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World Peace Game Foundation

World Peace Game

“John stands as a shining example of what a dedicated teacher can accomplish. Focused on equipping his students with the skills they’ll need in order to face the problems and uncertainties of the real world, he has developed a unique learning program he calls The World Peace Game.”     The World Peace Game is a hands-on political simulation that gives players the opportunity to explore the connectedness of the global community through the lens of the economic, social, and environmental crises and the imminent threat of war. The goal of the game is to extricate each country from dangerous [...]

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Sarah Kay – Poetry that makes you think

Sarah Kay

“I use poetry to help me work through what I don’t understand, but I show up to each new poem with a backpack full of everywhere else that I’ve been.” – Sarah Kay “If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she’s gonna call me Point B … ” began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011. She tells the story of her metamorphosis — from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York’s Bowery Poetry Club to a teacher connecting kids with the power of self-expression through Project V.O.I.C.E. [...]

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Brené Brown: Listening to shame

Brené Brown

“Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.” – Brené Brown Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.   About Brené   Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. Brené spent the first five years of her decade-long study [...]

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Mr. Happy Man

Johnny Barnes

For six hours each day, Bermuda’s Johnny Barnes stands at a busy traffic intersection telling all who pass that he loves them. His delight and sincerity are infectious, and the people of the island love him back. His service is a simple reminder of the power of happiness and loving-kindness to change any day for the better.   What Makes Johnny Wave? Everybody here knows Johnny Barnes, the self-proclaimed happiest man in Bermuda. Who knows why it happened? Who can say what possessed that now-famous hand to shoot up and shake itself at passers-by? Whatever the reason, that urge to [...]

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Opera duo Charlotte & Jonathan – Britain’s Got Talent 2012 audition

Opera duo Charlotte & Jonathan

Opera meets pop when 17-year-old Jonathan and 16-year-old Charlotte sing together. But can the duo convince Britain’s Got Talent Judges Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon they’ve got what it takes to wow the nation? Simon, the other judges, and the entire audience laughed as this boy and his friend came on stage. But then those laughs quickly turned to applause and tears when Jonathan and Charlotte started to sing. WOW. This is truly an inspiring story.

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Chris Assaad

Chris Assaad

Chris Assaad is a man on a mission with an unwavering commitment to reaching new heights, both as an artist and in his life. This progressive mentality and resolve are evident in Glory Fire, Assaad’s debut album. Not only does Assaad manage to strike spiritual and harmonic chords throughout Glory Fire, he does it with a remarkable ease. Seamlessly blending elements from folk to rock to reggae, the album is a cohesive work unified by the voice and sounds of an artist coming into his own. True artists, however, must continue to challenge themselves and keep expanding in order to [...]

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Susan Cain: The power of introverts

Susan Caine TED talk

In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated. Our world prizes extroverts — but Susan Cain makes a case for the quiet and contemplative.   Hi, I’m Susan Cain My book, “QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking,” is now available in bookstores and from your favorite online bookseller. Before I became a writer, I practiced [...]

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Nipun Mehta – Designing For Generosity

Nipun Mehta

Nipun Mehta is the founder of ServiceSpace (formerly Charity Focus), an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology and gift-economy. What started as an experiment with four friends in the Silicon Valley has now grown to an global ecosystem of over 350,000 members that has delivered millions of dollars in service for free. Nipun has received many awards, including the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the President’s Volunteer Service Award and Wavy Gravy’s Humanitarian award. He is routinely invited to share his message of “giftivism” to wide ranging audiences, from inner city youth in Memphis to [...]

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Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food

Jamie Oliver

Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. Jamie Oliver is transforming the way we feed ourselves, and our children. Why you should listen to him: Jamie Oliver has been drawn to the kitchen since he was a child working in his father’s pub-restaurant. He showed not only a precocious culinary talent but also a passion for creating (and talking about) fresh, honest, delicious food. In the past decade, the shaggy-haired “Naked Chef” of late-’90s BBC2 has built a worldwide [...]

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Isabel Allende tells tales of passion

Isabel Allende

Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism — and, of course, passion — in this talk. Novelist Isabel Allende writes stories of passion. Her novels and memoirs, including The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna, tell the stories of women and men who live with passionate commitment — to love, to their world, to an ideal. As a novelist and memoirist, Isabel Allende writes of passionate lives, including her own. Born into a Chilean family with political ties, she went into exile in the United States in the 1970s — an event that, she [...]

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