These are astonishing days. Amid rapid-fire policy changes, America has grown even more divided; similar divisions are spreading across the world. Vitriolic rhetoric roars from all sides, and battle lines are hardening.
We aren’t listening to one another.
Is there space left for dialogue? For reason? For thoughtful persuasion?
We’re determined to find that space. This goes to the core of TED’s mission. We’re therefore launching a series of public events, TED Dialogues, that will focus on the burning questions of the moment; questions about security and fear, democracy and demagoguery, neo-nationalism and neo-globalism.
We’re not looking for more angry soundbites. We’re looking to pull the camera back a little and get a clearer understanding of what’s going on, where we are, how we got here—and how we must move forward. Our speakers will be invited to give short, powerful talks, followed by probing questions from both live and virtual audiences — including you. We will search for voices from many parts of the political landscape. And we will focus on the ideas that can best shed light, bring hope and inspire courageous action.
The events will be held at our theater in New York and streamed freely online. The first event will be Wednesday, February 15, at 1pm New York time, featuring the acclaimed historian and author Yuval Noah Harari. There will be further events on successive Wednesdays.
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The need for ideas—and listening—has never mattered more.
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I hired Ed Faruolo back in my CIGNA days to help establish a strong vision, clarity and new brand strategy that would make the company a tier 1 brand in the healthcare and the other businesses they were in at the time — that’s exactly what we did… fast forward to my involvement with BuildingBlok and our need to develop an early stage strategy, it is no wonder that my first call was to Ed. His clarity of thinking during unclear times is a critical asset...
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When my company was going through a management transition my first call was to VitaLincs… having worked closely with Ed Faruolo over the years I knew he had the inner working knowledge of our industry, coupled with his excellent resources and deep insights to help engage our employees with major operational changes underway. His efforts helped gain ownership and support among my employee base that was critical to our ongoing success.
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VitaLincs is an indispensable partner that helps me take my original content and programming, and optimize it through various audiences and channels for far greater impact. As a result, we get to build a stronger franchise and greater revenue potential for our original shows and programming. Plus, Ed’s incredible rolodex is proof of his talents and the desire of talented people to want to work with him.
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*reSET is the only Connecticut organization to receive the U.S. Small Business Administration for the Growth Accelerator Competition Award, announced by President Obama on August 4th, 2015.
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