A Cool TEDx Idea!

As you know I have been involved in TEDx activities since 2009 and TEDxDubai. Since my first TEDx I have been scratching my head a bit as I try to figure out, for myself, what the ultimate TEDx is. I am not sure that an ultimate TEDx has anything to do with size. I am [...]

People make a difference.

I spend a lot of time talking to people with the hope of learning the trick to being successful. Of course successful is a loaded word. There is no rubric for success. There is no manual for success. What we are confronted with, when we think about success, is our own measurement against others. The [...]

Easier Said than Done

We, and I do mean we, just wrapped up TEDxAbuDhabiU. I have been part of several TEDx events as a speaker and as an organizer and this last TEDx event is the one I am most proud of. Why? I feel that TEDxAbuDhabiU was as close as you can get to the TED mindset. The [...]

Share Ideas? How radical is your collaberation?

What do I love about TED? The idea of radical collaboration. Radical collaboration is a huge challenge to the way many people think and act. There are still too many people who step all over the people they meet going up the ladder forgetting that these are the same people they meet going down the [...]

TEDActive Quotes to Live by.

Phil Klein, a fellow TEDActive participant, recently posted a wonderful list of quotes from TED2011. “He’s related to the dingo!” – Rives “Do you want to dry your hand on my pants” “i think you just got a glimpse of the future of education” - Bill Gates (referring to kahn academy) “Those moments of [...]

TEDxAbuDhabiU this is going to be great!

I have been to a couple of TED events now and organized a couple of TEDx events, with some help. I even spoke at the last TEDxDubai event. But I have never been as excited about a TED event as I am about TEDxAbuDhabiU, really. It isn’t the speakers that have me so excited, although [...]

What does creativity look like and do?

Creativity has a face and a role in pretty much everything we do. I suspect the greatest fear we have, and the reason we hide or suppress our creativity, is for fear of rejection. Lets face it we are very judgmental and instead of celebrating a person putting their idea out there, a simple example [...]

A little hockey advice

When I think about how to advance what I do in the classroom or on the radio I have come back to a little Wayne Gretzky often. While the “Great One” was talking about ice hockey these words apply to pretty much every activity we engage in. What I really enjoyed about TEDActive was that [...]

Why go to TED?

As I sit at Paris CDG airport waiting on a connection to Dubai I am reading email, and a few questions about why go to TED when you can watch many of the talks online for free? JD Schramm, Director of the Mastery in Communication Initiative at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business has written a wonderful blog post [...]

Why I love TEDActive

TED is not just a conference it is a mental re-boot! Too many conferences are at you this conference is with you and those attending become part of something for a week. Here is another piece of what makes TED and TEDActive different than any other conference around. The video! This was filmed, edited and [...]

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