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(2009) WISH TALK: Broken Mosaic: Challenging Canadian Diversity: Tahira Ebrahim

- - - - - - Name: Tahira Ebrahim Talk Title: "Broken Mosaic: Challenging Canadian Diversity" Notes: Faculty of Arts, Human Geography, 4th year Topic:Within our university's (UBC) 200 largest clubs listed, 30 are culturally associated, nearly each one aiming to promote multiculturalism or to promote diversity and cultural enrichment. Yet how often and to what degree do members of these clubs actually engage with one another and produce tangible results from these interactions? In particular, the 2008/2009 school year saw a few notable faith based clashes between student groups; the result of strongly held conceptions (on both sides) that go unchallenged because of a glaring void in an opportunity for students to come together and do something powerful: converse. In this talk, Tahira will discuss how promoting diversity, facilitating discourse, and dispelling myths are all keys for our student leaders to address, especially in an increasingly flattening and integrating global community. Links: http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks [1] Wish Logistics: More details will be coming soon. To participate please join our facebook group [2], or keep in touch via our twitter feed [3] or blog [4]. For now, we'll leave you with Tahira's excellent wish slide. Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng. [1] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks [2] http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=143945718550 [3] http://twitter.com/terryubc [4] http://terry.ubc.ca

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(2009) What Synthetic Biology Can Do For You: Eric Ma

- - - - - - Name: Eric Ma Talk Title: "What Synthetic Biology Can Do For You" Notes: Faculty of Science, Integrated Sciences in Biochemistry, Cancer Biology andMicrobiology, 4th year Topic:Synthetic Biology is an ascending interdisciplinary field, crossing the traditional boundary between Science and Engineering, while simultaneously raising new possibilities and questions in tertiary education, healthcare, ethics and many other fields. In this talk, Eric defines synthetic biology for a layperson audience, illustrates the dynamic range of scientific and engineering advances made in this field, and provides a vision on how synthetic biology will come to affect the average person. Eric will also show how iGEM, the premier undergraduate synthetic biology competition, can be used as an effective tool, specifically in advancing problem-based interdisciplinary education and in developing a new generation of researchers equipped to deal with science and ethics holistically. Links: http://www.ubcigem.com/ [1] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks [2] Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng. [1] http://www.ubcigem.com/ [2] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks

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(2009) Malaria: How We Are Biting Back: Nadine Qureshi

- - - - - - Name: Nadine Qureshi Talk Title: "Malaria: How We Are Biting Back" Notes:Faculty of Science, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, 3rd year Topic: Nadine has heard a life-time of stories from her dad and her grandma of what it was like to grow up in Tanzania, East Africa. But it was not until she experienced the region first-hand, when she was stopped to reflect what she witnessed versus what she had envisioned. She saw a beautiful country, so ineffably rich in culture and diversity; however, she also saw a far-too-common fate. She saw it swallowing up the nation and its hope along with it. And she sought to do something about it. Plasmodium falciporum and Cerebral Malaria may not be terms that flow into the daily conversation of an average adolescent, but they are just the words that have changed the lives of hundreds of millions of people who are inflicted with the disease every year. With that in mind, Nadine co-initiated a non-profit organization called Mission Against Malaria Society, or MAMS. To date, MAMS has provided malaria prevention supplies to over 600 families in Tanzania, Africa, and is currently documenting the changes in public health of rural malaria-inflicted regions, organizing school awareness programs, and working in tangent with the Tanzanian and International Rotary Clubs. The ultimate goal? To foster an atmosphere of proactive youth and ultimately a generation of leaders who extend their awareness back into their own communities. Being part of Canadas Top 20 Under 20 as of June 2009 has opened up the possibilities of mentorship and our liaising with other international agencies to create long-term sponsorships. The goal of this talk is to delve into how this issue concerns us, or essentially, why we should care. Links: http://missionagainstmalaria.org/ [1] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks [2] Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng. [1] http://missionagainstmalaria.org/ [2] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks

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(2009) Major Angst: Camille Israel

