Our weekly update of TEDxNavesink’s goings on
It is truly an honor and privilege to be invited to apply to speak at a TEDx event. It is just as much so to be a volunteer organizer, especially to serve on the curation team. But have you ever wondered: Who decides what the event’s theme will be? Who decides what topics will be […]
Imagine, it’s the day of…it’s about to all come true. Today, you give your TEDx talk. You’re mic’d up; you step out from the darkened wings of backstage into the spotlight; you’ve reached the red carpet. You turn to face the eager audience, and…you open your mouth. What effort did it take to get there? […]
Kaihan Krippendorff believed his life’s calling was to be an engineer, mathematician and a financial “quant guy,” but soon discovered that his passion was writing. After publishing his first book, he decided to leave his job as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and set out to promote his work, not knowing where life would […]
Ever just have one of those days? Chances are we all have. Maybe today is one of those days—when the car won’t start; the train is late; the coffee spilled. Typical reactions to days like these include, “Why today? Why me?,” perhaps followed by a projection of negativity toward others. We cannot deny that we […]
For Dr. Gary Lewandowski, life is all about relationships—successful ones, failed ones, deep ones, superficial ones— and how those relationships are created, broken, and maintained. He researches what brings people together, what makes a successful relationship and what leads someone to cheat. Gary studies the science of relationships. Gary sees relationships as primary sources of […]
Possibly the worst way to get your writing project off to a rolling start is to wait for the Muse to strike. Many people conjure a certain image of what a writer is supposed to look like: the solitary creator, sitting before his or her typewriter (or wireless keyboard), their Muse in flowing robes hovering […]
To many, a baseball cap is a symbol of America’s pastime. For most, baseball is just that—a pastime. But for some, it’s much more. For Stan Green, it’s a passion that he has been lucky enough to use in his career as an anthropologist. Stan shared his love for baseball with the audience of TEDxNavesink […]
Spend some time around the TEDxNavesink organizational team, and you’ll quickly learn the name Brian Smiga. Smiga is not only the Executive & Artistic Director of TEDxNavesink, but was also a driving force behind the organization’s creation in 2013. As a previous founder of various software companies in Silicon Valley and New York, and as […]
Don Lincoln is doing for young people what famous scientists like Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov and James Burke did for him—passing on his love of science to the masses. “I believe it to be the duty of any scientist to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with the public,” he said. “The universe is a fundamentally […]
Less than a mile from the beach, a train ride away from New York City and Philadelphia, and the center of the rich diversity that is the Jersey Shore, is the remarkable town of Long Branch. Residents, college students, and visitors have a multitude of resources at their disposal year-round: from the beach and Pier […]
