Archive for March, 2013

Asha Christensen – TEDxKids@SMU 2012

Asha’s name means hope and she is full of it. Her first TED experience was from the center front row of the first ever TEDxKids @SMU when she was nine. She heckled Rives and made a friend – he was the first spoken word poet she’d ever met. When her school announced a slam poetry [...]

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Masha Sardari – TEDxKids@SMU 2012

Masha was born in the small Republic of Moldova, located in Eastern Europe. At the age of twelve, she moved to the United States where she continued her education. At the age of sixteen, she discovered her passion for art and photography. This mode of expression has been with her ever since and it has [...]

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Amit Banerjee – TEDxKids@SMU 2012

I am a 14 year old high school freshman who this April, earned the rank of Eagle, the highest rank in Boy Scouts. I have been in Scouting since first grade. The Scout slogan “Do a Good Turn Daily” really resonated with me and inspired me to follow it in my everyday life. For my [...]

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Terry Stewart – TEDxSMU 2012

Terry has been the president & CEO since 1999 of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, a nonprofit organization. Terry earned two undergraduate degrees, a B.S. in engineering and a B.A. in education from Rutgers University in New Jersey. He then received his MBA in finance and J.D. in law from Cornell [...]

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David Gallo – TEDxSMU 2012

David Gallo is an American oceanographer and Director of Special Projects at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution – a preeminent, globally recognized scientific laboratory.  For more than 25 years, Dr. Gallo has been at the forefront of ocean exploration, participating in and being witness to the development of new technologies and scientific discoveries that shape [...]

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Tracy Walder – TEDxKids@SMU 2012

Tracy Walder earned her degree in history from USC and her Master’s in education from Chapman University. From 2000-2004, Tracy worked as Staff Operations Officer (SOO) at the Central Intelligence Agency’s Counterterrorism Center. During her time at the CIA, Tracy travelled to Afghanistan, Jordan, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Morocco, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, and England. After the CIA, [...]

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Jeremy Gregg – TEDxSMU 2012

Jeremy Gregg is the chief development officer for the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, a pioneering nonprofit that delivers the nation’s best results in terms of recidivism, employment and small business creation among ex-offenders. Before joining the staff, Jeremy served as a volunteer member of PEP’s Dallas Advisory Board from 2007 until 2012. Prior to PEP, Jeremy [...]

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Lewis Warren – TEDxSMU 2012

Lewis, 15, is an award-winning pianist and an accomplished composer, arranger, and improviser. His special ability to connect with people through music was evident at an early age. He started composing many of his own songs when he was five years old, and he has been a frequent top prizewinner in local, state and international [...]

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Jeremi Suri – TEDxSMU 2012

Jeremi is the Mack Brown Distinguished Professor for Global Leadership, History, and Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of five books on contemporary politics and foreign policy. In September 2011 he published a new book on the past and future of nation building: Liberty’s Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building [...]

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Kyle Stewart – TEDxSMU 2012

An endlessly curious person who grew up in a small Iowa town, Kyle received degrees in music from Iowa State University, Northwestern University and Tanglewood. After stints teaching music, arts and humanities at Alverno College, technical writing, and managing International Sales and Marketing for BancTec, Kyle bought a coffee shop. He added tea to the [...]

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