Two days into a busy post-TEDx Bend week, and I'm still
feeling the positive effects of Bend's first TEDx event.
My key take-aways are:
1. It's never too late to realize a dream. The NAACP's first female
chairwoman, Myrlie Evers Williams, gave a moving speech about breaking barriers
and seizing opportunities. Certainly that qualifies as realizing her dreams.
But then she was paid a surprise visit by Thomas Lauderdale of Pink Martini.
He's helping her make a childhood dream of performing her music at Carnegie
Hall come true. And man, can that guy rock a piano!
2. If you show up with passion, others will respond. Mosley Wotta
did just that. He got a relaxed and settled weekend crowd of conference-goers
to actually raise fists and sing. Loved that.
3. Little efforts make a big difference. Malerie Pratt, fresh out of
high school, went to Zambia and instead of staying safe and cloistered behind
security walls, stepped out and got involved with local orphans. Her courage
alongside her belief that the problem was not too overwhelming to tackle, have
contributed to her forming an orphanage and truly changing children's
lives.
And that was just a snippet from the first half of the
program!
What did you learn at TEDx?