- - - - - - Name: Camille Israel Talk Title: "Major Angst" Notes: Faculty of Arts, Department of Anthropology, 4th year Topic:Sometime during her first year at UBC, Camille started collecting examples of famous people with seemingly random majors. Did you know Garfunkel of Simon & Garfunkel was a Math major? Julia Roberts studied to be a veterinarian? Juanita Kidd Stout, the first African American to serve in state Supreme Court, was a music student? Camille once suffered from a syndrome that seems to plague university students. It is the syndrome that caused the creation of the infamous facebook group, I Picked a Major I Like, and One Day I Will Probably Be Living In a Box. Camille has taken to calling it Major Angst. And so she uses these examples to remind herself that, if these people achieved success even though they didnt figure out their passion until after university, she is lucky to have already figured out what she loves to do. She still hasnt quite figured out how she's going to turn her passion into a career, but she has stopped worrying about it. She has chosen to believe in her abilities. She wants to use her opportunity to speak in front of the student community to remind students that its ok not to have their future figured out yet. Its ok to study something you love without stressing out about your career path. Its ok to not be sure what you want to do when you grow up, when you are already, by all accounts, grown up. She wants students to stop considering their education as means to an end, and start seeing it as a love affair with learning. Links: http://www.youtube.com/user/camilleisrael [1] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks [2] Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng. [1] http://www.youtube.com/user/camilleisrael [2] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks

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(2009) Sharing Wonder: Jennifer Kaban

- - - - - - Name: Jennifer Kaban Talk Title: "Sharing Wonder" Notes: Unclassified Student Topic: Jennifer believes that the most precious gift we can give each other is a sense of wonder. And she believes that the best way to achieve this is to share the world of science with non-scientists. She thinks maintaining wonder becomes more important as we move along in life, as we move away from childhood, through and then away from academia, and into the real world. Because its out there, in the real world where most of us live out our lives, wondering who we are, where we came from, and how we got here. These questions, taken out of the existential context, are the exact questions science asks. There are so many things that happen around us, that she feels, science can only help us to appreciate more deeply. The way a flower grows, how it evolved; how our brains talk to our bodies, and how easily this can be disrupted or altered; how we dont really know how we, our earth formed, or how matter, for that fact, came to be, and how we may never know, but gosh darn, were going to keep on looking. As it did when we were children, she believes, as adults, a sense of wonder is the best motivator we have. So much of our lives are filled with the mundane, she thinks its imperative to build excitement in the world. To look around and appreciate what we have, together, on one planet, in this cosmos. Without this sense of wonder, she thinks, we get lost as individuals and as a species. But with wonder, we keep going. We keep thinking, we keep growing, we keep asking, we keep existing, together. Links: http://www.triumf.ca/ [1] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks [2] Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng. [1] http://www.triumf.ca/ [2] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks

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(2009) The African Paradox: Iris Amuto

- - - - - - Name: Iris Amuto Talk Title: "The African Paradox" Notes: Faculty of Arts, Political Science Department, Major: Political Science, Minor: Women's and Gender Studies, 4th year Topic: Iris contends that amidst famines, wars and plagues, you will find people rising above to claim life in spite of these circumstances. It is their resilience and inherent humanity that is neither taught nor bred, but born. The word depression does not exist in most African languages. What does this say about the people? The ordinary gets ignored in Africa as it does in Asia or South America because normality is nice but it doesn't sell newspapers. Civil war, starvation and famine on the other hand, do. The media portrays a 2 dimensional view that although bears truth, it blocks out the light that must not be ignored and cannot be denied. This light is called humanity. It is the way in which people relate, react and respect one another. However, we are constantly bombarded with the same pictures that we become desensitised to the point where we forget the essence of it all. We forget that this not representative of all Africans, that just a few people are fighting and not the whole continent is hungry. This talk aims to remind, if not enlighten UBC students that Africa is saturated with life, community and full of pleasant surprises. Open your eyes. Links: http://www.africa-awareness.ubc.ca/ [1] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks [2] Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng. [1] http://www.africa-awareness.ubc.ca/ [2] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks

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(2009) On the Perspectives of Global Nomads: Azim Wazeer

- - - - - - Name: Azim Wazeer Talk Title: "On the Perspectives of Global Nomads" Notes: 4th year, Sauder School of Business. Topic: The last five years of Azim's life have seen him undertake undergraduate coursework in both Saudi Arabia and Canada, two vastly different spaces. What makes this story more complex is that he was also born in Sri Lankan and has been a citizen of that emerald island ever since. Having never lived (and only vacationed) in Sri Lanka, he has always been an international student in some form and he has been one in locations that are polar opposites. It is this international student experience that Azim wishes to share with an audience. His hope is that the talk will be wrapped up by an illustration that the major differences in his experiences were by and large superficial. Global citizenship to Azim is about an understanding that we may seem bizarre to one another in our practices (and thats completely fine) but beyond that our core motivators, needs and wants are pretty much the same. Global citizenship is about a belief that we can succeed as collective group despite our varying patriotic and cultural beliefs. In fact, Azim believed that they should be celebrated as we search for our path to success. Links: http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks. [1] Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng. [1] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks

