WeCroak: An app that does what my brain already does
My friend, Kim, alerted me to a new app called WeCroak. It does one simple thing:Five times per day, at unpredictable intervals, it sends you a message that says:“Don’t forget, you’re…
An unusual and exhausting but unforgettable weekend thanks to a July night in 2011
I'm often astounded by the places that a story told on a stage in 2011 has taken me.This weekend I had the honor working with caregivers at Yale New Haven…
Someone wrote a song about me! About me!
Spotify recently added podcasts to its offerings. Wondering if my podcast, Boy vs. Girl, had been added, I asked Alexa, our Amazon Echo, to play Boy vs. Girl.She told me that…
TEDxTheCountrySchool: Speak Less. Expect More.
This is a TEDx Talk that I delivered in April of 2016 at The Country School in Madison, CT. The conference was run almost exclusively by the students of the…
11 thoughts on yesterday’s TEDxBU event, including observations from the restrooms and my advice for future TED speakers.
A few observations from yesterday’s TEDxBU talk at Boston University. 1. I will never understand what possesses organizers like Ben Lawson and Salma Yehia to give up hundreds of hours…
Less lecture. More learning.
In 2013, I did a TED Talk entitled “Speak Less. Expect More.” Unfortunately, the audio engineer failed me that day, and the recording was poor. Although my voice is discernible…
Teachers: Stop commenting, positively or negatively, on your student’s physical appearance. It’s only hurting them.
As an elementary school teacher, I have made it my policy for more than a decade to avoid commenting on a student’s physical appearance. A student’s appearance should be the…
Megan Washington’s stutter is just perfect
I’m not sure why this effected me so much. Maybe it’s because I also spend a lot of time onstage, taking to strangers, and can’t believe Megan Washington’s courage. Maybe…
The three great leaders of my life
Truly great leaders are hard to find. In my professional life, I have worked for three. Allison White and Jalloul Montacer were McDonald’s general managers. Plato Karafelis was my principal…
Stop and watch.
These two TED Talks, published on the TED Talk podcast feed last week, are extraordinary. The first, by author David Epstein, is on the science of athleticism. Are athletes of…