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Saving Lives through Social Media | Jaz O'Hara | TEDxRoyalTunbridgeWells
Social media changed Jaz's life, and the lives of thousands of people she works with.
Not to be underestimated as a tool for procrastination, Jaz O'Hara demonstrates the power of Facebook and Instagram (and other channels), not just through her own crazy story, but through several inspiring examples of the refugees she works with in camps across Europe and the Middle East and how they have been impacted by this amazing resource we all have at our fingertips!
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Related topics : social media change our life / social media jobs london
Chronic Illness and Social Media | Madeleine Boyson | TEDxWallaWallaUniversity
Madeleine shares how social media provided hope while struggling with a chronic illness.
Madeleine Boyson is an undergraduate studying history at Walla Walla University. After being diagnosed with Lyme in 2014, she studied art history for a semester at Oxford, eventually returning home for extensive antibiotic treatment and IV therapy. Madeleine has become intimately acquainted with the isolating effects of a disease that is both neglected medically and confining physically. Though she’s...
Related topics : organizations that use social media effectively / arts organizations using social media / internal social media
A world without work: Nigel Cameron at TEDxLacador
Instagram has a handful of employees. Kodak had 145,000. Technology is fast displacing humans, and we must reckon with the possibility that many jobs will be lost - and many new ones created also done by machines. How far will this go? Will a world without work be heaven - or hell? Now is the time to think it through.
Nigel Cameron
He is a strategist and writer who leads theWashington think tank - Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies(c-pet.org), -. He is also director of business...
Related topics : business network for corporate social responsibility / social media response
Embrace The Social Media Generation | Maisie Brown | TEDxJacksonWomen
Parents and educators have spent a lot of time and energy wringing their hands over the downsides of social media. What about the benefits? A generation hungry for positive change is focused on using technology to make change happen.
Maisie Brown is a 15-year-old freshman at Jim Hill High School where she is enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program.
She was named a Duke TIP scholar and National Honor Society member. Maisie is a classically trained pianist. Recently, she wrote an...
Related topics : social media education for parents / benefits of using social media in education
Social connections and human relations: Dr. Jennifer Golbeck at TEDxUMD
Information on how one interacts with his/her own friends and followers on sites like Facebook and Twitter is in high demand. In this introspective talk, Dr. Jennifer Golbeck explores the complexities of social media and the powerful idea of "social capital". She invites the audience to make the essential connection between our social media lives and our real lives.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a...
Related topics : living social media
Social Media Can Help You Discover Your True Identity | Mahakprit Kaur | TEDxYouth@BOSS
The potential that social media has to transform our lives is incredible. As we head into the future, it is becoming harder for young people to figure out who they are and how to make their mark on the world stage. However, social media can help teens identify and use their passions to change the world in positive and remarkable ways.
A grade 10 student at Bur Oak Secondary School in Markham, Ontario who enjoys creating her own animations and clothing and hopes to pursue studies in psychology...
Related topics : social media help / social media changed the world / organizations using social media
The Role of Social Media in our Lives | Jake Swayze | TEDxSouthPasadenaHigh
People, teenagers especially, need to evaluate the role of technology and social media in their lives. In his talk, Jake describes his experiences with social media as a teen and explores the effect it has had on his generation.
Jake is a student at South Pasadena High School. He is passionate about the topic of his talk: the changes that the digital age has brought about on teens like him.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a...
Related topics : living social media
The role of social media in shaping 'everyday celebrity': Christine Griffin at TEDxBathUniversity
Christine Griffin has been investigating the influence that marketing alcohol on social media platforms has on the drinking behaviour of young adults. Her research interests focus on young people's experiences of 'branded' leisure at music festivals, on the clubbing and dancing cultures and on the marketing of drinks in relation to young adults' everyday drinking culture. In this daring talk, Professor Griffin will explore the relation between youth, identity and consumption challenging the way...
Related topics : social media platforms for marketing / social media for market research
Changing career paths | Mehak Sagar | TEDxGLIMChennai
A serial entrepreneur talks about how to approach career decisions. She talks about 5 key learnings from her experience which should be evaluated before taking a plunge into a new career path.
Mehak Sagar is the Cofounder of WedMeGood - India's most popular wedding planning portal. She leads online content, social media and digital marketing of WedMeGood. She has worked for five years in the financial services space with American Express and ICICI as part of their analytics and risk prediction...
Related topics : social media online marketing / social media marketing plan / digital media marketing plan
Social Media Changed My Life | Amanda Hedrick | TEDxGeorgiaSouthernU
She's not talking about follower counts! Learn how social media provides a tool for art journaling where you can engage in an inclusive, international crowd of like-minded individuals. This community helped the speaker recover from loss, reinvent myself, discover a new hobby, and connect more meaningfully with the local community.
A lecturer and co-director of the Georgia Southern Writing Project, Amanda specializes in first year writing. She is also actively sharing the concepts and idea...
Related topics : social media change our life / arts organizations using social media / internal social media tools