Три года назад, в 2014 году, жизнь Веры Скороходовой пошла не по плану: будучи абсолютно здоровой беременной женщиной, Вера попала в 0,5 % матерей, родивших экстремально недоношенного ребёнка весом менее 1 килограмма. На TEDxVladivostok Вера рассказывает о своём опыте и об уроках, которые он ей преподнёс. Это выступление записано на мероприят...

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Everyone talks about leadership. It is often romanticized, glorified and put on a pedestal. But does anyone truly live up to the real essence of being “a leader”? How are “leaders” made? And, what constitutes “a great leader”? To answer these questions,...

A apresentação da UNILA com os olhos de nosso ex-reitor, pois conhece toda a sua trajetória desde a implantação, de cada estrutura física , seus Professores Mestres e Doutores com suas habilidades profissionais, Gustavo acompanha de perto o desenvolvimento educacional que é o patrimônio maior de qualquer instituição de ensino, que é o aluno.

At a crossroads in her life, Mehak Vohra knew that living her life to the fullest would mean taking things in a different direction. She'd have to get comfortable being uncomfortable and acknowledge that sometimes it's okay to fail. Leaving the safety of a college path behind, she found a foray into freelance marketing was the perfect avenue for...

What happens in a world where everyone thinks they know better? In a world where we lack intellectual humility? I want challenge you to channel your internal journalist when you come face to face with someone who you may see as the other and who likely sees you as the other. Thinking like a journalist might help us unravel our own bias.

Our extreme passion for a cause can lead us to sacrifice our well-being, but self-stewardship can co-exist with this sacrifice. Jeff Frey's research has shown that there are ten areas of our lives that are affected by sacrifice and self-stewardship and focusing on these can help us help ourselves so we can help others.

Vera Gheno è una sociolinguista. Dottore di ricerca in linguistica e linguistica italiana, è specializzata in comunicazione mediata dal computer. Gestisce, dal 2012, il profilo Twitter dell’Accademia della Crusca. Insegna come docente a contratto all’Università di Firenze. Ha pubblicato due libri, “Guida pratica all’italiano scritto (senza diven...

Athletics is the perfect place to practice radical social justice education. It is critical coaches, staff members, and administrators learn to work with student-athletes on uncomfortable topics such as identity and understanding their biases. The student-athlete setting is consistently a diverse environment, and addressing inclusion is necessar...

Diogo Faro é comediante, viaja muito e é um bom apreciador da vida boémia.

Pendant l’année scolaire 2018/19, Andrina Frey, domiciliée dans la région d’Appenzell, a effectué un échange linguistique au Lycée Collège de la Planta à Sion. Un début plutôt difficile, une forte motivation et un grand engagement sont les ingrédients principaux qui ont agrémenté cette année d’échange. Après avoir apprivoisé la langue, les gens ...

Abdi Farah is a Senior Policy Advisor with the US Department of Homeland Security where he serves as a key expert and advisor. He will discuss the resilience it takes to succeed in a new land and the refugee character inherently rooted in the US.

What if the take away all major elements of the classic theater: building, tickets, silence, stage, actors, audience, decorations and even director? Vera Martynov tells us a story of a new theater and moves concept of the theatre forward.

Os números negativos podem mudar o nosso modo de pensar.

Ivo entrou na cozinha para aprender a ser chef com 14 anos em uma época que a profissão era menosprezada, além dos diversos preconceitos. Nada disso o parou, pelo contrário, o fez valorizar cada oportunidade e sempre buscar maneiras para se aprimorar como profissional e pessoa. Ficou perto dos mestres, fez o que ninguém estava fazendo e em todos...

Description: Everyone strives for happiness. In today's world, it is hard to be happy and content with what one has. Society causes one to think happiness only comes from material objects, but Vaishnavi talks about the definition of true happiness and how to achieve it. To do this, she will refer to her ancient scriptures, The Bhagavad ...

Esperanza es una chica muy apasionada, con una vocación social fuerte. Trabaja en una consultora para el Tercer Sector tratando de maximizar el impacto social de las empresas y ONGs. Desde hace varios años, es voluntaria en la Asociación Bokatas, realizando acompañamiento y ayudando a personas sin hogar en situación de calle. Nos hablará de cómo...

Mohamed was born in Ethiopia in 1987. He is profoundly Deaf and uses an array of sign languages including British Sign Language and American Sign Language. He works part time at the Manchester Deaf Centre as a Youth Leader with part of his remit being to lead the design and delivery of two projects that target young deaf people from Manchester a...

Farah Mulla is a Mumbai based sound artist who explores various human interactions in relation to time, space, the visual and the aural. Her work has been heavily influenced by her background in science which is evident not only in her approach to her practice but also in her experimentation with different media – from installations to sound rec...

Contrary to popular opinion, Duku Fore believes that spontaneous decisions are sometimes the best decisions anyone can make. Personal growth is associated with meticulous planning and informed decisions, however, this is not always true. Duku explains how one spontaneous decision of his, to go to the USA to eat a sandwich, ended up with him bein...

Viatjar suposa crear i gaudir de noves vivències i reptes, no només físics, sinó que ens ajuda a crear un recorregut intern, i anar descobrint de mica en mica la nostra arquitectura interior, en definitiva conèixer-nos millor.

Dr. Raymond Frey is a Professor of History at Centenary University in Hackettstown, where he has taught since 1990. He is the recipient of three major awards for teaching excellence, the Evening Division Teaching Award from Pace University, the Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching from Centenary, and the Award for Teaching New J...

During her early experiences in teaching, PhD candidate and Psychology teacher Shafina Vohra found herself with a room full of students bored by science. Rather than plodding through the textbook, she took a risk and got them using their hands, learning with their hands. This made her realise the power of hands-on learning.

Farah Matalka is an activist that works to bring joy to people in Jordan. In her talk, she relates to the idea that the act of giving joy is a gift that keeps on giving her joy. From working with children in Ghana to helping people in her home country, Farah emphasized on how brining joy has been a great value to herself and most importantly to ...

One man's call to action to men around the world to interrogate what's needed to break cycles of violence. It's the journey of a life lived, and explores the consequences of violence in and outside the home. What is being a real man all about? And why is this question of how we show up as men essential to re-teaching ourselves, and taking a stan...

When trying to understand disorders like ADHD or Autism, we assume that everyone has the disorder for the same reason or mechanism. However, it’s very likely that disorders, that look similar behaviorally or diagnostically, are actually a cluster of disorders. In his work, Damien Fair tackles assumptions about how a disorder develops or what it ...

Customer-centric strategies.

Tanmay Vora is a business leader, author, blogger and illustrator. He is currently serving as the Country Head and Director of R&D at Basware India. He founded QAspire Blog in 2006 which was rated as India’s Best Business Blog in 2017. His work at intersection for quality and leadership earned him recognition as Top 5 Indian HR Influencers o...

Success will definitely come to us and we need to wait patiently and work hard for it.