TEDxMadtown - Mike Land - Freezing
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Mike Land describes his practice of freezing, or Meditative Art. Freezing requires that one enter a public area with high foot traffic, and remain motionless for 20 minutes. This simple yet contradictory act tends to elicit a cascade of emotions from bystanders, but most leave inspired and entertained In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, T... Read more
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- -: TEDxMadtown - Mike Land - Freezing
April 25, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Mike Land describes his practice of freezing, or Meditative Art. Freezing requires that one enter a public area with high foot traffic, and remain motionless for 20 minutes. This simple yet contradictory act tends to elicit a cascade of emotions from bystanders, but most leave inspired and ente...
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- -: TEDxMadtown - Erin Schneider - Eco-Topias
April 25, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Erin Schneider co-owns Hilltop Community Farm and works there as an organic farmer. Her farm focuses mainly on their community supported agriculture program that provides weekly delivery of vegetables and fresh-cut flowers to members. In her talk, Erin discusses how our own gardens can become "ec...
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- -: TEDxMadtown - Greg Tracy- Civic Entrepreneurship
April 25, 2011 (about 13 years ago)When it wears title case, the practice is called Civic Entrepreneurship. But day-to-day Greg Tracy's inspiring practice of geek volunteerism needs no official title. Its solving problems. Its hacking your way to a better community. Its bold and its humble. For his contributions--not least among t...
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- -: TEDxMadtown - Hanna Roth-Rainbird - Taking a Stand for the End of Child Abuse
April 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Content comming soon
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- -: TEDxMadtown - Harry Webne-Behrman - The Generosity Project
April 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Content comming soon
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- -: TEDxMadtown - James Carlson-Bucketworks
April 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)James Carlson wants to take us just outside of what we think of as normal in schools, business, and community. In between these places are groups of people who are building practices that transform these worlds today. This knowledge sharing and inter-generational collaboration happens everyday ...
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- -: TEDxMadtown - Troy Dassler-Nanoscience in Elementary Schools
April 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Troy Dassler teaches at Aldo Leopold Elementary in Madison, WI. He also works in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to bring nanoscale science to elementary-aged children through funding from the National Science Foundation. In his talk, Troy breaks down his methods of teachin...
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- -: TEDxMadtown - Ted Petith - Sister City Activity
April 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)What does the west side of Germany and east side of Madison have in common? In Ted's talk he uncovers the long and colorful history of Freiburg, Germany's and Madison, Wisconsin's sister city relationship and unveils the the monumental next phase in this relationship taking place on Madison's nea...
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- -: TEDxMadtown - Traci Fenton - WorldBlu, Democratic Workplaces
April 28, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Traci Fenton is the Founder + CEO of WorldBlu, which promotes democracy in companies and organizations around the globe. Traci discusses the broken "command and control" model of business and explains the 10 principles of organizational democracy at work in companies such as Zappos, Groupon, DaVi...
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- -: TEDxMadtown - Justin Beck-Perblue - Social Games
April 28, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Justin is a Madison Wunderkid. He's worked at Google & Microsoft and he is currently the co-founder and CEO of a quickly growing mobile games startup in Madison called PerBlue. His talk breaks down the mechanics of "game" so that the rest of us can begin to understand this new and sweeping venue ...
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