Yesterday our CEO, Eric Rasmussen and our CTO, Robert Kirkpatrick, headed off to the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference that promotes "ideas worth spreading" in Monterey, CA. Our team was invited to share what has come of the TED wish Larry Brilliant made two years ago that ultimately gave birth to InSTEDD. [Larry Brilliant included "TED" in our acronym as a nod to the conference.] Even though you (like me) will not be privy to this invite-only event, most of the amazing speeches will be posted online after the conference. I highly recommend listening to "Ted Talks" whenever you are in need of inspiration.
TED has brought together fields (tech, entertainment and design) with natural synergies. What are those natural synergies in the field of public health? I am not trying to make public health cool or glamorous; I am searching for those hooks of excitement and energy that bring people out of their silos and working together. What would attract people from animal, human and environmental health to work together (besides necessity)?
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Off to TED...
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One idea that INSTEDD may want to look into. A scholarship for a social entrepreneur from anywhere in the world, that INSTEDD has worked with or knows of, to attend TED. If it is all it is made out to be in the media, more people living in the regions really grappling with the challenges brought out in the conference need to experience it live.
Best regards,
Sanjana
That is a great idea. We are not responsible for organizing TED and do not have the funds to bring someone to the conference, but the organizers might. I know they are organizing their second TED Africa conference (to be held in Cape Town in September) to expand the reach of the TED efforts.
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