TEDxUTK - Chris Cherry - Eco-Transportation
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Chris Cherry is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Tennessee. In his talk, entitled "Eco-Transportation", he offers ideas on moving toward sustainable transportation and discusses his involvement in a one of a kind program called "Cycle Share" at the University.
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- -: TEDxUTK - Chris Cherry - Eco-Transportation
March 22, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Chris Cherry is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Tennessee. In his talk, entitled "Eco-Transportation", he offers ideas on moving toward sustainable transportation and discusses his involvement in a one of a kind program called "Cycle Share" at th...
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- -: TEDxUNC - Shamila Kohestani - How Sports Impact the Lives of Women
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The captain of the first women's Afghan national soccer team and recipient of the 2006 Arthur Ashe Courage Award talks about growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan and the challenges facing women and girls in that environment. Kohestani discusses how playing soccer gave her confidence and co...
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- -: TEDxMileHighSalon - Allen Lim - Identity
February 15, 2012 (about 12 years ago)In April 2011, Allen Lim showed us through his first TEDxMileHigh Talk how easy it can be to lose sight of our true passions as we move forward with our careers and lives. More importantly, he inspired us to reignite these passions and showed us how he overcame obstacles in his own life to do ju...
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- -: TEDxTaipei - Zhi-Zhan Lian (連志展) - 勇氣在世界最頂端
February 6, 2012 (about 12 years ago)『爬山』，為何知道可能會危險到失去生命還要去做，一定要這麼偏執去做這件事嗎？ 連志展生於1973年，攀登世界七頂峰專案統籌執行，擔任非洲最高峰攀登隊領隊、卓奧友峰與聖母峰攀登隊基地營經理。三年內，在七大洲與六位攀登者，無數位協助人員，無數次瀕臨生命臨界的考驗，不論意見再怎麼紛歧，前方是如何危險，唯有登上世界七頂峰的夢想，能夠一再凝聚眾人，重新點燃就要熄滅的希望。曾為政大登山隊隊長、第二屆生態文學暨報導獎新詩組首獎，青少年野地教育「亞成鳥計畫」發起人、「聽看雪山」作者、「勇氣，在山盡頭」作者。目前是歐都納全球14座八千探險計畫專案執行、中華民國山岳協會年委員會主委，現為台灣生態登山學校理...
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- -: TEDxRochester - Jim Maddison - 11/07/11
February 7, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Jim is the volunteer President of the Friends of the Roc City Skatepark; an organization being formed as a non-profit to pursue the creation, maintenance, and growth of a skatepark system in the City of Rochester; as well as an advocacy group for all progression-oriented sports. Jim's full-time c...
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- -: TEDxSalzburg - Florian Gschwandtner - Motivation for sharing your life with others
February 1, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Florian is CEO and Co-founder of runtastic, a start-up company which provides mobile health and fitness apps and a fitness portal to track, manage and share sports data. He founded the company with three colleagues in October 2009. With more than 750.000 registered users on the runtastic fitness ...
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- -: Diana Nyad: Extreme swimming with the world's most dangerous jellyfish
January 24, 2012 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com In the 1970s, Diana Nyad set long-distance swim records that are still unbroken. Thirty years later, at 60, she attempted her longest swim yet, from Cuba to Florida. In this funny, powerful talk at TEDMED, she talks about how to prepare mentally to achieve an extreme dream, and...
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- -: Google+David Beckham Interview
January 19, 2012 (over 12 years ago)David Beckham stopped by Google's Mountain View headquarters for a live Q&A with Googlers, where he also took questions from fans across the world. Sizzle reel clips courtesy of UNICEF, Fremantle Media, TelegraphTV, Pepsi, ACMilan (youtube.com/ACMilan), Sainsbury's. Music courtesy of EMI Music.
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- -: TEDxFuzhou-Fuzhou rugby team-Our story
January 14, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Speaker-Fuzhou rugby team In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDxevent, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These...
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- -: TEDxRyersonU - Dr. Ivan Joseph -- The Skill of Self Confidence
January 13, 2012 (over 12 years ago)As the Athletic Director and head coach of the Varsity Women's Soccer team at Ryerson University, Dr. Joseph is often asked what skills he is searching for as a recruiter: is it speed? Strength? Agility? In Dr. Joseph's TEDx Talk, he explores self confidence and how it is not just the most impo...
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