Nikki Gemmell: A Letter to my God Daughter
Nikki Gemmell is an Australian author, best known for anonymously writing the best-selling erotic novel ‘The Bride Stripped Bare’ often described as the the Australian version of the infamous E.L.James ’50 Shades of Grey’. ABOUT TEDx TEDx was created in the spirit of TED’s mission, ‘ideas worth spreading’. The programme is designed to give communities, […]
Karen Thompson Walker: The Connect between Fear and the Imagination.
Imagine you’re a shipwrecked sailor adrift in the enormous Pacific. You can choose one of three directions and save yourself and your shipmates but each choice comes with a fearful consequence too. How do you choose? In telling the story of the whale ship Essex, novelist Karen Thompson Walker shows how fear propels imagination.
Ronny Edry: Israel and Iran: A love story?
When war between Israel and Iran seemed imminent, Israeli graphic designer Ronny Edry shared a poster on Facebook of himself and his daughter with a bold message: “Iranians … we [heart] you.” Other Israelis quickly created their own posters with the same message and Iranians responded in kind. The simple act of communication inspired surprising […]
Steven Addis: A Father-Daughter Bond, One Photo at a Time
A long time ago in New York City, Steven Addis stood on a corner holding his 1-year-old daughter in his arms; his wife snapped a photo. The image has inspired an annual father-daughter ritual, where Steven and his daughter pose for the same picture, on the same corner, each year. Addis shares 15 treasured photographs […]
Holly Stiel: Snap into It, from Ordinary Moments to Extraordinary Connections
Holly Stiel uses the tribal philosophy of Sowubona from the Zulu language meaning ‘We see you’ to emphasise a question she poses. She asks her TED audience, “while we are here, are you going to take advantage of the dozens of opportunities that you’re going to have to connect with each other? Or, are they […]
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