Inspo – TEDxBucharest

Is creativity flourishing or contracting under quarantine and social distancing? What is the new creative currency? What is your idea worth when it’s all you’ve got? New Times, New Ways series has a multidisciplinary approach. And we’re keeping it fresh, cool and meaningful with this 2nd episode. TEDxBucharest becomes for this upcoming afternoon, a center for provocative thinking and meeting of creative minds. For the second episode we’ve mixed and matched a special hybrid edition, focused on creativity and the origins of ideas. Digital content sits well with live speakers, so this is our new NTNW event, hosted and broadcasted live from the home of our Creativity Partner, Qreator. An afternoon that promises to ignore distances, bridge people and ideas, while imagining this new normal at Qreator and online, a space connecting creatives and creators alike. Ioana Ciocan is an independent curator and General Director of The Bucharest Art Pavilion – Art Safari, Vice-President of the Union of Fine Artists in Romania and member of the Scientific Council of Cotroceni National Museum. She regularly speaks at conferences regarding Art in Public Spaces and Curatorial practice. Ioana was part of the Curatorium team who developed the bid for Bucharest 2021 – European Capital of Culture.

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Is creativity flourishing or contracting under quarantine and social distancing? What is the new creative currency? What is your idea worth when it’s all you’ve got? New Times, New Ways series has a multidisciplinary approach. And we’re keeping it fresh, cool and meaningful with this 2nd episode. TEDxBucharest becomes for this upcoming afternoon, a center for provocative thinking and meeting of creative minds. For the second episode we’ve mixed and matched a special hybrid edition, focused on creativity and the origins of ideas. Digital content sits well with live speakers, so this is our new NTNW event, hosted and broadcasted live from the home of our Creativity Partner, Qreator. An afternoon that promises to ignore distances, bridge people and ideas, while imagining this new normal at Qreator and online, a space connecting creatives and creators alike. Alex Dona is entrepreneur and media specialist with a broad experience in TV, print and digital. Former Managing Partner of TimesNewRoman, founder of “Lupii Liberi“ music festival, radio host at Rock FM and co-founder of the wine-centric platform desprevin.ro.

Roxana Marin

Is creativity flourishing or contracting under quarantine and social distancing? What is the new creative currency? What is your idea worth when it’s all you’ve got? New Times, New Ways series has a multidisciplinary approach. And we’re keeping it fresh, cool and meaningful with this 2nd episode. TEDxBucharest becomes for this upcoming afternoon, a center for provocative thinking and meeting of creative minds. For the second episode we’ve mixed and matched a special hybrid edition, focused on creativity and the origins of ideas. Digital content sits well with live speakers, so this is our new NTNW event, hosted and broadcasted live from the home of our Creativity Partner, Qreator. An afternoon that promises to ignore distances, bridge people and ideas, while imagining this new normal at Qreator and online, a space connecting creatives and creators alike. With over 18 years experience in the field, working as Identity and Communication Director at UniCredit Bank in Romania and also having co-founded Beans&Dots specialty coffee shop in 2016, Anca Ungureanu is one of the most respected communication professionals in Romania and industry speakers. During the past 3 months of the COVID Pandemic Anca was also involved in raising money for #scutpentruspitale campaign initiated by “Zi de bine“ Association and she started 2 national campaigns, #SustinemAfacerileMici and #CafeaPentruSpitale.

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Enhance people’s senses beyond the ordinary. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Well, Jorge Castellanos, Director of Technology at Rocket Insights was on Metamorphosis stage back in November 2019. Jorge works on the concept and development of audio wearables. His career has touched and has been touched by sound in many of its manifestations: guitar performance. film scoring, sound recording and postproduction, research on 3D sound reproduction and simulation, software development for music and sound applications. Currently, Jorge works on the concept and development of audio wearables, among several other projects. Prior to this, he founded Audreio, a technology company developing audio streaming and remote collaboration tools for musicians. Big thank you to Alexandru Agatinei for being the best Metamorphosis interviewer. Video crew: Dragos Ilie, Razvan Dascalescu, Mihai Chican.

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Yana Buhrer Tavanier is the cofounder and executive director of fineacts.co, a global nonprofit creative studio for social impact. As an activist and a social entrepreneur with a background in investigative journalism, she explores human rights innovation at the intersection of activism, art, tech and science.

Yana Tavanier has also cofounded TimeHeroes.org, the largest volunteering platform in Bulgaria. She is a board member of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, the country’s leading human rights group, and an expert member of Amnesty International’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Oversight Group. She has a BA in communication and MA in political science from Sofia University, along with executive education at Harvard University, Yale University and Oxford University.

Yana is a Fulbright Scholar, a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a fellow of the Royal Society of Art and was named one of 50 people who will change the world in WIRED’s Smart List 2012. Her latest TED talk on playtivism – her concept of marrying play and activism, has been viewed close to 1.8 million times.

Join us next Thursday, June 11th, 4:30 – 6 PM, on our TEDxBucharest Facebook page and livestreamed by Qreator.

FREE for all TEDxters.

#tedxbucharest #ntnw #activism #creativity #episode2

Roxana Marin

You don’t need to go to a far away location to help your kids fall in love with nature; a walk around the block can be enough, especially in these times of social distancing. Tech also doesn’t have to be the enemy. Instead, use it as a tool to enhance their awe, says science communicator Scott Sampson.

