Oklahoma City is a midsized town that had a big problem: It was among the most obese towns in America. Mayor Mick Cornett realized that, to make his city a… Read More »How an Obese Town Lost A Million Pounds by Mick Cornett – TED Talk Transcript
Author Christopher Hitchens discusses his book “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything” as a part of the Authors@Google series. This event took place on August 16, 2007 at… Read More »Christopher Hitchens Discusses His Book ‘God Is Not Great’ at Authors@Google Series (Transcript)
“Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,” begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful TED talk. And terrifyingly, it’s happening to about two-thirds of the… Read More »Allan Savory on How to Green the World’s Deserts and Reverse Climate Change (Transcript)
In this TED Talk, MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte takes you on a journey through the last 30 years of tech. And then he leaves you with one last… Read More »Nicholas Negroponte Discusses The 30-year History of The Future – TED Talk Transcript
“In the cathedral of the wild, we get to see the best parts of ourselves reflected back to us.” Boyd Varty, a wildlife activist, shares stories of animals, humans and… Read More »What I learned from Nelson Mandela by Boyd Varty – TED Talk Transcript
Jack Ma, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, delivered the closing keynote address at the conference “China 2.0: Transforming Media and Commerce”, hosted by the Stanford Program on Regions of… Read More »Alibaba’s Jack Ma Reflects On 12-Year Journey at China 2.0 Conference (Transcript)
At Stanford’s 123rd Commencement, Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, urged graduates to change the world through optimism and empathy. Truly connect with the… Read More »Bill and Melinda Gates’ 2014 Stanford Commencement Address (Transcript)
Panasonic held its press conference at IFA 2014 consumer electronics show held in Berlin, Germany this year. The Europe’s biggest CES was held this year from September 05 to 10,… Read More »Panasonic IFA 2014 Press Conference at Berlin (Full Transcript)
J.K. Rowling’s speech transcript and summary of her Commencement Address at Harvard, June 2008 titled, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination… TRANSCRIPT: J.K. Rowling – Author,… Read More »J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement 2008 (Transcript)
This is the full transcript of the Commencement address: ‘Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish’ delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005 with… Read More »Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (Full Transcript)