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Seth Godin: This is broken

Why are so many things broken? In a hilarious talk from the 2006 Gel conference, Seth Godin gives a tour of things poorly designed, the 7 reasons why they are that way, and how to fix them.
https://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_this_is_broken

Seth Godin: The tribes we lead

Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.
https://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_the_tribes_we_lead

Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spread

In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.
https://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_how_to_get_your_ideas_to_spread

Seth Godin | TED Speaker

Seth Godin is an entrepreneur and blogger who thinks about the marketing of ideas in the digital age. His newest interest: the tribes we lead.
Marketer and author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/seth_godin

Playlist: Bono: 8 talks that give me hope (8 talks)

Bono picks 8 talks that express powerful ideas -- and shares exactly why each needs to be spread far and wide.
Curated by Bono · 8 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/bono_8_talks_that_give_me_hop

Playlist: Where do ideas come from? (9 talks)

How does the metaphorical lightbulb go off? Is it a flash of genius? The power of crowds? These heady talks explore the nature of ideas themselves: Where they come from, how they evolve, and how each of us can nurture them.
Curated by TED · 9 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/where_do_ideas_come_from

Playlist: Talks for when you want to start a business (10 talks)

Ever dreamed of starting your own business? These talks can help get your idea off the ground.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_for_when_you_want_to_sta

Playlist: How do ideas travel? (10 talks)

From Twitter to word of mouth, explore the ways ideas spread so quickly from person to person.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_do_ideas_travel

New Best of the Web talk: Seth Godin

Seth Godin: This is broken Why are so many things broken? In a hilarious talk from the 2006 Gel conference, Seth Godin gives a tour of things poorly designed, the 7 reasons why they are that way, and how to fix them. Watch now
Posted September 12, 2010
https://blog.ted.com/2010/09/12/new-best-of-the-web-talk-seth-godin

On our reading list: The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin

Icarus is a mythological character with incredible staying power. Everyone knows his story -- his dad made him wings to help him escape the minotaur’s labyrinth, and warned him not to fly too close to the sun lest his wings melt. Amazed to be flying, however, Icarus didn’t listen and tumbled into the ocean. It’s the classic tale of hubris. In...
Posted January 8, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/01/08/on-our-reading-list-the-icarus-deception-by-seth-godin

Everything I’ve learned I learned from clarinet practice: Seth Godin at TED2014

As a child, Seth Godin played the clarinet. Or -- he tried .. sort of. At TED2014, he explains how he trudged through lessons, never trying hard enough to produce a note that sounded like the ones he heard from “real” clarinetists. “I took lessons,” he says, “but I'm not sure I actually played the clarinet.” “I didn't care enough to put mys...
Posted March 20, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/03/20/everything-ive-learned-i-learned-from-clarinet-practice-seth-godin-at-ted2014

8 talks to inspire TED Prize wishes

TED Prize winners turn ideas into world-changing projects, with $1 million in seed money and the TED community’s support. Beyond having a solid track record of making high-impact change in their communities and beyond, all prize winners must be capable of one thing: dreaming big. Does this sound like you or someone you know? This morni...
Posted March 5, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/03/05/8-talks-to-inspire-ted-prize-wishes

The Dinner Party: Session 3 at TED2012

In this session, TED is hosting a dinner party on stage, with various TED attendees and some speakers sitting on stage throughout. Seth Godin, Stewart Brand and Sir Ken Robinson are all primed and ready to jump in with discussion of those we are about to hear. Namely: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein writes novels that explore questions of phi...
Posted February 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/02/28/the-dinner-party-session-3-at-ted2012

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters with Debbie Millman is one of the world’s very first podcasts. Broadcasting independently for over 15 years, the show is about how incredibly creative people design the arc of their lives. About the host Debbie Millman Named “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, and “one of the most creative...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/design_matters_with_debbie_millman

TEDxTheHague - an independently organized event

About this event: You are cordially invited to the next TEDxTheHague salon! Our December edition — themed The Power of Persuasion— is curated by TEDxTheHague: "And we have a winner! 'Post-truth' is elected word of the year for 2016 by the Oxford Dictionaries. A year in which persuasion technique convincingly trumped content. So we're asking ourselves: What happ...
Event details: The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands · December 9, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/21787