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(2009) Gender Quest: Alexander Cannon

- - - - - - Name: Alexander Cannon Talk Title: "Gender Quest" Notes: Faculty of Arts, Music, DMA in Trumpet Performance, 4th year. Topic: Alex discusses the influence of gender in his own life in this TEDx talk, describing both medical and social perspectives of gender in our daily lives and the impact and consequences these perspectives bring to every individual. Links: http://transhealth.vch.ca/ [1] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks. [2] Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng. [1] http://transhealth.vch.ca/ [2] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks

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(2009) Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak: Jennifer Gardy

- - - - - - Name: Jennifer Gardy Talk Title: "Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak" Notes: UBC Alumni (Faculty of Science, 2000). Topic: Dr. Jennifer Gardy, an alumnus speaker at the event, is co-leading the new genome research lab at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). She is also known as Nerd Girl from her Globe and Mail blog of the same name. In her talk, Gardy shared how advances in technology have provided increased collaboration on scientific research and scholarly publications — what she labelled as public health 2.0. For example, she showed how one publication had 36 authors. After leading the audience through the origins of H1N1, she stated how it only took five days from the sequencing of the virus to the first open-source paper. Gardy ended her talk emphasizing how students should be willing to explore the benefits of Open Access publications, collaborative research, and emerging technologies. (From Phillip Jeffrey's Macleans' oncampus blog [1]) Links: http://www.bccdc.ca/ [2] http://www.globecampus.ca/blogs/nerd-girl/ [3] http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2009/10/22/ubc-tedxterry-talks/ [4] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks. [5] Filmed by Craig Ross at TEDx Terry talks 2009 (October 3rd, 2009). Video edited by David Ng. [1] http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2009/10/22/ubc-tedxterry-talks/ [2] http://www.bccdc.ca/ [3] http://www.globecampus.ca/blogs/nerd-girl/ [4] http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2009/10/22/ubc-tedxterry-talks/ [5] http://terry.ubc.ca/tedxterrytalks

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2009 Promotional Video – Imagined Talks We’d Be Curious To See.

- - - (For more info on Terry talks, please click here [1] | Hi res version available at YouTube [2]) Imagine UBC’s most fascinating and engaging students coming together for a day, giving ‘the talk of their lives,’ sharing their ideas and discussing their visions for UBC and the world. Now imagine being there, with students, alumni, faculty, administration, and members of the general public watching this unfold and partaking in the various discussions, and think of all the possibilities that this idea-share holds. NOTABLE DATES: Application Deadline  (September 15th, 2009) - see here [3] for application details. Sir Ken Robinson - Terry Speaker Series (September 30th, 2009) TEDxTerrytalks 2009  (October 3rd, 2009) Image and Music Acknowledgements (The following under Creative Commons variations of Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 1.0/2.0/3.0 Generic) Music from: Music by Arthur Yoria: Should Be from “Handshake Smiles” - link [4] Flickr/Wikimedia Commons images from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/krancien/1403648907/ (link [5]) http://www.flickr.com/photos/num1923/3335135564/ (link [6]) http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabiotel/3775404405/ (link [7]) http://www.flickr.com/photos/tancread/2623341644/ (link [8]) http://www.flickr.com/photos/creativedc/3439020456/ (link [9]) http://www.flickr.com/photos/lobstar/49551207/ (link [10]) http://www.flickr.com/photos/frances__ann__blair/161416733/ (link [11]) http://www.flickr.com/photos/merwing/2565980336/ (link [12]) http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/funebrae/Archies/ (link [13]) http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegold/1802822897/ (link [14]) http://zoewiezo.deviantart.com/art/Cookie-Monster-126565315 (link [15]) http://www.flickr.com/photos/tawong/3440372616/ (link [16]) Mashed by David Ng using Keynote and iTunes. [1] http://terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS3iED8SmUM [3] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/apply/ [4] http://www.magnatune.com/artists/albums/yoria-handshake/ [5] http://www.flickr.com/photos/krancien/1403648907/ [6] http://www.flickr.com/photos/num1923/3335135564/ [7] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabiotel/3775404405/ [8] http://www.flickr.com/photos/tancread/2623341644/ [9] http://www.flickr.com/photos/creativedc/3439020456/ [10] http://www.flickr.com/photos/lobstar/49551207/ [11] http://www.flickr.com/photos/frances__ann__blair/161416733/ [12] http://www.flickr.com/photos/merwing/2565980336/ [13] http://s38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/funebrae/Archies/ [14] http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegold/1802822897/ [15] http://zoewiezo.deviantart.com/art/Cookie-Monster-126565315 [16] http://www.flickr.com/photos/tawong/3440372616/

