TED
Tinkering…Come play!
Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering on this TED Talk. Watch it here:
Tinkering…that sort of describes where I have reached this point with the 10 City Bridge Run. Here are a couple of reflections from Gever which relate to what has been my vision:
- Building is at the heart of the experience.
- Hands on.
- Failures are celebrated.
- Problems become puzzles.
- “…can become a bridge stronger than anyone could imagine.”
Starting tonight, it is time to turn much of this design work from this side of the keyboard to the the collaboration of collective action. I can’t do this on my own. I always said that my ability to act is influenced by the participation of others.
I need your help. Don’t just stand there and watch…start tinkering!
Stop and listen to someone else’s story: Be the bridge
Get inspired!
Each one of us can do amazing things in the world. Take the time to listen to another today- build a bridge to understand them better.
We all have an enormous capacity for love. Void if not used before use by date (death).
Jessica Jackley co-founder of Kiva tells her personal story here at TED. It is an emotional appeal.
How can you be the bridge for another today?
Ideas as Bridges
Melinda Gates provides an engaging perspective about what would define a better world in this TED Talk.
Great to see that the better half of one of the world’s richest men has her priority on things that really matter. Her belief: it is possible to globally eradicate polio.
How does she define happiness? Holding a healthy baby in her arms.
Look to the innovators. Here she uses Coca-Cola as a case study. This is an example of ideas as bridges. This is the potential of the 10 City Bridge Run. Connecting people, ideas and places. Join us!
Winning the war against child mortality
The Loveable and Avuncular Hans Rosling returns to give another outstanding TED Talk about how we are winning the war against child mortality.
Hans is a brilliant communicator and makes the complex simple. This 15 minute is worth watch to move beyond theory and understand how progress has been made.
The Sharing of An Idea
Chris Anderson speaking at TED reveals his take on The Art of Spreading Ideas:
It is in the non-verbal portion that there is some serious magic.
Watch the video here.
What is the potential for a ‘pictorial petition’ with 24,000 images of people expressing what it means for them to be a bridge to eradicate extreme poverty while joining with others?
Let’s find out! Please I need your support. Considering the sponsoring of the book “Above the Line” to be presented to the G20 Summit leadership.
Check out the 24×24 Challenge: Is the Seemingly Impossible Possible?
Hans Rosling provides proof! The seemingly impossible is possible.
Now and again you come across one of those people who somehow makes the complex simple, and in doing so can turn our assumptions on their head. Hans Rosling, hailing from Sweden makes an interesting twist to how we might perceive development and poverty.
This TED talk from 2007 is worth watching. It was Rich Fleming from the Global Poverty Project who put me onto this information, as I was discussing my intention of doing this run many months ago. He suggested that this question: “Is the seemingly impossible possible?” was worth asking.
In five years the 2o15 deadline arrives for reporting on the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
How can we best use the information and framing that Hans presents to change our own perspective?
Was this useful for you or just an amusing presentation?
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