TED

I’m a TED addict . I’m co-organizing several TEDx events myself, visiting several others and watch loads of TEDTalks on the internet in my spare time. I thought it would be nice to place links to my favorite video’s:

Wat is TEDx? – Video by TED Curator Chris Anderson

General

• 10 Inspiring TED Talks for Startups
• Best watched TED-talks since TED’s foundation. Overview created at the 5th year anniversary.
• “Building a dinosaur from a chicken” – Was a dinosaur addict when I was young, so really liked this talk. Especially because of the scientific information .
• “The year open data went worldwide” – Really nice, short talk from Tim Berners-Lee!
• Overview TIME – An overview of 13 TED talks starring people from the ‘TIME Most influential Top 100′
• Google driverless’ car – Short movie from a prof. of Stanford about this amazing technology
• What physics taught me about marketing – Funny talk by Dan Cobley
• Teach every child about food – Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize talk, quite impressive
• The hidden influence of social networks – Interesting research on (amongst others) the spread of obesitas by Nicholas Christakis
• How to make work-life balance work – Funny, but good food for thought!
• Social Media & The end of gender – Interesting thoughts of Johanna Blakley on TEDxWoman
• Why are we happy? – Nice, funny TED talk from Dan Gilbert
• Play Lab & the Steps around Kabaa power – Short talk, but with a couple outstanding ideas & concepts!
• Raising Kids to Be Entrepreneurs – Nice talk by Cameron Herold
• Why we have too few women leaders – Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg on TEDxWoman
• Why the world needs WikiLeaks. Interesting conversation Chris Anderson with Julian Assange on this hot topic.
• Sixth Sense – first movie I watched, after which I became addicted. Amazing technology from an Indian student!!!
• Schools kill creativity – TED talks as they should be, full of humor, but with a clear message. Sir Ken Robinson is doing a great job over here.
• Bring on the learning revolution – Second TED talk of Sir Ken Robinson.
• Can you life without the internet? – Speech on TED Global by Jim Stolze (Netherlands). Know him from Startpagina.nl. He performed interesting research on the impact of internet on our daily life.
• Can we eat to starve cancer? – Amazing research from William Li.
• How great leaders inspire action – Nice talk of Simon Sinek on ‘Start with why?’
• Poverty, money & love – Another amazing project. OK, crying at the end is quite American, still a good speech!

TEDxAmsterdam 2011 (co-organized)

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TEDxBrussels (visitor)

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TEDxBaghdad 2011 (co-organized)
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TEDxMaastricht 2011 (co-organized)

• What’s next in healthcare? – This talk was even featured on TED.com! Amazing stuff from Daniel Kraft!
• First why and then trust – Our opening speaker Simon Sinek! What a talk!
• Patient satisfaction or patient experience – Love these kind of talks from Americans
• Girl with the nine wigs – Impressive talk by Sophie van der Stap.
• Let patients help! – Another American, another impressive talk!
• Brilliant failures in healthcare – Love the talks of Paul Iske. He also spoke at another TEDx I co-organized

TEDxEutropolis 2010 (co-organized)

• Interactive landscapes – Daan Roosengaarde created a real ‘TED Wow!’ effect over here. Amazing stuff his company is doing!
• The Bijlmer Euro – Simple technology, but with a high impact.
• Brillians Failures – Paul Iske is a professor at my university. Held quite a humoristic speech.
• Boris Riek – as entrepreneur I really liked Boris Riek’s speech. Happy that I’m still in contact with him!

TEDxBerlin 2010 (visitor)

• ColaLife.org – Amazing project. Really worthwhile to watch!
• Open Sim Sim – Interesting collaboration project on architecture
• Future Cities – Just some nice idea’s about the future of cities
• Thinking & Hormones – Really liked this TED talk, as it was just a fresh new interpretation of it!

TEDxAmsterdam 2010 (visitor)

• Fair transportation – Jorne Langelaan created the real ‘TED Wow!’ effect over here. Was amazed of his speech!
• How to defeat aging? – Some very interesting remarks on this subject.
• The Iceman – Some people call him a maniak. Don’t know what to think about him, but was impressed of his cold performance!
• Reversing climate change – ‘It is so simple’, Peter Westerveld told us. Speech was promising, but is it plausible?