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TEDxTt2008 Summary

On November 22nd, 2008, the Terry project [1] rolled out its first "Terry Talks" conference. Under the guidance of the UBC student community and via feedback with the fine folks at TED [2], the aim was to present a student conference where our very own students had the platform to express their own passions - be they related to their roles as academic participants or as advocates for social change. The day occurred in the beautiful Life Science Institute with an audience that peaked at around 300. Here, those audience members were on hand to hear out 6 undergraduate, 2 graduate, and 1 "Young Alumni" present their stories, as well as listen to three great TED videos. Do check out the student videos [3] - they certainly delivered and demonstrated where students can place the bar for inspiration. Now with the TEDx program in effect, we are pleased to join the ranks of other great TEDx initiatives around the world. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is call TEDx (place), where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDx (place) event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. 9:30 - 9:40 INTRODUCTIONS 9:40 - 10:00 Allen Manser [4] (Sauder School of Business class of 2006) 10:00 - 10:20 Idette de Boer [5] (Masters of Architecture, 3rd year) 10:20 - 10:40 TED video (Doris K Goodwin [6]) 10:45 - 11:15 BREAK 11:15 - 11:35 Duncan McNicholl [7] (Civil Engineering, 4th year) 11:35 - 11:55 Tiffany Tong [8] (Global Resource Systems, 3rd year) 11:55 - 12:15 Mike Gretes [9] (Biochemistry, PhD student) 12:20 - 1:20 LUNCH 1:20 - 1:40 TED video (John Francis [10]) 1:40 - 2:00 Andre Malan [11] (Computer Science, 3rd year) 2:00 - 2:20 Fatou Wurie [12] (Women Studies, Minor in Political Science, 4th year) 2:25 - 2:55 BREAK 3:00 - 3:20 TED video (John Hodgman [13]) 3:20 - 3:40 Elysa Hogg [14] (Political Science, 3rd year.) 3:40 - 4:05 Geoff Costeloe [15] (Double Major in Integrated Sciences and Political Science, 4th year) 4:10 - 4:20 FEEDBACK, RAFFLE, AND CLOSING (note: throughout the day, audience members also brainstormed, pitched, practiced and executed an idea for a YouTube video - the results of which can be seen here [16]) Like the TED talks, this conference enacted a wish component, whereby a student had an opportunity to make a wish to members of the audience, receive some funding, and provide an element of focused programming for the Terry project in future years. This inaugural run saw Geoff Costeloe [15] receive that honor, where his wish essentially seeks more opportunities for students from different disciplines to interact in an academic setting. This, due to requirement hierarchies in the various Faculties, is not an easy thing to do. However, with the help of the Terry project, the backing of the UBC President, as well as Deans, Faculty, graduates, and undergraduates, Geoff has begun to formalize this wish, culminating in its place as a Project of the Clinton Global Initiative [18]. Details were initially laid out at the talk [19] itself, but have been fleshed out over the last few months and will be soon summarized in our wish section [20]. As well, by summer's end, we hope to have a website dedicated to the folks interested in making this wish a reality. - Inspiring. - Speakers were of a phenomenal Ted like quality. - Better conference than almost any I’ve attended while being less formal, and expensive. - It was so much better than I expected (and I was looking forward to it for weeks. - Well run, great talks, great food, great day. - Extremely well organized with truly inspirational speakers that far exceeded my expectations. - It was a delight to hear from such motivated and engaging student/alumni speakers. - I did multiple silly dances with a room full of strangers along to a weakerthans song. Can’t really think of anything more fun. - All the goodness of TED brought home to UBC. - Awesome speakers. Fun ideas. Inspiring people. Amazing powerful speakers on diverse important issues. - I found it hard to get bored. - Surreal experience. - The time flew by because I was having so much fun. - I would not hesitate for a second to attend again. - Terry is awesome. - Inspiring, informative witty creative and more! Felt like a push to accomplish something/contribute something to the whole. - Coming back to campus for this was the best thing to start my weekend. - Astonishing well organized. - I’m so glad the TED phenomenon is reaching me at a micro level. - Managed to spark debates within me concerning issues I never even knew were issues. Talks provided a place where minds, great ones at that, provided inspiration and give aspirations to people like me who are trying to find their purpose and/or place at UBC. - Brilliant talks. - Talks had topics from diverse fields that kept the day novel and interest captivated. - Awesome to see students empowering their ideas and coming together to talk about issues outside of the classroom and that affect the world. - As a big fan of TED talks online..not only were the topics interesting and relevant, it was inspiring to see such accomplished students talking about what they are passionate about. - All the