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David Binder | TED Speaker

A Tony Award winner, theater producer David Binder is interested in taking performances off the stage.
Theater producer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/david_binder

Bhakti Sharma | TED Speaker

Bhakti Sharma is a record-breaking Indian open water swimmer.
Open water swimmer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/bhakti_sharma

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys | TED Speaker

The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys is made up of 11-year-old banjo sensation Jonny Mizzone and his brothers Robbie, 14, on fiddle, and Tommy, 15, on guitar.
Bluegrass musicians
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sleepy_man_banjo_boys

Tim Ferriss | TED Speaker

Tim Ferriss is an early-stage tech investor, best-selling author and podcaster.
Investor, human guinea pig, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tim_ferriss

Touria El Glaoui | TED Speaker

To showcase vital new art from African nations and the diaspora, Touria El Glaoui founded the powerhouse 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair.
Art fair curator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/touria_el_glaoui

Su Kahumbu | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Su Kahumbu is working to improve farmer livelihoods and contribute to nutritional security and environmental sustainability.
Agriculturalist, social entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/su_kahumbu

Stella Young | TED Speaker

Writer, comedian and advocate Stella Young was the editor of Ramp Up, an online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia.
Comedian, journalist, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/stella_young

Daniel H. Pink | TED Speaker

Daniel H. Pink is the author of several provocative, bestselling books about business, work, creativity and behavior.
Author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/daniel_pink

Christian Happi | TED Speaker

A powerhouse of scientific leadership in Africa, Christian Happi sequences and studies the genomes of infectious diseases like Ebola, HIV and coronavirus.
Molecular biologist, genomist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/christian_happi

Sandi Toksvig | TED Speaker

Long revered in the UK for her wit and candor, Sandi Toksvig is now lending her familiar voice to a greater cause -- equality for women.
Broadcast personality, politician, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sandi_toksvig

Playlist: Angela Duckworth: 4 talks on human behavior (4 talks)

Psychologist Angela Duckworth studies the traits that allow us to stick to our goals — and she chose four great talks that explore other facets of how human beings behave.
Curated by Angela Duckworth · 4 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/angela_duckworth_4_talks_on_h

Eric Haseltine | TED Speaker

Eric Haseltine applies discoveries about the brain to innovation and forecasting game-changing advances in science and technology.
Author, futurist, innovator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/eric_haseltine

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah | TED Speaker

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah is a BreatheLife Champion and founder of the Ella Roberta Family Foundation.
Clean air advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rosamund_kissi_debrah

Clay Shirky | TED Speaker

Clay Shirky argues that the history of the modern world could be rendered as the history of ways of arguing, where changes in media change what sort of arguments are possible -- with deep social and political implications.
Social Media Theorist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/clay_shirky

Playlist: Dave Eggers: 4 talks that are spot-on (4 talks)

As Dave Eggers says, "The best TED Talks make sense of complicated ideas and trends, and have an elegant simplicity to them. It’s plenty of time to get across a clear and bold idea.” Below, his notes on 4 great talks.
Curated by Dave Eggers · 4 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/dave_eggers_4_talks_that_are

Britt Wray | TED Speaker

Britt Wray's work is about life and what we make of it: past, present and future.
Science storyteller, author, broadcaster
https://www.ted.com/speakers/britt_wray

Naomi McDougall Jones | TED Speaker

Naomi McDougall Jones is a vocal advocate and activist for bringing gender parity to film, both on and off screen.
Actress, writer, producer, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/naomi_mcdougall_jones

Eduardo Paes: The 4 commandments of cities

Eduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a sprawling, complicated, beautiful city of 6.5 million. He shares four big ideas about leading Rio -- and all cities -- into the future, including bold (and do-able) infrastructure upgrades and how to make a city "smarter."
https://www.ted.com/talks/eduardo_paes_the_4_commandments_of_cities

Kevin Bethune: The 4 superpowers of design

Design veteran Kevin Bethune argues that designers' talents are often undervalued in business. He says that all designers have four key superpowers: x-ray vision, shapeshifting, extrasensory perception (ESP) and the ability to make others superhuman. Sound unbelievable? Watch and learn what can happen when designers are given space in the workpl...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_bethune_the_4_superpowers_of_design

Viann Nguyen-Feng: 4 signs of emotional abuse

Emotional abuse can be incredibly damaging, increasing a person's chances of developing depression and anxiety. But these behaviors can be subtle and difficult to spot, both from within and outside a relationship. It also often makes people doubt their perceptions of their own mistreatment. How can we recognize these patterns in real life? Viann...
https://www.ted.com/talks/viann_nguyen_feng_4_signs_of_emotional_abuse

