TEDxColumbus 2011 - Theresa Flores - Find a Voice with Soap
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Theresa's passionate advocacy for one of the most vulnerable segments of our society is inspired by her own horrifying experience. As she introduces you to a world far beyond your mind's reach, she'll show it can really be found next door. And how one answer to it all might be found in a tiny bar of soap.
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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011 - Theresa Flores - Find a Voice with Soap
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Theresa's passionate advocacy for one of the most vulnerable segments of our society is inspired by her own horrifying experience. As she introduces you to a world far beyond your mind's reach, she'll show it can really be found next door. And how one answer to it all might be found in a tiny b...
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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011 - Alex Bandar - The Need to Make
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)For a guy that doesn't sleep much, Alex has an amazingly coherent vision for the world. Concerned with the death of "shop," his vision for bringing a "maker" experience to the students in Columbus is only one part of his story. He'll share how that vision is informed by his by morning, noon and n...
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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011 - Mark Berman - Respect the Bug
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Who cares about the bug? Mark does. And thinks you should too. He'll bring a unique lens to the two, four or ten legged creatures that, in his opinion, can bring you perspective and maybe in return, a little respect.
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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011 - Jamie Greene - Columbus Revealed
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)As our city has a moment in time as it turns 200 next year, Jamie will help guide hundreds of initiatives, events, promotions, exhibits, books and more into a year-long, collective commemoration. But at the heart of it all, we're curious, why does it matter? In a brief reflection, Jamie will br...
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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011 - Claudia Kirsch MD - Hitchhikers Beware
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Claudia spends her life looking for hitchhikers, the kind that take 'free rides' along your nerves carrying cancer. Through her blend of science and a little art, she's redefining how radiologists look at the most congested traffic site in our bodies: the head and neck. Her discoveries will inspi...
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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011 - Maryanna Klatt PhD - Mindfulness Matters
November 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)The impact of chronic stress on our health, productivity, and overall wellbeing can be catastrophic. But how do you reduce it without adding one more thing to your life? Maryanna will reveal from her significant research initiatives that learning stress reduction techniques within the very ecosy...
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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011 - Dirk Knemeyer - Time and Tools to Change
November 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dirk argues humanity took a wrong turn, but is getting close to finding its way again. After centuries of industrial production in inhuman ways and scales we now have the opportunity to turn our substantial capacity for remaking the world toward the most promising and unexplored of frontiers: our...
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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011 - Randy Nelson - The Dark Side of Light
November 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dr. Nelson has a deep curiosity about the dark side of light at night. His research will reveal that our passion for electrification has more complex consequences than can meet the sleeping eye.
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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011- Bart Overly - Being 104: My Future Habitat
November 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)As our population rapidly ages and lives much longer, how so might the habitats we have constructed for our comforts adapt to this change? A global review of attitudes towards this longevity crisis (or opportunity) might enlighten design and development's reaction towards it. As a student of ar...
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- -: TEDxColumbus 2011- Janet Parrott - Hospice Reimagined
November 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)The exploration of hospice was not one that Janet had planned to take, but found herself in South Africa doing just that. As a filmmaker, Janet was equipped with tools to tell the story of a very different approach to what we embrace in America as hospice, but challenged by the pathway that took...
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