Above, the super-cool trailer for the 4th event from TEDxThessaloniki in Thessaloniki, Greece. Watch if you’ve ever loved video games, animation, or music that kinda sounds like dubstep.
Says the organizers,
TEDxThessaloniki is about the “Power of Syn (+).”
“Syn” is the Greek word for “plus” and also a prefix found in so many powerful words such as synergy, synthesis, symbiosis and synthesis.
“Syn” has also the same function as “co-” in words like collaboration, coexistence, contribution and combination.
The spirit of all the above words is the one we aim to spread this year. In our effort to shed light on the importance of adding one, or more, ‘syn’ in our daily life, we will discover together the added value of thinking and acting positively.
Credits:
Mario Εrmitikos Spiroglou, director
Christina Biliouri, creative director
Ioannis Ergeletzis, graphic designer
Paint the town for hope: Edi Rama
When former painter, mayor and current leader of the Socialist Party of Albania, Εdi Rama, campaigned to add a few coats of color to the buildings in his city of Tirana, even he wasn’t prepared for how it inspired optimism in it’s residents. In this impassioned talk, he makes that case for hope in politics and the citizens’ ability to impact change. (Filmed at TEDxThessaloniki.)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all TEDxTalks here »
How to treat a bipolar economy: Tomáš Sedláček
An economic depression can be manic, too. Using clear and illustrative language, Tomáš Sedláček frames the current financial issues, including the the debt crisis, as problems with balancing growth and stability — and explains how interest rates are like a good night of drinking. (Filmed at TEDxThessaloniki.)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all TEDxTalks here »
State of the x: TEDxTalks in May
TEDxTalks by the numbers: May
- 1,278 new talks added to the TEDxTalks library
- 3.5 million views of the TEDxTalks YouTube channel and the TEDxTalks website
- 10 talks featured on TED.com
- 1.6 million views of those TEDxTalks featured on TED.com in May
TEDxTalks by the numbers: All time
- 16,546 TEDxTalks
- 42 million views of the TEDxTalks on the YouTube channel and the TEDxTalks website
- 168 talks featured on TED.com
- 80 million views of the TEDxTalks featured on TED.com
Seasoned TED speaker and prolific ad man Rory Sutherland knows a thing or two about how context can shape our perceptions of the world. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness:
Melissa Garren believes the ocean’s most important life is also its smallest: the marine microbes that provide half the oxygen we breathe, and maintain entire underwater ecosystems. At TEDxMonterey, she shows how we are just starting to discover how these “invisible engineers” control our ocean’s chemistry:
