From shit to leaky pipes: Five lessons from TEDx Sydney
In this opinion piece Roshni Hegerman and Lachlan James share their five most valuable insights from the recent TEDx Sydney event.
Arguably the world’s most inspirational event, TED and its local variations, TEDx, reliably deliver equal amounts of insight, foresight, revelatory sparks and imagination-bending stimulation.
We challenge anyone to walk away after even one TEDx talk without any inspiration, but here we have gathered the five lessons we took away from TEDxSydney 2015 for those who missed it.
1. Go backwards to look forward
Thanks for this.
I watched the TEDx Sydney “live” stream and found it really dull and boring.
For me these events are about challenging ideas and not about drumming/dancing or flashbacks to beatboxing.
JV
It’s still a very enjoyable day, but this year missed the mark for me and most talks felt dumbed down and preaching to the converted. When morning tea is the most challenging part of the day you know the topics need to improve.
@james
The drumming would be the E for the Entertainment component of TED: technical, entertainment and design.
To Cannes (d)
You are right.
I suppose that it is a matter of taste when it comes to entertainment. It seems to me that the entertainment part of this event was not up to the standard of the other elements. It looked more like “padding”.
I don’t mean to be picky but it is actually Technology, Entertainment, Design.
James
I agree, it was not as special as last year. The music component has gone off on a less than inspirational path, not happy. Loved the shit guy! And I really feel that you can try to be too clever with food (ant butter), although I understand from the chef at Aria responsible, that it was the best PR for them EVER. http://www.tenthhouse.com.au/b.....dney-2015/
Oh, and I forgot – loved all the videos this year.