TED Conference

these situations is to make recommendations; his role is to make the final decision. I do believe, however, that in general I will have more influence the more confident I am. Following the end of the 681 Traverse City class, I watched Amy Cuddy’s Ted Talk on “presence”. She states that if you project self-assurance, even if you’re not feeling it, you will be more credible and influential with others. The old saying, “fake it until you make it” is true. They will buy your act. • Self-assessment:

Aubrey Runnels 9/28/15 Summary Form #2 Group focus: Strategies for reform in managed health care Reading Sections: Chapters 3&4 (M&W), Chapter 2 (C,C&C), Chapters 3, 4,&5 (J), and Ted Talks: Aaron Huey: America’s native prisoners of war 1. Summary of each assigned reading and video: Ted Talks: In the Ted Talks video of Aaron Huey, Huey makes the point that the Lakota people are now suffering due to the damage that the U.S. has done over many years. This damage includes the following: The Wounded

1. In what ways are you “smart” at math? Highlight all of the things you’re good at. (Everyone is good at some of these things and no one is good at all of them!) • making observations • making predictions • finding patterns • drawing diagrams • remembering vocabulary • estimating • organizing information into tables or charts • using symbols • visualizing • making conjectures • tinkering with problems • using math language • thinking abstractly • explaining my thinking out loud • explaining

have a power to make a change like a leader (TED Talk, 2014). It also demonstrates that we push ourselves out of our comfort zone and take actions to help others (TED Talk, 2014). - She emphasizes that our kind actions, big or small, prove that we want to take charge and make the world become a better place (TED Talk, 2014). And that, in her opinion (also mine), kindness is such a simple, valuable quality which demonstrates a powerful role, a leader (TED Talk, 2014). Transition: I want to you take

foundations. Through many forms of communication, we have become conscious of the difficulties college students encounter because of pressures that intervene amidst their equanimity and education. The Ted talk “Bring on the learning revolution!” presented by Sir Ken Robinson, a well-received speaker of TED and the essay “College Pressures” by William Zinsser, a journalist, portray the crisis students are undoubtedly undergoing. While they executed their main points through the means of distinct genres

The nursing profession was built on a foundation of art and science and both must be embraced. I will be explaining my definition of the concepts of the art and the science of nursing and the aspect that drew me into the profession personally. Two TED talks will also be discussed about what I feel are their common themes and how those themes relate to nursing. The Art of Nursing The art of nursing is the compassion and care nurses put into their care daily with the major focus being the patient

Listening is one of the most important processes in any sphere of life, such as business, education and relationships. Listening is more than just hearing voices and noise, listening means concentrating, giving attention to someone talking, be open minded, attending in the discussion (Schilling, par.3), and understanding what the person is actually interpreting, using body expression and words (Giang, par.1). These skills are required for success and a good life. They give the solution of conflicts

II; he recorded a video of himself discussing the topic that a lot of humans as themselves from time too time… “Can animals think or feel?” (Safina, Carl. "What are animals thinking and feeling?" Carl Safina: What are animals thinking and feeling? | TED Talk | TED.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 July 2017. .). He brilliantly answered this question by saying

and Keith E. Davis’ essay: “From Acts to Dispositions: The Attribution Process in Person Perception”, and watching Dan Gilbert’s Ted talks, I came across a few ideas that I’ve never thought of before, and in addition to that, I acquired new insights from them, most especially Gilbert’s Ted talks. I also found relating themes between Jones and Davis’ essay and Gilbert’s Ted talk: “The surprising science of happiness” (2004), “Why we make bad decisions” (2005) and “The psychology of your future self

In one of the most watched Ted talk videos, “The Key To Success- Grit,” recorded in May 9 2013, the speaker Angela Lee Duckworth explains how the strongest performers in their fields were typically not the ones with the highest IQ’s, but the ones with the most amount of Grit. What is that? Angela defines Grit to be the passion and perseverance for a long-term goal and to go through with it with no quitting. She then goes on and talks about the studies and their results relating to pure Grit being