TEDxTriangleNC
Last weekend I had the opportunity to and Independently organized TED event. My first introduction the Technology Entertainment and Design conference was this Josh Prince-Ramus speech. I’ve compiled a short list of my favorite speakers, and thoughts:
Conversing with Kyran before the first speaker.
Hugh Hollowell: Love Wins Ministries
Hugh Hollowell is founder of Love Wins Ministries. Hugh makes a compelling argument about chronic homelessness, and the root cause of this tragedy being a lack of relationships. This concept is the basis for his work, Love Wins Ministries. Their work with the chronically homeless is based upon forming long-lasting relationships with homeless individuals. By building trust, support structures, and the kinds of relationships most of us take for granted, Hugh assures that when his friends do work their way up from homelessness that they never return.
Christopher Gergen: Life Entrepeneur
Christopher Gergen is coauthor of the book Life Entrepreneurs. Gergen gave a quick synopsis of ideas covered in his book, Life Entrepeneurs, which takes a look at life as an entrepreneur. Instead of blindly living our lives, Christopher advocates a planned-out and willful approach to ones entire life. Taking calculated risks and moving through every aspect of ones lives in a more intentional way. The book is a series of interviews and stories of successful entrepreneurs focused on what they all have in common, and what we can learn from them about living our lives with greater willfulness.
Joel Wiggins: Men Standing in the Gap
Joel Wiggins is founder of Men Standing in the Gap. Joel’s presentation was one of the most inspiring speeches I’ve heard in my life. He speaks as a man who has had tremendous business success, and yet found himself at a turning point in his life not knowing how to be a father and husband. Joel found a calling in leading other men in the process of learning himself how to be a man.
Lunch outside at the RTP Headquarters
After a wonderful lunch catered by Whole Foods, Kyran and I stayed for a couple more lectures before leaving for the day. All in all, it was an exciting morning filled with great speakers. I’ll leave you with this mind map, courtesy of Andy Hunt. Andy gave an early morning talk on the importance of keeping a notebook of ideas.
The next great idea that changes the world could be yours! Write it down before you forget!
Mind Map by Andy Hunt