TEDxYouth@DiscoveryCollege - David Begbie - Helping needs meet resources
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David Begbie is the Director of Crossroads Foundation's experiential simulation program, which has seen over 65,000 participants since they started in 2006. The simulation programs have been taken to many regions of the world, including Europe, where Crossroads annually presents a refugee simulation for the attendees of the World Economic Forum,... Read more
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- -: TEDxYouth@DiscoveryCollege - David Begbie - Helping needs meet resources
January 10, 2012 (over 12 years ago)David Begbie is the Director of Crossroads Foundation's experiential simulation program, which has seen over 65,000 participants since they started in 2006. The simulation programs have been taken to many regions of the world, including Europe, where Crossroads annually presents a refugee simulat...
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- -: TEDxYouth@DiscoveryCollege - Claus Nehmzow - Following your passions, exploring your curiosity
January 10, 2012 (over 12 years ago)German-born HK-based entrepreneur Claus Nehmzow is a leading thinker in applying innovative new media technologies to the business arena, using diverse fields such as virtual worlds, participatory media and social media. Here Claus discusses the importance of curiosity and exploration, and how it...
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- -: TEDxYouth@DiscoveryCollege - Tracey Read - How are our conveniences adding to the ocean's waste?
January 10, 2012 (over 12 years ago)During the event, DB Green is an environmental group based in Hong Kong's Discovery Bay. Tracy Read is a key member of the group, and here shares some alarming facts about the amount of waste, especially plastic and Styrofoam, that can be found floating in the world's oceans, and presents concer...
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- -: TEDxValenciaSt - Henry Oh - Inspiration from Unlikely Sources
April 19, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Henry Oh has a JD but does not practice law. He also has a guitar and actually practices that. He's done a lot of things. Some well. Some not. However, he has a curious mind and likes to think that everything is a learning experience. He's been in Asia for the past five years, founding an Interne...
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- -: TEDxPearlRiver - Jami Gong - The Funniest Man in Hong Kong!
May 11, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Jameson ("Jami") Gong is a Chinese American, born and raised in New York City's Chinatown. He is one of six children. Throughout Jami's life, he always possessed the gift to make people laugh. He believes that laughter soothes the soul, and unites people of all ages, race, gender, and religion......
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- -: TEDxPearlRiver - Mark Philpott - A journey back to humaneity
May 11, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Based in Singapore, Mark is an active member in the Philanthropic and Humanitarian scene. With strong ties to the corporate sector, educational institutions as well as the non-profit industry, Mark is constantly seeking new and innovative ways to enhance the Humaneity Groups offerings. He is the ...
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- -: TEDxPearlRiver - Brett Rierson - How to feed 9 billion people?
May 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Brett Rierson is a Senior Officer for the World Food Programme's Private Partnership Division and the Lead for WFP's Global Finance Initiative. He is responsible for creating partnerships between the WFP and companies, foundations and individuals who share the WFP's objective of fighting hunger,...
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- -: TEDxPearlRiver - Monique Stauder - Latitude Zero
May 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Monique Stauder is a Swiss-American photojournalist who has traversed the world documenting political, cultural and social events for TIME, New York Times and Christian Science Monitor among others. With a double masters degree in History and International Relations, her academics became a backbo...
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- -: TEDxPearlRiver - Chris Barthelemy - Entomology in Asia: why should you care?
May 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Chris Barthelemy was born in Italy where he lived until he moved to the UK at the age of 8, when he started his early insect collections and observations. His first professional experience was in London and then Paris, there, he opened his own small practice in 1992. He moved to HK a few weeks af...
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- -: TEDxPearlRiver - Adam Horler - Can asian consumers save the planet?
May 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Adam Horler left a successful corporate life, 13 years of which were spent in Asia, following the realization that things were not right with the world, and he was part of the problem. The problem is rampant natural resource depletion and the solution is educating consumers to consume consciously...
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