Today, I attended TEDxTerry talks 2012 with Kelvin, Chloe, Khanh, Abby, Pritisha, Jason, Rikita, Urooba, et al. Overall, I was quite pleased with this year’s event. I thought most of the talks were of impressive quality

This year’s line-up included:

1. Ryan Vandecasteyen: “Social Capital and the No Tankers Movement”
2. Alisha Hackinen: “Soil, It’s Not a Dirty Word!”
3. Nick Thornton: “Your Boyfriend Wants to be Pretty”
4. Stefana Fratila: “WEIRD ERA: Being sincere in an era of digital creation”
5. Alexander Wuolle: “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”
6. Joseph Glaser: “The Canadian Identity Crisis”
7. Rebekah Parker: “Lessons from a 6.3 Earthquake: on Community Engagement and Resiliency”
8. Erik Brown: “The ‘Trickle-Down’ Effect: How a Toilet Can Save Your Life”
9. Sam Eifling: “Dying for Land in Brazil”
10. Eunice Hi: “Don’t Just Follow Your Passion–The Missing Link, A Talk for Generation Y”

I’ll post the talks as soon as I find out they’re online. Expect the sound to be online within the next week or so, and the videos to be online in the next several months.

For me, it’s hard to pick a single talk that truly stands out, but there were several that I think I’ll be walking away with quite a bit from. I hope to highlight them as the videos come out.

They also watched the following three TED talks (all of which I think I’ve posted previously on my blog):

Anyhow, it was a great event this year! Looking forward to next year!