📣 Absolutely delighted that the Irish cellist
@patrickdextervc
is joining our TEDxStormont Studio line up.
His online lockdown recitals recorded at the picturesque Co Mayo cottage have reached millions of viewers across the globe.
Patrick’s talk will be released in July!
“Music has the ability to connect us to others, even when we are apart.”
Beautiful talk on the true power of music, brought to you from the West of Ireland.
Thank you
@patrickdextervc
for sharing your gifts with the world! 🎻🎼
The True Power of Music | Patrick Dexter
"Music is not just food for the soul, it’s food for the brain too."
In his
#TEDxStormont
Studio talk,
@patrickdextervc
shares the psychology and history behind music's role as a healing tool for society 👇
📣 Women have always been the second sex, right?
@DrJaninaRamirez
argues this is not the full story.
Looking back through the history she shows how we can finally rediscover women with agency.
👉
Make yourself a cup of tea, stop and watch this beautiful talk and performance by
@patrickdextervc
who leads us an exploration into music's more mysterious qualities. 🎻
Words cannot express our sadness about the loss of
@KajaChoma
, our valued team mate and former speaker. Kaja was a talented, articulate, dynamic, generous and wise soul who we will miss dearly. Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this difficult time ❤️
The amazing Jess Dornan Lynas
@Afterbooklegacy
takes to the red dot.
Her talk is on how she 'loves telling stories' and how this morphed into her amazing business, along with her way of coping with grief.
We are really looking forward to talk by
@ProfJohnBarry
Director of the Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action
@QUBelfast
on building back better after the pandemic - a green and just economic recovery! 🌍
#JoinTheCountdown
What a powerful and interactive talk and performance by world renowned cellist Patrick Dexter, who encourages us to say YES to music, and think about the power it can have on our body and minds.
#TEDxStormont2023
A boy, a bear, and a new life beyond the past | Alex Kane
@AlexKane221b
tells the moving story of his adoption and how one special bear helped him find his voice.
#RESTORE
#TEDxStormont2024
Fantastic to have activist, writer and co-founder of the UK’s first entirely youth-led mental health charity
@MatthewTaylorNI
, with us at
#TEDxStormont2024
. Thank you for delivering such a moving talk.
Tune in to
@bbcradioulster
at 11am as our latest TEDxStormont Studio speaker,
@patrickdextervc
speaks to
@StevenRaineyNI
on his talk ‘The True Power of Music’ and his amazing online success with his stunning renditions of musical classics over lockdown.
Opening our second session which will focus on the environment and community, Romav Ali, an A-Level student and who arrived in Northern Ireland from war-torn Syria in 2016, will share her insights from experience of being a refugee, and building a life in Northern Ireland.
Delighted to have Dr Susan Lagdon with us. As a lecturer in Psychology
@UlsterUni
, Susan has been researching victim and survivor experiences of intimate partner violence. Exploring ‘coercive control’, Susan considers how people become victims of intimate partner violence.
"One of the biggest challenges of our time, particularly in the fight against climate change, is waking people up to the reality that they have the power to change things."
@NicholaMallon
in her keynote opening.
One of Northern Ireland’s best known political columnists and commentators, Alex Kane, now takes to the red dot.
His approach to life: ‘The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.’ - Eden Ahbez
What’s the bravest thing you can do today?
Almost 25 years ago we were brave enough to say YES! Yes to change and to a future of promise.
As
#TEDxStormont
celebrates 10 momentous years, we also celebrate 25 years of
#YES
- the language of possibility, hope and openness.
Kicking off our third and final session of
#TEDxStormont2023
,
@UniofOxford
Academic, BBC documentary maker and writer,
@DrJaninaRamirez
takes us on an inspirational journey through history to find the women from the past who can help us build a better future.
Prof Siobhan O'Neill,
@profsiobhanon
has taken to the stage discussing how mental health has such profound affect on a person who has adverse trauma in their lives.
With mental health being such an important topic in NI, Siobhan's talk is a true inspiration.
The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement celebrations are almost over. But it’s not a full stop. It is just a comma.
Here is
@skydavidblevins
#TED
talk. Pause. Watch it. And be inspired.
#GFA25
More Commas | David Blevins
👉
Belfast Lord Mayor Cllr
@KateNicholl
begins her speech with a letter from Hannah who speaks passionately on the climate challenges young people are dealing with.
“Young people need us to act now” Kate says, speaking of the actions undertaken in
@belfastcc
to address the crisis.
This summer will be like no other. So we have organised for you
#TEDxStormont
Virtual Summer Camp 🏕
🗓 27 July to 1 August 2020
Main Stage | TEDxStormontLive | Peace Village | Coffee Club | Creative Hub | Gin O’Clock | Playground | Fireside Chats
"The pandemic has shattered the future we thought. It is an opportunity to evaluate, and purposefully change to be more green and adaptable to what the planet needs." says
@ProfJohnBarry
Meet our speakers! 🔴
Alex Kane – Political Columnist and Commentator
Susan Lagdon – Lecturer in Psychology (Mental Health)
Ed Lindsay – Custodian and Owner of Finnebrogue Woods
Jane Shaw – Therapist, Writer and Educator
Rebecca Toolan opens with ‘Does your accent affect how you are perceived?’
