dlyohn taste of tedx midwest 2011
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nearly 1,000 people gathered for TEDxMidwest to hear amazing speakers challenge, inspire, provoke, entertain, teach, and give -- here's a taste of what they served upTRANSCRIPT
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Nearly 1,000 people gathered at Chicago’s Oriental Theater for TEDxMidwest in October, 2011.
Here’s a taste of what the 25 amazing speakers served up…
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A Taste of TEDxMidwestChicago, October 2011
by Denise Lee Yohn
The way we’re working isn’t working.-- Tony Schwartz
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A Taste of TEDxMidwestChicago, October 2011
by Denise Lee Yohn
Happiness and unhappiness are not opposite ends of a continuum – they’re
parallel systems.-- Nancy Etcoff
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A Taste of TEDxMidwestChicago, October 2011
by Denise Lee Yohn
Data always has a story to tell.-- Jason Salavon
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A Taste of TEDxMidwestChicago, October 2011
by Denise Lee Yohn
The end of the world is a little like death – we don’t prepare for it even though we
know it’s inevitable.-- John Hodgman
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A Taste of TEDxMidwestChicago, October 2011
by Denise Lee Yohn
Penguins don’t know they’re cute; leopard seals don’t know they’re ugly. That’s just what happens
– animals eat animals.-- Paul Nicklen
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A Taste of TEDxMidwestChicago, October 2011
by Denise Lee Yohn
I’m working how to make invention a legitimate career.
-- Pablos Holman
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A Taste of TEDxMidwestChicago, October 2011
by Denise Lee Yohn
We need a future that’s about the future.-- Edie Wiener
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A Taste of TEDxMidwestChicago, October 2011
by Denise Lee Yohn
It’s embarrassing to say we were in prison -- but looking past that, it’s a blessing to be a voice for the
communities we represent.-- The Interrupters
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A Taste of TEDxMidwestChicago, October 2011
by Denise Lee Yohn
Do goodery (I also call it “poverty porn”) is a broken model in the Internet age.
-- Alexis Ohanian
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A Taste of TEDxMidwestChicago, October 2011
by Denise Lee Yohn
America is a great place because we can determine our own future.
-- Dean Kamen