Talks 2017 Archives - TEDxBratislava

12 Apr Ester Wiesnerová: Ester Weisnerová unplugged at TEDxBratislava

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Ester brought to TEDxBratislava passion for music. About artist Ester Wiesnerova is a Slovak vocalist, composer, lyricist and educator. She fuses jazz with Slovak traditional and classical music, while adding a little bit of a folky singer/songwriter flavor. She a senior at Berklee College of Music, majoring...

12 Apr Scott Bedley: Discernment in the era of fake news

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Educator Scott Bedley wanted to do more for his students than just to give them instructions how to check the truth in their sources. He created a game to let them experience how easy it is to fool someone with fake news and how to...

12 Apr AirGym: AirGym: acrobatic show at TEDxBratislava

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AirGym brought to TEDxBratislava its unique acrobatic show and made the audience to stand up. About artist The AirGym is an acrobatic group of professionals in their field who has already performed in almost every country in Europe and many Asian countries. AirGym has its headquarters in...

12 Apr Lucia Molnár Satinská: How did multilingualism disappear from the streets of Bratislava?

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Lucia Molnár Satinská reveals the image of multilingual Bratislava of past, where everyone spoke Hungarian, German and later also Slovak. On the example of her family, she shows us the gradual disappearance of Hungarian language during the second half of the 20th century in Slovakia....

03 Dec Jarmila Bednaříková: What history can teach us about migration

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Throughout history, there has been hardly any period with no ongoing migration flows. Professor Jarmila Bednarikova guides us through the ascent and decline of the greatest civilisations of the past. Her talk shows us that it is better to accept migration as given. Politicians as...

03 Dec Caspar Addyman: Why babies laugh

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Caspar Addyman reminds us that babies can teach us fundamental truths about how to live a good life. We just need to listen to their laughter. About speaker Dr Caspar Addyman is a developmental psychologist who studies how babies learn about the world. He is lecturer at...

13 Nov Patricia Černáková: Permaculture – can nourishing a piece of land save the world?

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Permaculture is a system of sustainable agricultural and social design principles of working with, rather than against nature. Patricia is a professional permaculture designer and one of the most renown permaculture experts in Slovakia. As a daugter of a permaculture pioneer in the former Czechoslovakia,...

03 Nov Eva Mosnáková: Helping, not hating!

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Through her personal story, Eva Mosnakova shows us how even the worst experience may make us stronger. She also reminds us how important it is to use this strength in the effort to protect the principles of humanism, democracy and mutual respect. And that it...

03 Nov Jessica McCabe: Failing at Normal: An ADHD Success Story

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Jessica McCabe tell us the story of her life. Once a gifted child with bright future, who later lives a life of a constant failures, because one thing - her ADHD diagnosis. Until one thing changed everything and she realized, that she is not alone....

03 Nov Veronika Rybanská: One candy now or two of them later?

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Our world is full of promises that all our needs and wishes can be fulfilled and completed almost immediately. In her talk Veronika talks about how delayed gratification in all circumstances might not be right and how important it is to have an ability to...

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