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How to react to a bully in a comment thread
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How to react to a bully in a comment thread

Bullies never win — not even in the comments section. TED’s community manager, Katie Pierce, shares these tips on how to react to a co...

Oct 31, 2016
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TED Fellows in the Field: How Juliana Rotich is connecting Africans with rugged technology
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TED Fellows in the Field: How Juliana Rotich is connecting Africans with rugged technology

Meet Kenyan technologist, entrepreneur and TED Fellow Juliana Rotich in the latest installment of the Fellows in the Field video series. Vis...

Oct 31, 2016
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On babies and TED

At this year’s TEDWomen conference, we tried out some new ideas for accommodating attendees with small children. Beyond a lactation room, fo...

Oct 31, 2016
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It’s time to lead: The talks of Session 6 of TEDWomen 2016
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It’s time to lead: The talks of Session 6 of TEDWomen 2016

When Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee of a major political party in the United States this summer, she reflected that this ac...

Oct 28, 2016
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Know your power, be sure of your convictions, and act upon them: Nancy Pelosi speaks at TEDWomen 2016
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Know your power, be sure of your convictions, and act upon them: Nancy Pelosi speaks at TEDWomen 2016

Nancy Pelosi has represented San Francisco’s 12th district for 29 years, is currently the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives,...

Oct 28, 2016
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Conservation through poetry: Ian McCallum speaks at TEDWomen 2016
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Conservation through poetry: Ian McCallum speaks at TEDWomen 2016

In December 1968, the crew of the Apollo 8 space mission captured a historic photo: “Earthrise,” an image of our home planet as ...

Oct 28, 2016
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It’s about time to reimagine: The talks of Session 5 of TEDWomen 2016
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It’s about time to reimagine: The talks of Session 5 of TEDWomen 2016

“TED is about challenging convention and deepening our understanding of the world around us by considering, even for just a few moment...

Oct 28, 2016
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It’s time for a new story: The talks of Session 4 of TEDWomen 2016
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It’s time for a new story: The talks of Session 4 of TEDWomen 2016

In all of its formats, in all the ways we listen and watch, the media is extremely powerful in how it represents — or underrepresents ...

Oct 27, 2016
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The urgency of intersectionality: Kimberlé Crenshaw speaks at TEDWomen 2016
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The urgency of intersectionality: Kimberlé Crenshaw speaks at TEDWomen 2016

Michelle Cusseaux. Aura Rosser. Tanisha Anderson. Mya Hall. Natasha McKenna. These are the names of but a few African-American women who wer...

Oct 27, 2016
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