Wendy Troxel looks at the cultural expectations that pressure couples into sharing a bed and why some relationships would benefit from sleeping separately. This talk was filmed at TEDxManhattanBeach. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, ...

For a long time, Amrou Al-Kadhi struggled to negotiate the intersections between their queer and Islamic heritage. These identities felt completely polarized, as if their identity were founded on a tectonic fault at constant risk of rupture. Yet, it was the unlikely world of quantum physics that allowed Al-Kadhi to find the magic of contradictio...

About this event: There are 7.53 billion people in the world right now, and every one of them possesses a unique perspective, shaped by distinctive experiences. We all feel, observe, and perceive life in different forms, yet we all are connected through certain mutually associated networks. In 2019, TEDxUOWD, with the theme, ‘What Do You See?’ brings together ind...

About this event: Since UOWD’s inception in 1993, we have built a reputation for quality, credibility and integrity, and the University is held in high regard by its students, alumni, business, industry and government. We maintain a long and proud tradition of excellence in education combined with liberal values of enquiry, and continuously strive to provide a fe...

Dr. Vikash's TEDx talk, 'Financial Advisers - How We See Them vs. What Thgey Can Really Do For Millennials' focuses on how we can use behavioral biases and demographic factors of financial advisers to make vital long term financial decisions.

More than 80% of business owners surveyed in a research said that they have a role model and it is difficult to meet their role model because the role model is quite well established individual with lots of layers of people below him/her who serve as gate keepers to safeguard the role model's time. So, is there a way to meet your role model? Is ...

In this talk the concept of growth is defined in a way that it hasn’t been defined before. The talk focuses on the value of horizontal growth and expanding widely, rather than verticals growth. The talk is inspired by the growth strategy of Lillian's firm, SPARK Publicity.

The following TEDx talk is essentially about a bias people have when looking at success. People would seek guidance from those who are extremely successful and try to follow their words and methods like a hand book. But the bias here is the survivorship bias, which is the logical error of concentrating on the people or things that have made it...

Maria’s story is one that reaches great heights, but also one that takes many falls. In 2005, she started a charity in the slums of Bangladesh where she has helped 101 families and more than 600 children get an education and building schools, despite not even having completed grade 5 herself. Maria has constantly found herself needing to find ...

Majdi Al-Zayyadi, Abdul Rashid Mohieddine, Abdul Aziz Al-Awadi, Alawi Al-Darb, and Mohammed Al-Khawlani performing the TEDxSanaa song "It's Time".

Hashem talked about the enhancement the value of Yemeni coffee environmentally and agriculturally as it is one of the major component of Yemeni environment. He estestablished " Yemeni Coffee Club " to increase farmers' awareness of the importance of planting coffee and to encourage them to replant it by distributing 18000 coffee sapling t...

Walid spoke about his personal experience in packaging beans at home from simple materials located in each house, and how this idea is important in serving mainly low-income groups as well as poor communities that lack basic services such as rural areas, displacement camps and civil areas that experiencing shortage of fuel, food, water, or elec...

Offering tips from the well-known program he helped develop, Bill Burnett, executive director of Stanford's Life Design Lab, illustrates the ways design thinking can be used to help build the life you want. This talk was filmed at TEDxStanford. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas wort...

Marine biologist, fish ecologist and self-confessed ocean optimist Steve Simpson explains the intricate sounds that exist in our oceans -- and why listening to this soundtrack can help us protect it. This talk was filmed at TEDxExeter. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreadi...

Rian spoke about the solar oven and his initiative in training young people in making a solar oven, and that this idea is mainly aimed to relieve citizens' suffering and reduce the crisis of lack of domestic gas.

Uważam, że życiem kierują przypadki oraz szanse, które pojawiają się przed nami i trzeba je zauważyć i umiejętnie wykorzystać. Myślę, że ja dostałam taką swoją szansę w chwili, gdy miałam 21 lat i musiałam wykonać skok na głęboką wodę biznesu. Wraz z wiekiem zdobyłam to, co w biznesie najważniejsze – doświadczenie, a ono podpowiada, że kluczem d...

Marysia to 20-letnia studentka. Utalentowana żeglarka od dziecka związana z wodą, sportem, podróżami, muzyką i teatrem. Żeglarka, która w ciągu kilku ostatnich lat przepłynęła ponad 60 tysięcy mil morskich. Jako najmłodsza Polka dwukrotnie opłynęła Przylądek Horn. Mając 17 lat uczestniczyła w 2,5 miesięcznej wyprawie szlakiem sir Ernesta Shackle...

Ashley Whillans shares strategies to help overcome "time poverty," and get the most out of our social relationships and careers. This talk was filmed at TEDxCambridge. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. Listen and subscribe to TEDx SHORTS and more podcasts from the T...

Haneen with Mohammed Abdulmalek, the lute player, amazed TEDx audience by singing a song from the Zubaidi tradition "Alil Alhawa" by the artist Ayub Tarsh and a Taizian song "Kam Fouady" by Abdelbaset Absi.

At TEDxHKPolyU, TEDxcellent Improv performed some unscripted, improvised-on-the-spot scenes inspired by suggestions the audience

Hind is a young entrepreneur that talked about her passion for planting varieties of varied plants, the importance of planting them in every house and how she transformed her small garden into her own big project.

With his lute, Mohammed played the song "Ghanili Shwe Shwe" by Om Kalthum, as well as a song by Yahya Omar, " Qal Qef Yazin" from the Yemeni Yafei tradition.

What would a world without religion look like? Caroline Schaffalitzky intends to show, how that thought experiment is a little more complicated than you might think.

Diverse poets featured throughout TEDxDayton's ten-year history join forces to create a dynamic piece about the value of ideas while highlighting their varied styles and voices.

Performers: Mahesh Raghvan, Kartik Raman, Sunil Sunkara, Arjun Ravi Shankar, Anirudh Sharma and Sucheta Sanyal are IndianRaga Fellows from the first-ever India edition of the Fellowship. They presented some of their most popular hits on the TEDx Chennai stage: 1. Tabla Trap Padhant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgX0xapOt7A 2. Raravenu: https:...

Great ideas come to all of us at the strangest of times. Standing in the shower in the morning, gazing out of the window on the train or having a heated discussion with friends over dinner. What about those great ideas that you have? At TEDxYouth@Sydney 2017, 6 young people shared their Fast Idea in 30 seconds flat at Sydney Town Hall with Y...

Speakers Jeffrey Smith and Jim Harper share the TEDx Gary stage to present their ideas on words and restorative justice.