The other day, I caught
myself sending an email to the faculty of the Hood School. The subject line
read "Growth Mindset TED Talk."
The email provided the link to an
11-minute video of a gentleman named Eduardo Briceño speaking about
one of my favorite topics, the growth mindset. In my personal and
professional life, I frequently reference TED Talks. Each of the emails that I
send or discussions that I have about this site and it’s content is a way of
issuing a membership card into the club of "TED talk people.” I love being
a member of this club. The videos give me a glimpse into an interesting topic
or provide me with a new intellectual discovery. But just as important, each
one I see or recommend makes me part of a group of millions of folks around the
world who have checked out these videos. What links us is our desire to learn;
TEDsters feel part of a curious, engaged, enlightened, and tech-savvy tribe.
What is a TED Talk?
By now most everyone has heard of the TED Talks. TED is a
non-profit organization whose mission is to “spread ideas.” TED stands for
Technology, Entertainment, and Design and started in 1984 as a conference where
innovations in the three areas above were presented. With the advent of the Internet
and new ownership, TED has taken off. A roster of speakers that runs
from Bill Clinton to J.J. Abrams, from Desmond Tutu to Isabel Allende have
presented. Their topics range from biophysics to graphic design, covering all
that Roman playwright Terentius might have had in mind when he said,
"Nothing human is alien to me."
TED is a great place to learn,
in fact if you were starting a top university today, it might look
similar to the TED format. TED has gathered the very best minds from around the
world, from every discipline and shared their work. Since we're living in an
age of abundant, not scarce, information, they have curated the lectures of the
best minds carefully and covered a vast array of topics.
One individual with whom my stakeholders are very well acquainted with
and whom I have written about previously is Sir Kenneth Robinson. Sir Ken has
delivered several insightful talks. As a start, I suggust you check out his TED
Talks. He has a very dry wit and insightful comments that help us understand that we can always do better and
we always need to do better for our kids and our collective future.
Since its launch, ted.com has added over 1,100 talks. the
most popular TED-conference talks, plus TED-approved talks from other
conferences and events. Collectively, the TED Talks have been viewed more than
500 million times. If you want to learn more on a vast array of topics please
visit www.ted.com. Also, “There’s an app for that.”
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