Freeman Hrabowski: 4 pillars of college success in science

At age 12, Freeman Hrabowski marched with Martin Luther King. Now he's president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he works to create an environment that helps under-represented students -- specifically African-American, Latino and low-income learners -- get degrees in math and science. He shares the four pillars of U...
https://www.ted.com/talks/freeman_hrabowski_4_pillars_of_college_success_in_science

TED-Ed: The 4 greatest threats to the survival of humanity

With the invention of the atomic bomb, humanity gained the power to destroy itself for the first time in our history. Since then, our risk of either extinction or the collapse of civilization has steadily increased. Just how likely are we to destroy ourselves? And what poses the greatest threat to our survival? Dig into four existential threats ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ted_ed_the_4_greatest_threats_to_the_survival_of_humanity

Daniel H. Pink: 4 kinds of regret -- and what they teach you about yourself

Regret is one of our most powerful emotions -- and also one of the most misunderstood. Over the past two years, author Daniel H. Pink has collected a trove of more than 16,000 regrets from people in 105 countries in an effort to better understand this mysterious emotion. He shares the key patterns that emerged (it all boils down to the same four...
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_h_pink_4_kinds_of_regret_and_what_they_teach_you_about_yourself

Rha Goddess and Deepa Purushothaman: 4 ways to redefine power at work to include women of color

With many women of color considering exiting the workforce due to unfair conditions, it's time to reshape systems in order to put an end to this massive loss of talent. Exposing the harmful repercussions of racist, toxic organizational cultures, soul coach Rha Goddess and corporate inclusion visionary Deepa Purushothaman share four pathways to r...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rha_goddess_and_deepa_purushothaman_4_ways_to_redefine_power_at_work_to_include_women_of_color

Lauren Sallan: A brief tour of the last 4 billion years (dinosaurs not included)

In this hilarious, whirlwind tour of the last four billion years of evolution, paleontologist and TED Fellow Lauren Sallan introduces us to some of the wildly diverse animals that roamed the prehistoric planet (from sharks with wings to galloping crocodiles and long-necked rhinos) and shows why paleontology is about way more than dinosaurs.
https://www.ted.com/talks/lauren_sallan_a_brief_tour_of_the_last_4_billion_years_dinosaurs_not_included

Tim Leberecht: 4 ways to build a human company in the age of machines

In the face of artificial intelligence and machine learning, we need a new radical humanism, says Tim Leberecht. For the self-described "business romantic," this means designing organizations and workplaces that celebrate authenticity instead of efficiency and questions instead of answers. Leberecht proposes four (admittedly subjective) principl...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_leberecht_4_ways_to_build_a_human_company_in_the_age_of_machines

A new museum 14 meters under the sea, a dance that draws on fiction, and other news from TED speakers

As usual, the TED community has lots of news to share this week. Below, some highlights. An underwater museum. Off the south coast of Lanzarote, 12 to 14 meters beneath the sea, lies artist Jason DeCaires Taylor’s latest museum, Museo Atlántico, which opened on January 10. Three years in the making, the installation is not only an artisti...
Posted January 27, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/01/27/a-new-museum-14-meters-under-the-sea-a-dance-that-draws-on-fiction-and-other-news-from-ted-speakers

My Year of TED: How 54 talks changed a life

By Kylie Dunn What do you get when you cross a 39-year-old perfectionist with 54 TED Talks and far more honesty than any person probably needs to experience? You get my Year of TED. I’ve been inspired by TED Talks for years, and felt the urge to do something noteworthy and challenging to ring in my fortieth year on the planet. Inspira...
Posted March 27, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/03/27/my-year-of-ted-how-54-talks-changed-a-life

A 24-hour day of giving, to end child trafficking in the United States

It’s a challenge for anyone with a cause: How do you frame the issue so that people feel excited to get involved? For some causes, the answer is asking people to dump a bucket of ice on their head. For others, making that personal connection is even more tricky.  This is exactly how a small group of attendees felt when they were posed with...
Posted September 5, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/09/05/a-24-hour-day-of-giving-to-end-child-trafficking

How one kidney donation can lead to a chain of 94 transplants (and counting!)

A kidney donation chain could narrow the huge gap between organ supply and demand. Kidney matchmaker and transplant surgeon Jayme Locke explains how. In a typical year, roughly 100,000 people in the United States are anxiously waiting on the list for a kidney transplant, and only about 17,000 of them end up getting donor organs -- 11,000 from d...
Posted June 14, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/how-1-kidney-donation-can-lead-to-a-chain-of-94-transplants-and-counting
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