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“Dubai is a city inspired by the sea.”
(Ernst van Der Poll, TEDxDubai 10.10.09)
Idea Worth Sharing
Tawasul is an organization which started in 2002 and is focused on reconnecting youth to nature. The group journeys out to expose and expand young people about marine environment, resources, and preserving underwaterlife. Sample programs include Adopt a Reef and PCRF. Ernst challenged us to be passionate about our environment. Think about your own personal connection with nature as a means to
Call to Action
Knowledge of nature is important
Find a connection you had from nature
It’s not too late to connect with nature
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Kevin Simpson, KDSL
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Official TEDxDubai Blogger/Tweeter
“Age is how many years you have lived on Earth.”
(Dubai Adbulla Abulhoul, TEDxDubai 10.10.09)
Idea Worth Sharing
At the age of 11, Dubai was the youngest UAE Animated Director. The advice from her parents was: Get an education, get experience, and grow up. She says when folks say you can not do something say watch me. Tradition is what she values and wants to infuse in her movies. Dubai believes that if she can learn about other cultures then other cultures can learn about her culture. Where will the road take her? She wants to be the first! Dubai says believing is the key!
Call to Action
Believe
You can do it
Do not get caught up on age
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Kevin Simpson, KDSL
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Official TEDxDubai Blogger/Tweeter
“Something magical happens when you are onto something big.”
(Jamil, TEDxDubai 10.10.09)
Idea Worth Sharing
Jamil set up Arab comedy shows in the Gulf region. This show consisted of a diverse group from various countries. He said people want this type of thing in this region. We need more stories on the human level and a move to change stereotypes. Jamil wants to revive the comedy circuit in the region.
Call to Action
Share your stories
Create the stages where people can get up and speak
Laugh at yourself first
Take responsibilities seriously and not yourself
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Kevin Simpson, KDSL
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Official TEDxDubai Blogger/Tweeter
“Is a broken down car parked?” (Ian Gilbert, TEDxDubai 10.10.09)
Gilbert’s Idea Worth Sharing
Thunks are about independent thinking and getting student’s to think for themselves.
Teaching is about developing your own thinking. Student brains have to be opened enough to solve problems. What are we doing to teach kids to think?
3 Parts to independent thinking: Technology, Education, Neuroscience.
Some neuroscience facts…It takes 20-30 years for the brain to mature. You can’t be older than your brain. There is a 2-3 year old spread in the brain of children.
There is a difference between thinking and knowing.
Call to Action
Education shift to focus on technology (example: tutorvista.com), education (thinking, thunks), and neuroscience
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Kevin Simpson, KDSL
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Official TEDxDubai Blogger/Tweeter
Paul Bennett, What is Your Dream for Dubai?
“What is your dream?” (Paul Bennett, TEDxDubai 10.10.09)
Bennett’s Ideas Worth Sharing:
Design is the action that occurs between dreaming and being. Design brings the two together.
Shared work with how to humanize organizations and spread empathy. Work clients included: hospitals, Transportation Security Administration, and Bank of America. The focus was on taking a broken system and inputting empathy.
“We’re a room full of designers. What does this mean for us all?”
Bennett shared some dreams of Dubai from attendees and from Facebook. Examples include: be the creative capital, make it happen now, develop people and not just property, open source Dubai, and education for everyone. He called Dubai optimistic.
DREAMING IS BIG HERE
Call to Action:
-Involve people in the process to design their own world
-Empower people to create themselves
-Optimism
-Be collaborative
...Mohammed Gawdat, Is Technology Democratizing Our Perspective?
“Your way is not the only way of doing things,” Mohammed Gawdat
“We come with the equation that I am right and if I am right the other guy is wrong,” Mohammed Gawdat
Some highlights from Gawdat’s talk include:
With the spread of Mass media so knowledge spreads. Information is manufactured at scale. With the abundance of information you become passive and take in information. There has been an increase in cross-cultural misunderstandings.
The internet is changing. What does the Internet do? How do people use it?
People learn and acquire knowledge
People communicate
People participate
People socialize
People are willing to use or not use the Internet.
Some statistics shared include:
Google gets billions of questions a day. 250,000 words get written every minute of every day on a blog.
In 2008, 210 billion emails were sent. 130 million articles ...
Bruno Giussani, European Director of the TED Conferences and the programmer of TEDGlobal, and provided more information on TED and TEDPrize.
He said TED is about spreading good thinking and is about the ideas.
TEDPrize: Wishes Big Enough to Change the World. Each year 3 people are selected to grant a wish to change the world. For more information visit http://www.tedprize.org/.
What is your wish to change the world?
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Kevin Simpson, KDSL
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Official TEDxDubai Blogger/Tweeter
So who is attending TEDxDubai today? The bloggers stormed the audience to find out who was attending, what organization they work for and what they do, where they are from, and what is their idea worth sharing.
Majid Alyousef is a Creative Technologist working on mobile application at NBC TV. He is from Saudi Arabia and has been a big fan of TED for the last four years. His idea worth sharing is to apply some design from life and adapt them to the environment.
Nigel is a freelancer working in Web Design Services. He is from Bombay, India and is attending today to see Leo Laporte. His idea worth sharing is the Internet should be FREE for all.
Abdullah Al Mohaisin, Director of Business Development, works in Dubai Media City. He is from the United Arab Emirates. Since Dubai Media City is a sponsor he is in attendance. Currently, ...
Are you ready to Dream? Do? Be? Read about ideas worth spreading? Today is the TEDxDubai Conference. First, our blog team will be talking with delegates in attendance to find out why they are attending the conference and what are their ideas worth spreading. During the day we will update you with quotes, summary of speaker talks, and responses from the audience.
I am an Education Consultant from Washington, D.C. who is attending the conference to listen, be inspired, and expand my thinking on a wide range of topics. So what is my idea worth spreading? You will find out by the end of the conference today.