Over the past generation, we have witnessed a massive indoor migration. The average child now spends seven to ten hours a day gazing at screens and closer to seven minutes playing outdoors. This new reality has been labeled “the extinction of experience.” Abundant research demonstrates that indoor, sedentary lifestyles threaten the health of children and youth, with runaway rates of conditions like obesity, attention deficit disorder, and Type II diabetes. In contrast, unstructured outdoor play turns out to be critical for children’s physical, mental, and emotional health. Also threatened time are the places we live, with sustainability depending upon people understanding and caring about nearby nature. In this presentation, Scott Sampson offers three simple tools that any caregiver can use, starting today, for free, to connect the children in their lives with nature and reawaken a deep sense of amazement. Scott Sampson serves as President and CEO of Science World British Columbia in Vancouver, where much of his work focuses on rethinking and catalyzing the kind of education we need for the 21st Century. He is a dinosaur paleontologist and science communicator who has appeared in many television documentaries and served as science advisor for a variety of media projects. He has published numerous scientific and popular articles and authored multiple books, including “How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature”.

Happy June 1st, young TEDsters!

Roxana Marin

Meet Dex Torricke Barton, the Silicon Valley communications leader and brain behind nowadays masterminds’ speeches. Over the last decade, Dex has advised CEOs and major US and UK political leaders on strategic communications and thought leadership. He served as a speechwriter for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, playing a key role in the development of the UN’s digital strategy. Following this, he joined Google as the company’s first executive speechwriter, where he managed communications for Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Dex was also head of executive communications for Facebook, where he served as speechwriter to Mark Zuckerberg. Following this, Dex led communications for SpaceX, reporting to Elon Musk. As an immigrant and the son of a refugee, while being passionate about tech, public policy, and storytelling, Dex shifted his goal. He moved to London, became the Director of Brunswick Group, the leading critical issues advisory firm, and started working on issues around global connectivity and emerging technologies.

Big thank you to Alexandru Agatinei for being the best Metamorphosis interviewer. Video crew: Dragos Ilie, Razvan Dascalescu, Mihai Chican.

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In November 2019, 23 speakers joined our collective Metamorphosis. The carefully curated selection of luminaries and change-makers, from all walks of life and corners of the world, delivered ideas worth spreading. Their journey with us continued behind the scenes. We are sharing each week the insights into their craft in Behind Metamorphosis Series. Episode 12 now ON. Meet PAUL BULENCEA, BARBARA NEUHOFER & THE EXTRAORDINARY CREW from the Global State of Awe experiment.

Paul Bulencea is an experience designer, entrepreneur, and author. He is the co-founder and CEO of The College of Extraordinary Experiences, one of the world’s top experience design conferences and a community of global immersive experience designers. Dr. Barbara Neuhofer is a Professor and Head of Experience Design at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria. As a scientist, educator and keynote speaker, Barbara researches, writes, teaches and speaks about experience design as a philosophy, mindset and toolset to guide human and business transformations across the physical and digital realms. Thomas Mertlseder is a composer, educator and sound artist working in film, games, and media-based in Austria. Michael Riemer fell in love with music listening to the works of Johannes Brahms, AC/DC and Metallica. He learned to play the violin and electric guitar before studying classical guitar in Berlin. Getting influenced by the music scene there, he also started playing the double bass and produced electronic music with various analog gear. Bartosz Nowak was born in Wrocław, Poland in 1995 and began his musical training at the age of 7 at the Karol Szymanowski Music School, from which he graduated with highest honors in 2014. At the age of 12, he began concurrent studies at the University of Music in Würzburg, Germany in a pre-college class under the tutelage of Prof. Michal Szykulski. Bartosz is currently in the final year of his master’s degree in Würzburg.

Big thank you to Alexandru Agatinei for being the best Metamorphosis interviewer. Video crew: Dragos Ilie, Razvan Dascalescu, Mihai Chican.

#behindmetamorphosisseries #tedxbucharest #metamorphosis

Roxana Marin

“Relationships are not about committing to someone else but staying true to your own values”. Dr. Tammy Nelson defines what monogamy means in the modern world while giving tips on how to have a strong relationship.

Tammy Nelson is a PhD Board Certified Sexologist, Licensed Relationship therapist and a Psychology Professor. As a sex and relationship expert and prolific author, she is internationally recognized as a top expert, with almost thirty years of experience working with individuals and couples. She authored the books “The New Monogamy”, “Getting the Sex You Want”, “What’s Eating You” and the upcoming “When You’re the One Who Cheats”. Dr. Tammy Nelson also blogs for the Huffington Post, Medium, Thrive Global.

#relationships #newmonogamy #tedxbucharest #ideasworthspreading

Roxana Marin

We live in a world of liquid modernity. Our workplaces are dynamic, fluid and ever-changing. But the fast pace we have to keep everyday is not sustainable anymore in the long run. Are you overwhelmed with busyness? In this insightful TEDxBucharest talk, award-winning author and coach Steven D’Souza presents a paradoxical way out from constant stressing and striving: the Not Doing – taking action in a way that is sustainable as well as effective. Throwback to TEDxBucharest Crossing Boundaries 2018 and a glimpse of what’s to come over the next days.

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New Times, New Ways – episode 2. A conversation about creativity in the new normal with Ioana Ciocan

New Times, New Ways – episode 2. A conversation about creativity in the new normal with Alex Dona

New Times, New Ways – episode 2. A conversation on creativity in the new normal with Anca Ungureanu

Behind Metamorphosis Series – episode 21: Jorge Castellanos

Star speaker Yana Buhrer Tavanier joins NTNW2

It’s time to balance screen-time with green-time!

Behind Metamorphosis Series – episode 13: Dex Torricke Barton

Behind Metamorphosis Series – episode 12: The Global State of Awe

The Good Age of relationships and sex?

Sip your coffee and sonder

Tijana Tamburic: establishing her own #metamorphosis

Women March Together conversations: Ilinca Paun, Madalina Uceanu, Sebastian Armean

Women March Together conversations: Lucia, Mihaela Miroiu, Andreea Georgescu