Five unique and talented local artists - Nina Bovasso, Jason Krugman, Lisa Bagwell, Sharon Sayegh, and Erik Johanson - explored the concept of play in their sculptures displayed at the Two River Theater in Red Bank for the 2014 TEDxNavesink ideas conference. The gallery was curated by Elizabeth A. Urbanski,fine art consultant and art historian. […]
TEDxNavesink presenter Lois Holzman will be talking about the role of play in psychology. Here’s a taste of her thoughtful take on our themes this year. As a developmental psychologist, I have to keep up with discoveries and emerging movements in a host of fields outside of psychology—after all, human development is emotional, cultural, political, […]
As a software engineer and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, Poornima Vijayashanker’s gift for technology isn’t as much an asset as it is a requirement. But it’s the way she uses her talent and ambition to help others that makes her work so exceptional. While many of us were busy with crayons and blocks, Vijayashanker spent […]
People don’t often pass through our door asking for books on increasing their playfulness and creativity. But bookstore folks, like bartenders and therapists, can often read a customer’s needs with an unspoken glance or a few short words. And given the good smack that winter has given us, we’ve found we are all looking for […]
A dear friend of mine shared a link to this talk a few weeks ago: Stefan Sagmeister, The Power of Time Off. She was fresh off what we will call a “break-up” with the hard-core and cutthroat beauty industry. This was someone who had worked for me years ago, and when we worked together, work […]
The power of innovation. The joy of discovery. The gasp of enlightenment. TEDxNavesink is about all of these things. But the centerpiece of the event is the spirit of collaboration — and the amazing things that happen when it takes place. And what exemplifies that concept better than former TEDxNavesink speakers working together to impact […]
When Peter Gray’s son was in the 4th grade, it became clear that the standard public school environment was not supporting his growth and creativity. He had been rebelling from kindergarten on, doing his assignments but in the opposite way that teacher’s requested. “When they started teaching capitals and punctuation, he started writing like e.e. […]
TEDx Navesink presenter and filmmaker Ben Kalina recently won the Sundance Sustainability Award for his film Shored Up: When human nature and the force of nature collide. The prize, given to films which best showcase the issues, interconnections, challenges and opportunities around sustainability and resource challenges in a global context, awards $25,000 to […]
Storytelling and sharing ideas are in our DNA. From cave paintings to Instagram, we are compelled to broadcast our ideas into the ether, to make a record of our stories, to leave a mark with our unique perspectives. It’s a compulsion. Our social media sharing (and over sharing) is our own personal painting on our […]
