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KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE2 More Videos From TEDxTauranga 2014: Vikki Kelly + Dr. Liza Schneider
I just updated our video page with another 2 videos from TEDxTauranga 2014. Vikki Kelly: The three second kiss – why our future depends on it Watch on our video page Watch straight from YouTube Dr. Liza Schneider: Sustainable healthcare for our pets- why the answer is...
read moreReactions to TEDxTauranga 2014
Below is a list of testimonials & reactions that we've collected over the last 5 weeks since TEDxTauranga (you can add your own to the comment section at the bottom). 4 things for you to do next: Note the date for TEDxTauranga if you haven't already: Saturday 25...
read moreTEDxAuckland 2014: 18 Hours of Awesomeness
TEDxAuckland ran from 10am to 6.00pm on Saturday 16 Aug 2014: 8.0 hours of awesomeness. But my day started at 6am because I drove up from Tauranga for it, and got back home at midnight. I'm still counting the 5 hours driving because those were awesome too. I was...
read more2 More Videos From TEDxTauranga 2014: Puawai Cairns + Dr. Ian G. McLean
I just updated our video page with another 2 videos from TEDxTauranga 2014. Dr. Ian G. McLean: Love your children? Keep their enemies close Watch on our video page Watch straight from YouTube Puawai Cairns: Forgotten grandfathers: Newly discovered stories from the...
read moreFirst 2 Videos From TEDxTauranga 2014 Now Online: Ben Warren + Marty Hoffart
I just updated our video page with the first 2 videos from TEDxTauranga 2014 (+ the 3 official TED videos we played). Ben Warren: Modern lives are longer lives? Why that might NOT be true for you Watch on our video page Watch straight from YouTube Marty Hoffart: Still...
read moreCan you help put together a TEDx event in Hamilton or Rotorua?
Hi! During TEDxTauranga on Saturday I talked to several people from Hamilton that were interested in putting a team together to make a TEDx event in Hamilton. I also talked to a few people from Rotorua who wanted a TEDx event for Rotorua. To help get both of these...
read moreTEDxTauranga 2014: How did the 2nd TEDx event in Tauranga go?
Well, well, well, what can I say about yesterday’s TEDx Tauranga Event? Nothing other than AWESOME would be the only answer!! I know that we organisers had one heck of a great time seeing 9 months of work come to fabulous fruition, and it looked to me like the...
read moreOur Speakers Announced: 9 Great Reasons To Join Us For TEDxTauranga
We are super stoked to announce our line-up of speakers for TEDxTauranga 2014! Hooray! 1. Puawai Cairns Talk Title: Forgotten grandfathers: Newly discovered stories from the Maori men of World War I. Puawai is a Curator at Te Papa Tongarewa. Let her take you on a...
read moreTED Talk: George Takei: Why I love a country that once betrayed me
When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a “security" measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back at how the camp shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and...
read moreTED Talk: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates: Why giving away our wealth has been the most satisfying thing we’ve done
In 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates took a walk on the beach and made a big decision: to give their Microsoft wealth back to society. In conversation with Chris Anderson, the couple talks about their work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as their...
read moreTED Talk: Parul Sehgal: An ode to envy
What is jealousy? What drives it, and why do we secretly love it? No study has ever been able to capture its “loneliness, longevity, grim thrill” — that is, says Parul Sehgal, except for fiction. In an eloquent meditation she scours pages from literature to show how...
read moreTED Talk: Michel Laberge: How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion
Our energy future depends on nuclear fusion, says Michel Laberge. The plasma physicist runs a small company with a big idea for a new type of nuclear reactor that could produce clean, cheap energy. His secret recipe? High speeds, scorching temperatures and crushing...
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