simple enough. Putting a man on the moon and a rover on Mars are exceptional feats, but that’s in the past. Elon Musk is now attempting a goal that has not even a 50 percent chance of success. On Saturday...
Posted January 8, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/01/08/ted-community-news-in-brief-1-8-2015

TEDxTrousdale - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxTrousdale serves to quench the curiosities and expand the interests of all USC students. Regardless of major, age, or background, we intend to enable all students to become aware of what their peers have to share and offer, in terms of experience, insight and advice. The USC community has ideas worth spreading with both each other and with...
Event details: Los Angeles, California, United States · April 25, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/8981

A community for those who like to be alone, grown out of a blockbuster TED Talk

Scott Drummond had been in the Air Force for eight years. It was 1994, and he was eligible to become a commissioned officer, the Air Force’s version of a manager. The average person gets the job after three interviews. Drummond interviewed 16 times over the next ten years before he got the job. Looking back at his career, Drummond -- now ...
Posted August 21, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/08/21/a-community-for-those-who-like-to-be-alone

How to write a resume that will get you noticed

This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. It’s believed that the average recruiter or hiring manager will look at your resume for only 6 seconds before making a decision. While that’s a daunting statistic, ...
Posted July 7, 2020
https://ideas.ted.com/how-to-write-a-resume-that-will-get-you-noticed

Are you outspoken at work? How to use your voice -- and not get fired

After being yelled at and terminated, writer Andrew Millar has finally learned how to make his mouthiness work for him. He shares some advice for his fellow dissenters and the coworkers who put up with them. I’m a dissenter, and I live to disagree. In fact, I’m what I’d call a serial dissenter. I’m provocative and relentless, sometimes to the p...
Posted January 31, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/hello-my-name-is-andrew-and-i-cant-stop-disagreeing

Satya Nadella is building the future (Transcript)

WorkLife with Adam Grant Satya Nadella is building the future May 24, 2022 [Theme Music] [00:00:00] Adam Grant: Hey WorkLifers, it’s Adam Grant. Welcome back to Taken for Granted, my podcast with the TED Audio Collective. I’m an organizational psychologist. My job is to think again about how we work, lead, and live. Today, my guest is Satya N...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/satya-nadella-is-building-the-future-transcript

Taken for Granted: Indra Nooyi says it’s time for leaders to care (part 2) (transcript)

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Hey WorkLifers, it’s Adam Grant, and this is Taken for Granted, my podcast with the TED Audio Collective. I’m an organizational psychologist, and this series is about rethinking assumptions we often take for granted about how we work, lead, and live. This is my second conversation with CEO extraordinaire Indra Nooyi, wh...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/taken-for-granted-indra-nooyi-says-its-time-for-leaders-to-care-part-2-transcript

Dolly Parton is burning up, not burning out (Transcript)

WorkLife with Adam Grant Dolly Parton is burning up, not burning out Transcript April 5, 2022 [00:00:00] Adam Grant: Hey WorkLifers, it’s Adam Grant. Today I’m excited to bring you a conversation I had on Clubhouse with a legend. Thanks to our sponsors LinkedIn, Morgan Stanley, ServiceNow, and UKG for making it possible. Joining me today is t...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/dolly-parton-is-burning-up-not-burning-out-transcript

Thoughts from a twentysomething on Meg Jay's talk on twentysomethings

I’m 24 and a woman, and that makes me a target for a lot of speculation and life advice. Sheryl Sandberg wants me to lean in to become a woman leader; Anne-Marie Slaughter says my lady parts may doom me to a half-fulfilled life; Susan Patton thinks I should have spent my time at Princeton looking for a husband (ideally one of her sons); and in...
Posted May 13, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/05/13/thoughts-from-a-twentysomething-on-meg-jays-talk-on-twentysomethings

TEDxTrousdale - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxTrousdale serves to quench the curiosities and expand the interests of all USC students. Regardless of major, age, or background, we intend to enable all students to become aware of what their peers have to share and offer, in terms of experience, insight and advice. The USC community has ideas worth spreading with both each other and with t...
Event details: Los Angeles, California, United States · April 26, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/12194

Millennials, learn to code, says Razorfish CEO at TED Annex

“Your lifestyle is the future of marketing,” Bob Lord told a group of young New Yorkers at the TED Annex (our new spillover office) on Tuesday night. About 80 interns and young professionals from local marketing firms came together to eat pizza and hear Lord's advice on merging creativity and digital know-how, during a conversation with TED’s ...
Posted July 15, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/07/15/millennials-learn-to-code-says-razorfish-ceo-at-ted-annex

TEDxTrousdale - an independently organized event

About this event: What is TEDxTrousdale? TEDxTrousdale is the premiere TED licensed event at the University of Southern California. TEDxTrousdale serves to quench the curiosities and expand the interests of all USC students. Regardless of major, age or background, we intend to enable all students to become aware of what their peers have to share and offer, in te...
Event details: Los Angeles, California, United States · April 16, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/19304

Everything I need to know about comebacks, I learned from Tina Turner: Jimmy Guterman at TED2012

Image c/o Warner Brothers Pictures, 1985 Jimmy Guterman (curator of TEDxBoston) starts a short audience talk with what is unfortunately an eternal truth of the human condition: "Everyone of a certain age has felt washed up." It doesn't matter if you're a country, the environment or a person. There comes a time when you want a comeback. ...
Posted February 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/02/28/everything-i-need-to-know-about-comebacks-i-learned-from-tina-turner-jimmy-guterman-at-ted2012

Are you mentorable?

