New Power in less than 3 minutes

TEDxAmsterdam focused last Friday on “New Power”, a concept that was so eloquently described by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms in their HBR-article. Our speakers and performers did all they can to show what #newpower meant for them. Check out the after movie here: And of course, here are the photos and all talks are already on YouTube.

Refugee challenge

Do you have a unique idea that will improve the lives of millions of people? Here’s your opportunity to transform your idea into reality! Apply now to compete in Singularity University’s Global Impact Competitions (GIC) to win a seat at the Global Solutions Program (GSP) where you’ll be empowered with the tools, knowledge, skills and mindset for positively impacting 1 billion people. The world

Startups in Residence

Seven startups have been selected to participate in the City’s accelerator programme Startup in Residence. The young companies, which were selected out of 85 applicants, will work on the City’s challenges in the field of Mobility, Healthy City, Circular Economy and Vibrant City. With Startup in Residence the City embraces young companies’ innovative solutions for the challenges in city development. In case of successful

TEDxAmsterdam 2013 in 2 minutes

TEDxAmsterdam 2013 was an amazing experience. We celebrated our 5th anniversary at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. With the following line-up: Dadara Manfred Kets de Vries Bart Remes Jimmy Nelson Eva Simons Dominic Seldis Heleen Mees Amy Robinson Fons Trompenaars Words are not enough to describe the day. Let’s look at a short video compiliation.

An education revolution

An education revolution

Inspired by the great talks from Sir Ken Robinson (2006 and 2010) we’ve seen many initiatives from TED-sters who wanted to contribute to this upcoming Education Revolution.

One of these initiatives is the series of TEDx events focusing on this future for schools and students. Last week my team (headed by Nephtalie Demei and Jessika Lynch) organized TEDxAmsterdamEducation at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. The events was opened by Lodewijk Asscher, Alderman of the Amsterdam Municipal Council.

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Why I signed up for TEDx

During the evening session of TEDxAmsterdam 2010 I got the chance to answer the question that was asked the most: Why did you sign up for the TEDx-license in 2009? A small personal story, followed by three examples of turning “ideas worth spreading” into “ideas worth doing”. While we’re on the subject: Bill and Melinda Gates are looking forward to your suggestions! If you

41 cities create 1 videoclip

41 cities create 1 videoclip

Today is Universal Children’s Day. To celebrate this important day children across the globe have used their collaborative creativity to share with you the following videoclip.

The song was written by Bas Kennis and Jim Stolze, based on dreams and ideas from children in 41 cities. Those kids were then asked to record their own video contributions. Amsterdam started this “video relay” and soon followed Tokyo, Soweto, New York, Paris, Salzburg, Nasa and many more. The concept of the video and the production were done by Elian Wils from BigShots.

On November 20th the videoclip premiered in 61 cities during TEDxYouthDay.
Music was recored at Grand Street Recording, New York. Vocals by Morley.