Posted on Nov 17, 2013

Favorite TED Talk?

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We're currently organizing a local community TEDx event, and creating the agenda.  Please help with suggested talks that have inspired you.  Thanks!!

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PO2 Alex M.

Posted 11 y ago

This one will help people with boards and interviews but only if they believe in the mind/body and body/mind connection.

http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html?source=facebook#.Ub4sjA-LZ9I.facebook

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are | Video on TED.com

Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” -- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t ...

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Lt Col (Join to see)

11 y

This is really a good one. Endorsed by Harvard Business Review too!

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1SG(P) (Join to see)

Posted 11 y ago

Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction | Video on TED.com

Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that f...

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Lt Col (Join to see)

11 y

Just watched it over the weekend. Good talk. Unfortunately, it's over the 18 minute restriction TED puts on the event.

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Posted >1 y ago

I took the time to watch this TED talk today, Lt Col (Join to see). I was in tears by the end of it. It's funny, but it's touching as well. Enjoy:

http://www.ted.com/talks/maysoon_zayid_i_got_99_problems_palsy_is_just_one

I got 99 problems... palsy is just one

"I have cerebral palsy. I shake all the time," Maysoon Zayid announces at the beginning of this exhilarating, hilarious talk. (Really, it's hilarious.) "I'm like Shakira meets Muhammad Ali." With grace and wit, the Arab-American comedian takes us on a whistle-stop tour of her adventures as an actress, stand-up comic, philanthropist and advocate for the disabled.

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Lt Col (Join to see)

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Is she great!? This was part of the TEDWomen2013 event. We hosted a TEDx local event in conjunction with this. As part of the participation, I got to watch the live feed of this. :)

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CPT Ahmed Faried

Posted 10 y ago

Sebastian Junger: Why veterans miss war

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2LT (Join to see)

Posted >1 y ago

I'm sure veterans can relate
https://www.ted.com/talks/wes_moore_how_to_talk_to_veterans_about_the_war

How to talk to veterans about the war

Wes Moore joined the US Army to pay for college, but the experience became core to who he is. In this heartfelt talk, the paratrooper and captain—who went on to write"The Other Wes Moore"—explains the shock of returning home from Afghanistan. He shares the single phrase he heard from civilians on repeat, and shows why it's just not sufficient. It's a call for all of us to ask veterans to tell their stories — and listen.

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CW5 Jim Steddum

10 y

He is a great speaker. One can tell he is well educated but, his experience is reflective a junior officer. His work in the civilian sector is quite amazing.

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Lt Col (Join to see)

Posted 11 y ago

One of our TEDx speakers writes a blog about doing something every day that's scary. It's based on the Eleanor Roosevelt quote to do one thing a day that scares you. In her case, it was providing her TED talk at our event:

http://heyeleanor.com/blog/2013/12/6/give-a-tedx-talk

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Capt Anne Krause

Posted 11 y ago

Dan Pallotta's TED talk on charity was fantastic. I went to hear him speak and he is amazing. He is challenging some very old-school paradigms about philanthropy.

Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Video on TED.com

Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for wha...

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Lt Col (Join to see)

Posted 11 y ago

NOTE - the TEDx process is actually quite restrictive. We're not able to show any curated talks that go over 18 minutes.

If anyone's interested, the 147 pg manual is at:
http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/TEDxManual.pdf

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1SG(P) (Join to see)

Posted 11 y ago

Perhaps given the Army's recent "average-looking women" controversy this should be discussed:

Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model. | Video on TED.com

Cameron Russell admits she won “a genetic lottery”: she's tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don't judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry look at the industry that had he...

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Lt Col (Join to see)

11 y

Great suggestion! I'll have to check it out.

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SPC James Mcneil

Posted 10 y ago

Oh, i would LOVE to be able to speak at a TED event!

As far as talks that have inspired me, I would say that Craig Valentine has a lot of good messages on leadership and communication within that topic.

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SPC James Mcneil

10 y

BTW, I am serious about the desire to speak at a TED event. If you'd like to know more, feel free to connect with me here.

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