Ever since I became active in the TEDx community I’ve been fascinated by what makes a presentation unforgettable. Of course Chris Anderson has written a fantastic book on this topic. It’s called the official TED Guide to Public Speaking and I was very proud to be asked to write the foreword for the Dutch edition. Besides the TED commandments that Chris writes about, I
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Humans are best at being human
Last week was the week of the World Summit AI. All the A.I. brains were coming to Amsterdam. Such a cool line-up with Professor Stuart Russel and remote-presentations by Ruslan Salakhutdinov (Apple & Carnegie Melon) and Yann Lecun (Facebook & New York University). I was a speaker on the second day. Shellie Karabell from Forbes wrote this article during her stay in Amsterdam. Humans
New Power in less than 3 minutes
TEDxAmsterdam focused last Friday on “New Power”, a concept that was so eloquently described by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms in their HBR-article. Our speakers and performers did all they can to show what #newpower meant for them. Check out the after movie here: And of course, here are the photos and all talks are already on YouTube.
Refugee challenge
Do you have a unique idea that will improve the lives of millions of people? Here’s your opportunity to transform your idea into reality! Apply now to compete in Singularity University’s Global Impact Competitions (GIC) to win a seat at the Global Solutions Program (GSP) where you’ll be empowered with the tools, knowledge, skills and mindset for positively impacting 1 billion people. The world
Startups in Residence
Seven startups have been selected to participate in the City’s accelerator programme Startup in Residence. The young companies, which were selected out of 85 applicants, will work on the City’s challenges in the field of Mobility, Healthy City, Circular Economy and Vibrant City. With Startup in Residence the City embraces young companies’ innovative solutions for the challenges in city development. In case of successful
After movie: TEDxAmsterdam 2014
TEDxAmsterdam 2014 was a blast! A full day with speakers and performers, ideas, music, art theater, dance and inspiration. The team has created this after movie, especially for you:
We owe it all to our wonderful speakers:
- Kim Spierenburg
- Neelie Kroes
- George Vailliant
- The Singing Apes
- Michaela Deprince
- Henk Schiffmacher
- David Allen
- Duncan Stutterheim
- Kuni Naidoo
TEDxAmsterdam 2013 in 2 minutes
TEDxAmsterdam 2013 was an amazing experience. We celebrated our 5th anniversary at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. With the following line-up: Dadara Manfred Kets de Vries Bart Remes Jimmy Nelson Eva Simons Dominic Seldis Heleen Mees Amy Robinson Fons Trompenaars Words are not enough to describe the day. Let’s look at a short video compiliation.
An education revolution
Inspired by the great talks from Sir Ken Robinson (2006 and 2010) we’ve seen many initiatives from TED-sters who wanted to contribute to this upcoming Education Revolution.
One of these initiatives is the series of TEDx events focusing on this future for schools and students. Last week my team (headed by Nephtalie Demei and Jessika Lynch) organized TEDxAmsterdamEducation at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The events was opened by Lodewijk Asscher, Alderman of the Amsterdam Municipal Council.
What are your leadership values?
“LEAP is the business community for women in acclaimed organisations who aspire to maximise the efforts and impact of female talent.” At their event last Monday I was asked by Erica van Ooyen to share my ideas on leadership values. It was during a panel session together with Jos Nijhuis (CEO Schiphol Group), Peter Molengraaf (CEO Liander) and Carla Smits-Nusteling (CFO KPN). It was
Why I signed up for TEDx
During the evening session of TEDxAmsterdam 2010 I got the chance to answer the question that was asked the most: Why did you sign up for the TEDx-license in 2009? A small personal story, followed by three examples of turning “ideas worth spreading” into “ideas worth doing”. While we’re on the subject: Bill and Melinda Gates are looking forward to your suggestions! If you