Hacked: The speakers in session 8 of TED2014

What does a hacked future look like? What will our bodies -- and minds -- be capable as bioengineering becomes more and more ubiquitous? In Session 8 of TED2014, speakers take on the hacked world of tomorrow. Here are the speakers who appeared in this session. Click below to read a full recap of each speaker’s talk: Edward Snowden's Q&am...
Posted March 20, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/03/20/hacked-the-speakers-in-session-8-of-ted2014

Why I want you to steal my ideas

Writer Seth Godin explains why it's absolutely fine if you steal his ideas ... you have to promise to make them better. Please don’t steal my car. If you drive away with it, I won't have it any more, which is a real hassle. Please don’t steal my identity or my reputation either. Neither travels well, and all the time you’re using it, yo...
Posted February 3, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/the-big-mistake-we-all-make-about-ideas

Announcing TED Conversations!

We're thrilled to announce today the launch of TED Conversations, a new social platform on TED.com that connects people for conversation, collaboration and debate. TED Conversations was designed and built from the ground up to foster meaningful conversation among the global community who watch, share and discuss TEDTalks. Anyone who part...
Posted February 16, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/02/16/announcing-ted-conversations

A Hans Rosling quiz, a newly-discovered "Godzilla of Earths," a new doc from Sebastian Junger, and why octopus arms don’t tangle

Members of the TED community saturated the news in the past two weeks. Below, just a few of these headline-makers: Eight years ago, Hans Rosling shared “The best stats you’ve ever seen” at TED2006, flipping our thinking on global health. BigThink.com is marking the anniversary of that talk. Take their very fun quiz that tests your understan...
Posted June 3, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/06/03/in-brief-6-3-14

Why the right kind of ignorance can be a good thing

There are seemingly infinite options in the world today. And with increased options come increased choices. This may seem like a good thing, but for most people it is not. More choices mean more decisions, and decision fatigue can lead to you getting stuck in negative cycles. A lot of the choices you encounter on a daily basis are endless...
Posted August 31, 2020
https://ideas.ted.com/why-the-right-kind-of-ignorance-strategic-ignorance-can-be-a-good-thing

Reason vs. compassion: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and Steven Pinker at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Steven Pinker  is a linguist and psychologist. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is a philosopher and novelist. The pair are also married, and they have taken to the TED stage, in front of a dinner table with several luminaries, to have a very public argument, or, in their rather more academic terms, a Socratic dial...
Posted February 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/02/28/reason-vs-compassion-rebecca-newberger-goldstein-and-steven-pinker-at-ted2012

How to spark inner creativity: Julie Burstein at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Julie Burstein is waving a pot at us. She is a fan of pottery, it turns out, and she starts off her talk by describing the Raku tradition, generally found in Japanese tea ceremonies. What's particularly wonderful about Raku, she says, is both the speed at which pots are made and the fact that any resulting imp...
Posted February 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/02/28/how-to-spark-inner-creativity-julie-burstein-at-ted2012

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

Your holiday reading list: 58 books recommended by TED speakers

From tech to self-help via poetry, fiction and graphic novels, here are the books you need to read. What’s the one book you're always thrilled to discover that someone else has read? We posed that question to TED speakers -- and, well, they geeked out, offering us a list of hidden gems that wouldn’t typically crop up on a holiday shopping list....
Posted December 7, 2015
https://ideas.ted.com/your-holiday-reading-list-58-books-recommended-by-ted-speakers

TEDxAsylumHill: The Art of Innovation - an independently organized event

About this event: Our Event: What does innovation mean? In recent years, the term has been used extensively in business and media to describe many different things. The definitions vary extensively, and the approaches often take on very different forms. In the spirit of TED’s multidisciplinary approach, TEDxAsylumHill will explore this topic thru the len...
Event details: Hartford, Connecticut, United States · September 15, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/6085

Jill Tarter: Join the SETI search

The SETI Institute's Jill Tarter makes her TED Prize wish: to accelerate our search for cosmic company. Using a growing array of radio telescopes, she and her team listen for patterns that may be a sign of intelligence elsewhere in the universe.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_tarter_join_the_seti_search

Jacqueline Novogratz: Invest in Africa's own solutions

Jacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for a new approach.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_invest_in_africa_s_own_solutions
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