Are you open about the areas where you want help? Respectful of your mentor’s time and advice? Here are the characteristics that can make you someone whom other people would like to guide, from mentoring researcher Victoria Black. This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from...
Posted May 2, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/are-you-mentorable

2 words that can help check your assumptions about people

Asking “so what?” can bring out your hidden beliefs and ideas, says career strategist Gail Tolstoi-Miller. Every weekday for the month of January, TED Ideas is publishing a new post in a series called “How to Be a Better Human,” containing a helpful piece of advice from a speaker in the TED community. To see all the posts in the series, click h...
Posted January 18, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/2-words-that-can-help-check-your-assumptions-about-people

TEDxMonteCarloSalon: TEDxMonteCarloSalon 20200526 - an independently organized event

About this event: Dear TEDxers, Our fourth virtual Salon event themed – Stronger Together? Sit Up and Listen! – is scheduled for Tuesday May 26th, 2020 at 17:00 CET (5.00pm Monaco Time). Save the date, sign-up and share our free virtual session with your friends and colleagues. In this very special edition, we will host TEDxMonteCarlo alumni Ernesto Sirolli, to...
Event details: Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo, Monaco · May 25, 2020
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/39043

A new take on an old school, the diet myth, and protecting North Korean women

Abandoned school turned maker space. Theaster Gates turns Chicago’s abandoned buildings into thriving hubs for art and education. His next project? Turning an old elementary school into a maker space. Gates heads Place Lab, a think tank that fuses the brainpower of urban planners, architects, artists and other diverse professionals to create...
Posted June 6, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/06/06/a-new-take-on-an-old-school-the-diet-myth-and-protecting-north-korean-women

3 ways to be a champion for women at your workplace

We can all do something to showcase achievements and ideas, says technology consultant Crystal Martin. Every weekday for the month of January, TED Ideas will publish a new post in a series called “How to Be a Better Human,” containing a helpful piece of advice from a speaker in the TED community. To see all the posts in the series, click here. ...
Posted January 14, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/3-ways-to-be-a-champion-for-women-at-your-workplace

The TEDGlobal 2017 Fellowship application is open. Apply now

Are you an inventor or filmmaker? A scientist or entrepreneur? Do you have a unique approach to your work that is worth sharing with the world? Could you benefit from the TED platform and the support of a dynamic global community of innovators? If yes, you should apply to be a TED Fellow. This year, TED is looking for new, extraordinary t...
Posted October 4, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/10/04/the-tedglobal-2017-fellowship-application-is-open-apply-now

What advice do you wish you’d gotten when you graduated from college? 25 TED speakers answer.

Whether you put on your cap and gown last week -- or last century -- these honest answers can give you some insight and guidance. “If you don't know what you want to do with the rest of your life, you're not a failure. Give yourself time and get yourself experience to figure things out.” -- Angela Duckworth (TED Talk: Grit -- the power of pass...
Posted May 22, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/what-advice-do-you-wish-youd-gotten-when-you-graduated-from-college-25-ted-speakers-answer

“What I wish I'd known when I started my career”: 11 innovators tell us

Everyone likes to talk about their victories. But what about the hurdles they overcame to achieve them? Below, 11 TED Fellows open up. When we see CEOs, founders, influencers and other people highlighted in our daily scrolls on our devices, the individuals almost always look polished. They’re poised and confident, and they most surely achieve...
Posted July 11, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/what-i-wish-i-had-known-when-i-started-my-career-11-innovators-tell-us

Further reading (and watching) on women and the workplace

During an interview at TEDWomen 2013, host Pat Mitchell asked Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to explain how her 2010 TED Talk evolved. “I asked myself the question that Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook and my boss, asks all of us, which is: What would I do if I wasn’t afraid?” Sandberg said. Her answer: “I would get on the TED stage...
Posted January 15, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/01/15/further-reading-on-women-and-the-workplace

Dear Guy: "Help! I don't know what I want to do with my life!?!"

Welcome to "Dear Guy," TED's advice column from psychologist Guy Winch. Twice a month, he'll answer reader questions about life, love and what matters most. Please send them to dearguy@ted.com; to read his previous columns, go here. Dear Guy, When I was a kid and people asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I never knew what to say. My p...
Posted May 27, 2020
https://ideas.ted.com/dear-guy-help-i-dont-know-what-i-want-to-do-with-my-life

How you can support a friend through cancer

A friend’s diagnosis can feel overwhelming and confusing, but you don’t need to let fear and uncertainty keep you from being there for them. Journalist Suleika Jaouad offers some practical advice for how you can help. At age 22, Suleika Jaouad was fresh out of college and ready to take steps towards a career as a war correspondent. “But the rea...
Posted July 18, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/how-you-can-support-a-friend-through-cancer

Taken for Granted: Esther Duflo wants you to think like a plumber (Transcript)

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Adam Grant: Hey WorkLifers, it’s Adam Grant. Welcome back to Taken for Granted, my podcast with the TED Audio Collective. I’m an organizational psychologist, and this series is about rethinking assumptions we often take for granted about how we work, lead, and live. Today’s guest is Esther Duflo, the MIT economist who ...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/taken-for-granted-esther-duflo-wants-you-to-think-like-a-plumber-transcript
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