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The Blue Man Group on Their 25th Anniversary and Musical Influences

Edit Billboard 12 Apr 2016
On the Lower East Side of Manhattan, on a one-lane street of tenements fronted by fire escapes, the recording space known as Loho Studios hides behind an unmarked door ... A customized zither bears 98 strings. A drum sequencer looks like a conveyor belt ... WINK We started the show right after we read Information Anxiety by Richard Saul Wurman, the guy who started TED [the global conferences focused on technology, entertainment and design]....

Be On The Books: “Talk Like TED” (Braithwaite Communications Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Mar 2016
(Source. Braithwaite Communications Inc) ... We've all been captivated by a TED Talk at some point ... What makes 'Talk Like TED' special? ... Alex Irwin, Editor ... Clearly, our agency owes much to TED's tagline of 'Ideas Worth Spreading,' and in fact we have quotes from TED founder Richard Saul Wurman hanging on our walls. Like Wurman, Gallo explains how the most compelling and persuasive ideas have that perfect combination of data and story ... (noodl....

A presenter for TED reveals the key to giving the perfect public talk

Edit Business Insider 10 Mar 2016
You’ve probably heard this Seinfeld joke.. According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking ... TED actually started way back in 1984, founded by Richard Saul Wurman, as a small, Silicon Valley annual gathering. The name is an acronym for Wurman’s intention for the focus of the conference ... In 2002, media entrepreneur Chris Anderson bought TED from Wurman (through a non-profit he owns) and has run it ever since ... Avoid ... ....

Why TED Now?

Edit Huffington Post 13 Feb 2016
TED. You've heard of it. The big RED letters, the mind-bending TED Talks, the global reach of "Ideas Worth Spreading." ... The first TED was based on founder Richard Saul Wurman's thesis that there was an important convergence of three fields. technology, entertainment and design ... But in 2006, Chris Anderson, who'd purchased the conference from Wurman and became its curator, did something that was really risky ... Why Stay? A week Is A Long Time....

The Difference Between Being 'Not Wrong' and Being Right

Edit Huffington Post 30 Dec 2015
Most people are good at not failing. They're good at trying new things (when there is very little downside). They're good at pushing themselves (when no one will see them fail). They're good at taking a stand (when a thousand other people have already done so). And to be fair, I'm just as guilty of these things as anyone else ... Learning to Walk Again. To get a better idea of what I mean, read this beautiful quote from Richard Saul Wurman......

2015 at the Aquarium: Inspiring the Public and Creating a Better Future for Our Planet ...

Edit Public Technologies 17 Dec 2015
... and CEO of the Aquarium; a presentation on extinctions in the ocean by the author of a major paper on the topic, biologist Douglas McCauley; and a discussion of the use of mapping and GIS in urban planning featuring Jack Dangermond, president of Esri, in conversation with Richard Saul Wurman, architect and creator of TED and TEDMED conferences....

TED innovation conference at the University of St.Gallen (University of St Gallen)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Dec 2015
(Source. University of St Gallen) On Saturday, 5 December 2015, artists, entrepreneurs, researchers, cartoonists and students will gather for an innovation conference at the HSG. The so-called TEDx talk at the University of St.Gallen will focus on 'the little things in life which have a great impact'. 30 November 2015 ... The topic of the day ... The architect Richard Saul Wurman founded TED in California's Monterey more than 30 years ago....

Yo! Come See the Pope in Philly

Edit Huffington Post 11 Sep 2015
Over Labor Day weekend Beyonce and a phenomenal lineup were here for the fourth annual Budweiser Made in America. If you have not joined us during the summer months (or any months for that matter), doing so is a must. ... So, of course, we were not going anywhere ... Plans of the visionary architect, Ed Bacon (yep, Kevin's dad) were opposed by a younger group, including the heralded architect with Philly roots, Richard Saul Wurman ... ....

Bryan Stevenson: 'A Nation That Lynched Isn't Just a Lynching Nation'

Edit The Examiner 23 Aug 2015
A guest on the Charlie Rose Show on PBS which aired on Thursday of this week for the full hour, a public interest attorney who has argued cases before the U.S ... purchased the non-profit enterprise (now known as The Sapling Foundation) from the founders Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks -- can take a look and have the final say, to determine how and when the presentations are ready for prime-time ... Today, there are 2.3 million ... ....

Lab

Edit Huffington Post 23 Jun 2015
I'm a failure. And on Friday night I'm going to get up on stage with a bunch of other failures and talk about it. There will be no happy, successful ending - just failure. I'll be in Pittsburgh for a Failure ... I had a net worth in the tens of millions ... I had lost everything ... TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, three fields that its originator, Richard Saul Wurman, believed were converging in new ways back in the mid-1980s....

Babson Names Entrepreneurs Kevin Colleran '03 and Richard Saul Wurman as 2015 Commencement Speakers and Honorees Commencement ceremonies to take place on Saturday, May 16

Edit PR Newswire 11 May 2015
Babson alumnus Kevin Colleran '03, an early Executive at Facebook and current Managing Partner of a top tier venture capital firm, Slow Ventures, and Richard Saul Wurman, a renowned American architect and author who created and chaired the TED ... Richard Saul Wurman. Richard Saul Wurman is an American architect and graphic designer who co-founded and chaired the TED Conference, as well as the TEDMED Conference, the e.g....

Why TED Speakers Wear Those Weird Headsets

Edit Bloomberg 16 Mar 2015
Source ... The conference’s founder, architect and designer Richard Saul Wurman, “had no problem showing the tech,” Malgieri said, including a rather obvious microphone affixed to speakers' heads. “Developing the presentation in front of the audience was part of the charm.” It wasn't uncommon, he said, for Wurman to stop the action to tweak technological details such as the sound level and lighting.  ... Source....

Historic Buffett Gift to Transform Global Studies at Northwestern (Northwestern University)

Edit noodls 29 Jan 2015
(Source. Northwestern University) Historic Buffett Gift to Transform Global Studies at Northwestern. Panel of Northwestern scholars showcases University's hopes, vision on gift's impact. text size AAA ... Rowley ... In a parable about the city of the future, written by TED founder Richard Saul Wurman, the centerpiece was a Museum of Failure, said Dennis ... Gary Saul Morson, a Frances Hooper Professor of the Arts and Humanities, Weinberg....
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