Ted's short talks (aka Ted in 3 Minutes)

Everyone knows TED and I wont spend so much time to introduce it. I've just stumbled in a section of the website that I always ignored: Ted in 3 Minutes. It TED's equivalent of an elevator pitch and if you're running out of ideas or inspiration, this section is what you should look at.

What can be accomplished in around 3 minutes? You can say something simple in an interesting way and make someone laugh as you can see in the video below.

 

Or tell a life story that's both inspiring, sad and full of hope.

 

These two videos remind me that we don't need to spend too much time in communication. Important, remarkable or even simple things can be presented in less than three minutes.

iTunes University and the power of Open Learning

The word "Open" these days spans a multitude of aspects. Openness is invading software, governments are opening their data and universities are exchanging knowledge with a broad non-paying crowd.

I'm a great fan of iTunes U and I stumbled in this press release describing the exceptional growth of the eco-system. It's unbelievable the amount of topics that you can research about.
This is a short list of interesting speeches that I've recently listened:

• Harvard's Justice with Michael Sandel
• Princeton's Commencement Speech with Jeff Bezos (it's the 7th file on the list)
• Oxford's Building a Business

Of course we can not forget TED which is another authority in the field of inspiring and provoking talks. Do you have a favorite talk to share? I'm waiting for your comments.

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