“I don’t want to lose out society’s rich language tapestry, but I wish no one would be affected with the ‘class ceiling’”
#TEDxStormont
📣 Speaker Announcement 📣
We are delighted to have mental health campaigner and co-founder of
@PureMentalNI
Matthew Taylor joining the line up of fantastic speakers!
@MatthewTaylorNI
is an accomplished public speaker and recent recipient of the
@DianaAward
.
#Restore
Delighted that our 10th anniversary event will be hosted by
@TraversSarah
. We will really miss our veteran co-host
@williamcrawley
.
Thank you both for journeying with us since 2013! 🔴
#TEDxStormont
The True Power of Music | Patrick Dexter
@patrickdextervc
leads an exploration into music's more mysterious qualities.
🔴 Get your tickets for
#TEDxStormont2024
now 🔴
📆 Saturday 20th January
📍 Parliament Buildings, Stormont
Menopause… misery, mastery and unleashing potential. Sinead Sharkey, top leadership career coach will outline how we need to redefine our knowledge and attitudes to ensure no woman’s potential is left untapped.
It’s official! The next
#TEDxStormont
event will take place on Saturday, 31 August at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. We will imagine the kind of future we could have together as a society, here in Northern Ireland and beyond.
A massive
#TEDxStormont
thank-you to our sponsoring MLA
@ClareBaileyGPNI
for backing us. The Great Hall in Parliament Buildings will be buzzing on 31st August.
We had a great
@UrbanVillagesNI
Open Mic session tonight at
@UlsterUni
in Derry! We’ve heard fantastic pitches and great ideas from all walks of life. Well done to all speakers 👏
🌍"One wee thing for a better Belfast"
Watch Lord Mayor of Belfast
@KateNicholl
's inspiring TEDx talk on how she is championing action on climate change locally through simply doing
#OneWeeThing
to better our environment.
➡️To view:
Coercive control: do you know what it means? | Dr Susan Lagdon
@SusanLagdon
explores this question using her research and personal reflections as a daughter and mother 🔴
#TEDxStormont2024
#RESTORE
Three packed hours of amazing speakers & content ahead - 📅10.10.20
#TEDCountdown
- a global call to action to change how we tackle climate change. 🌏🌎🌍
To
#JoinTheCountdown
- it is all our responsibility to save the planet!
Former PSNI officer, Una Jennings
@UBJennings
takes to the red dot to discuss how her upbringing & education led to her becoming a high ranking officer in a male-dominate organisation.
'My mother gave me the courage to dream & to plant my feet on the ground that I wanted.'
Fantastic that Lord Mayor of Belfast Cllr
@KateNicholl
will join us for our
#TEDxStormont
Countdown live from Stormont!
🌍Coinciding with COP26, Kate's talk will detail how we can make Belfast a greener society and promote climate action.
To register:
Hear the voices of Northern Ireland's young people and their views on how climate change is going to impact their generation.
The climate activists Anna Kernahan and Kaithlyn Laverty will join us this Saturday for TEDxStormont Countdown.
#JoinTheCountdown
🌍
“In a world of full stops, we need more commas”.
David Blevins speaks of the power of the comma. It creates a pause, brings clarity, and provides the opportunity to finish the story well.
#TEDxStormont2023
Great to have John Martin from
@RSPBNI
with us in Parliament Buildings today. Challenging us to explore innovative and sustainable solutions to reviving our natural world, John’s talk is fitting for
#TEDxStormont2024
’s RESTORE theme.
Today we mark the 25 anniversary of
#GoodFriday
Agreement. But what are the peace processes of tomorrow that require our most urgent attention today?
@TFletcher
takes us behind the curtain of diplomacy and shares a humanifesto for a renewal of society.
📣 It's
#TEDxStormont
Studio launch day!
Meet our 12 inspiring speakers and say hello!
Across the next few weeks we'll be sharing more about each one of them and premiering their incredible talks across the summer months.
Read more here:
We are super excited to partner with
@NOW_Group
and the marvellous
@maevemonaghan
.
Hosting our
#SummerCamp
(27/07 - 1/08)
#CoffeeClub
, Maeve will bring on inspiring guests to talk about social enterprise, inclusion, resilience and life! ☕️
Register at:
We have opened an online Book of Condolence for
@KajaChoma
(in Polish and in English) to capture words of support and memories for Kaja’s family. Please leave a message and share. 🙏❤️
📖
Good evening
#HappyCampers
! One more sleep to our first Virtual Summer Camp! 🏕
Check out our daily schedule and tune in on
@YouTube
from 8.30am tomorrow morning!
Senator
@emer_currie1
talks about her late father Austin Currie’s leading role in
#NICivilRights
movement, his legacy as a ‘responsible radical’ and peace-builder, and what that means to her as a politician and parent.
My Dad, the Responsible Radical 👉