TEDx Talks
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Does your opinion really matter on social media? | Sumukhi Suresh | TEDxBITBangalore
We all have friends on social media who are always online. We all have have friends online who have an opinion on anything and everything. Is it really necessary or worth our time to have an opinion on everything? Sumukhi Suresh, a stand-up comedian talks at TEDxBITBangalore about how and why social media should be used responsibly.
Sumukhi Suresh is a well known standard comedian from Bangalore and is one of the leading artists at The Improv
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED...
Related topics : online social media / organizations using social media
Social change through social media | Syed Muzammil Hasan Zaidi | TEDxIslamabad
In this talk Muzammil shares how he is working to bring about a social change through social media.
Syed Muzamil Hasan Zaidi is the brains behind Lolz Studios. He makes viral videos with an over arching aspect of 'doing good' and has been the face of popular brands like Coke & Leisure Club for spreading the message of hope and kindness. He's been featured in over 200 blogs and newspapers like CBSNews, Huffington Post & MSNLive. He's currently in the process of setting up Pakistan's first...
Related topics : social media change
Social Media: The Value Lies in the Data | Jillian Ney | TEDxUniversityofStrathclyde
In this talk, she explains how social intelligence can be used to better understand customers, changing behaviours and why social intelligence will be the contextual layer that makes artificial intelligence in marketing a reality.
Dr Jillian Ney is the UK’s first Dr of Social Media and Digital Behavioural Scientist. She is an international consultant, lecturer and speaker on digital behavioural intelligence. She helps companies through digital transformation projects by helping them...
Related topics : social media intelligence / organizations using social media marketing
The Beauty of Social Change and Social Media | Carey Ng | TEDxTARUC
People always has typical perception about beauty pageants function and role in the society. However, they can contribute more with their title and you will surprise to much they can do to the society.
Born in the year of 1988, Carey Ng is currently the director of Miss Universe Malaysia Organization, model, and also the titleholder for Miss Malaysia 2013. Since young, Carey practiced non-stop in dancing wanting to be a choreographer. However, her dreams were crushed due to her accumulated...
Related topics : beauty social media
In defense of anonymous social networks | Alan Knott-Craig | TEDxStellenbosch
At TEDxStellenbosch 2012, Alan Knott-Craig speaks about the role anonymity plays in social networks, and how it allows people to access services and overcome social barriers where they would otherwise be too embarrassed or ashamed to do so.
Alan is founder of World of Avatar and former CEO of Mxit, Africa's largest social network. In April 2008 he published Don't Panic, a best selling book aimed at persuading emigrant South Africans to return home. In 2009 he was named as a Young Global...
Related topics : service provider social network
Terror in the age of social technology | Hailey Temple | TEDxSyracuseUniversity
Hailey’s “Terror in the Age of Social Technology” talks about her personal experiences that occurred on the tragic day in history known as 9/11. Hailey elaborates on how modern terrorist groups are using technology and social media to spread their ideas.
Hailey is a senior at Syracuse University and is passionate about using technology to connect people with the world around them. During her time at Syracuse, she has served the community as a Remembrance Scholar, Class Act, U100...
Related topics : terrorist organizations using social media
How social media changing our lives | Ahmed Shata | TEDxJeddah
Addressing how smartphones , artificial intelligence , web technologies and social media changed our lives and how much jobs will be done by machines in future .
Programmer and games developer . Master degree in business administration and projects .
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
Related topics : living social media / social media changed business / social media intelligence
The future is social entrepreneurship | Kerryn Krige | TEDxJohannesburgSalon
If we are truly to see social and economic change happening in the world, we have to embrace the wealth of possibilities in the counter-intuitive partnership between for-profit and not-for-profit.
Kerryn heads the Network for Social Entrepreneurs at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, which focuses on achieving both social and economic change through social enterprise. She has worked in the social sector since 2001 with numerous UK charities, and began her career as a journalist for...
Related topics : social enterprise networking events / social enterprise network uk
How social networks drive creativity: Katherine Giuffre at TEDxMileHigh
How do communities spark creativity? Social network researcher Katherine Giuffre shares what she learned studying what was, at the time, arguably the most creative culture in the world -- on an island in the South Pacific.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These...
Related topics : social community network
Building a Personal Brand: Jacob Cass at TEDxCMU 2011
Jacob Cass, a prolific graphic designer in New York talks about how building a personal brand and effective use of social media got him out of some interesting debacles in life.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These...
Related topics : organizations that use social media effectively