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TED talks



Something a bit off-topic this time. Do you know TED talks? TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It is a small non-profit organisation that started in 1984 organising yearly conferences around the globe.

On their website TED.com, they publish videos of the best talks and performances from TED and partners for free. More than 450 TEDTalks are now available, with more added each week. The videos can be viewed on the website, but also downloaded as podcast.

Since more than a year I download the videos on my iPod and view them when I have some time to spare. Most talks are about 15 minutes in length. The talks are always inspiring, brought by inspiring people, mostly unknown, but occasionally well known people like Bill Gates, Al Gore and Bill Clinton perform as well.

Highly recommended, not only for your own education and awareness, but also to learn how to give a good talk to an audience! Some of the most inspiring videos are this and definately this. Just to get you started...



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Sjaak Laan

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