According to the website The 140 Characters Conference “provide a platform for the worldwide twitter community to: listen, connect, share and engage with each other, while collectively exploring the effects of the emerging real-time internet on business.”
You can view panels from the 2009 conference here.
Videos to view:
– Jeffrey Hayzlett – Chief Marketing Officer at Kodak
– Christopher Weingarten – Music critic
– Eric Peterson – Has twitter statistics
– Panel with Rick Sanchez (CNN) and Ann Curry (NBC)
Stewart Copeland has written a new book entitled, Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo, and Pygmies. As the drummer for The Police, Stewart is also a television and film composer and you can visit IMDB to see the long list of credits to his name.
Here is a great interview with Stewart.
Have you heard about the TED Conference? TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. Some of the world’s most “fascinating thinkers and doers are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).” Whether for inspiration, insight, or a laugh, you can view videos here .
Some of my favorites include:
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html
Mike Rowe, the host of “Dirty Jobs,” tells some compelling (and horrifying) real-life job stories. Listen for his insights and observations about the nature of hard work, and how it’s been unjustifiably degraded in society today.
Barry Schwartz on the Paradox of choice
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.
Seth Godin on The Tribes We Lead
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead.html
Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.
Seth Godin on Standing Out
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread.html
In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.
Sophal Ear: Escaping the Khmer Rouge
http://www.ted.com/talks/sophal_ear_escaping_the_khmer_rouge.html
TED Fellow Sophal Ear shares the compelling story of his family’s escape from Cambodia under the rule of the Khmer Rouge. He recounts his mother’s cunning and determination to save her children.
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