talks were connected in some way, all engaging, entertaining and Dave the host was awesome. - Speakers captivating and very passionate about what they talked about. Wish is a great idea. - Glad to see TED at UBC. - Awesome talks, awesome food. - Well organized and very mind opening to have a chance to listen to so many brilliant student speakers from different faculties and backgrounds. I loved that the common theme of bettering education ran through the talks. - I don’t exactly know what Ive learnt through this, but I’m sure I’ve learnt something valuable. - I was having a conversation with a friend during a break, and it went something like this: (friend) “ I was thinking of leaving after x’s talk, so I could help my design project team, finally. Then I realized I need this for my soul.” He’s right. There’s a lack of passion in UBC students, but more so, a major lack of forums through which to express what passion there is. - Fantastic day! I really enjoyed how it tied together ideas that are not normally related together. - It really got me thinking and stimulated not only great conversation but hopefully actions too. - Great opportunity to see students’ feedback about UBC. Found it fascinating to hear other stories and experiences. - Very interesting, informative and inspiring. - Bravo for doing what very few universities would. Showcasing the immensity of student talent, achievement, and ideas is so refreshing - Absolutely inspirational; excellently planned and executed; great integration with TED videos; fun crowd activities. Excellent speakers. - This kind of opportunity for student engagement, learning, sharing, teaching is awesome. - Connecting this conference to TED helps exemplify the focus on integration of cross discipline experience - It was a great inspiring and interesting day! Terry should be enlarged and supported, it is a great project. A pdf copy of our grant application (we received $20,000 the vast majority of which went to hiring a two student team to project managed the event). A pdf copy of the general logistics/timechart (coming). We made good use of various web tools including Eventbrite [21], Flickr [22], YouTube [23], and Facebook [24]. [1] http://terry.ubc.ca [2] http://www.ted.com [3] http://terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks [4] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/02/03/conscious-learning-in-the-conceptual-economy-allen-manser/ [5] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/02/03/idette-de-boer-community-outreach-design/ [6] http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/doris_kearns_goodwin_on_learning_from_past_presidents.html [7] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/01/19/duncan-mcnicholl-using-value-chains-to-alleviate-poverty/ [8] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/02/02/tiffany-tong-redefining-boundaries-urban-agriculture/ [9] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/01/27/mike-gretes-making-medicines-for-people-not-for-profit/ [10] http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/john_francis_walks_the_earth.html [11] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/02/02/andre-malan-what-education-will-look-like-in-ten-years-time/ [12] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/01/12/fatou-wurie-an-untitled-talk/ [13] http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression.html [14] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/01/19/elysa-hogg-learning-our-future/ [15] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/01/12/geoff-costeloe-how-would-darwin-vote-wish-talk/ [16] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/01/09/youtube-experiment-2008-terry-talks-2009-promo-video/ [17] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/01/12/geoff-costeloe-how-would-darwin-vote-wish-talk/ [18] http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/Page.aspx?pid=2356 [19] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/2009/01/12/geoff-costeloe-how-would-darwin-vote-wish-talk/ [20] http://www.terry.ubc.ca/terrytalks/wishes/ [21] http://terrytalks2008.eventbrite.com/ [22] http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrytalks/ [23] http://www.youtube.com/user/terryproject [24] http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2615812119

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(2008) Conscious Learning in the Conceptual Economy: Allen Manser

- - - - - - Name: Allen Manser Talk Title: "Conscious learning for the cognitive economy." Notes: UBC Alumni (Sauder School of Business class of 2006). Topic: Why formal education is no longer a means to an end and how a new appreciation for ideation, multiple intelligences, and passion are paramount to personal and professional success. The talk will emphasize the importance of learning to live passionately and challenge the acceptance of mediocrity and indifference. This includes a need to actively reframe intelligence: taking a look at preconceptions on intelligence, understanding multiple intelligences, and understanding what is most important in the 21st century. In essense, the presentation will support the need to ideate and apply creativity in all aspects of business and life.