May 2013
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May 9th
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TEDxTransmedia 2013 is ‘Dangerously Ethical’, are you? Register at our new teaser website to find out… 
May 8th
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Pre-registration now OPEN for TEDxTransmedia 2013!
Today we’ve launched a new teaser website for TEDxTransmedia 2013 where you can pre-register for the event in Rome on September 27! Click the picture above to visit the site. Looking forward to seeing you there… 
May 7th
April 2013
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The 4th TEDx Transmedia is on its way...
Friday, September 27th, 2013… Watch this space…
Apr 25th
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TEDx Transmedia 2012 YouTube Video Playlist
Watch all the inspiring TEDx Transmedia 2012 talks here on our YouTube playlist, just click on the picture! 
Apr 25th
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January 2013
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Video - Maurice Wheeler at TEDx Transmedia 2012 -...
Maurice Wheeler is partner at The Little Big Partnership, a specialist consulting firm with a focus on kids and family. Maurice has more than 15 years experience working with clients including Nickelodeon, Disney, Microsoft, Tesco, Universal Music, Procter and Gamble and Lego. He can usually be found reading research papers, preparing presentations, running or playing with his two boys. At TEDx...
Jan 22nd
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Video - Rhianna Pratchett at TEDx Transmedia 2012...
Scriptwriter, story designer and ‘narrative paramedic,’ Rhianna Pratchett, is most well-known for being a 14-year veteran of the videogames industry. She went from being a journalist for PC Zone magazine and The Guardian newspaper into games development and has become one of the most respected writers and narrative designers in her field. She has worked for companies such as Sony,...
Jan 21st
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Video - Andrew Shea at TEDx Transmedia 2012 -...
Andrew Shea is a graphic designer, writer, and educator living in New York City. As a designer, he uses design thinking on a range of projects that involve creating logos and branding systems, web sites, environmental graphics, books and printed matter. Shea’s book, Designing for Social Change, was published by Princeton Architectural Press and features 10 strategies that can improve the...
Jan 11th
December 2012
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Video - Peter Espersen at TEDx Transmedia 2012 -...
Peter Espersen is the Head of Online Communities for The LEGO Group focusing on the 13+ age group. He spearheads online community and social media to engage teen and adult fans of LEGO, and works closely with a wide range of business units across the company. At TEDx Transmedia, Peter talked about how brands and businesses must adapt to new technologies and forms of communication to continue to...
Dec 13th
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Video - Ana Serrano at TEDx Transmedia 2012 -...
Ana Serrano is Chief Digital Officer of the Canadian Film Centre and Founder of the CFC Media Lab, the world-renowned and award-winning institute for interactive storytelling created in 1997 at the Canadian Film Centre. At TEDx Transmedia, Ana focused on rethinking the role of creators in participatory formats.
Dec 10th
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Video - Rosalía Lloret at TEDx Transmedia 2012 -...
Rosalía Lloret is Chief Digital Officer at PRISA News (publisher of El País, AS, Cinco Días and leading magazines such as Cinemania and Rolling Stone) and member of its Executive Board since September 2011. Previously, she was CDO and member of the Board of Unidad Editorial, publisher of El Mundo. At TEDx Transmedia, Rosalía argued that traditional Big Media organisations still have a...
Dec 9th
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Video - Øyvind Olsholt at TEDx Transmedia 2012 -...
Øyvind Olsholt is a Norwegian kids’ philosopher. He has worked in the field of philosophy for children since 1997. In 2000, he co-founded Children and Youth Philosophers (www.buf.no) and has since participated in a number of philosophy projects for kindergartens, schools and museums. He has arranged philosophical summer camps for children and a weekly philosophy club for children. He is...
Dec 3rd
November 2012
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Salvatore Iaconesi's extraordinary TEDx Transmedia...
The incredible personal story of artist Salvatore Iaconesi using digital and social to fight brain cancer has gained worldwide attention and engaged people globally in a mission to help him find a cure.   This week his talk at TEDx Transmedia 2012 was featured on CNN.com and inspired a lively debate in the comments section which led to a second article where he responded to eight of the...
Nov 27th
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Video - Poonacha Machaiah at TEDx Transmedia 2012...
Poonacha Machaiah is the CEO of Qyuki, a social media startup founded by internationally acclaimed film director Shekhar Kapur and music composer AR Rahman. After a 17-year career in the US, Poonacha returned to India to start ‘ABOVE - A Bunch Of Versatile Entrepreneurs.’ He set up operations in Bangalore, Singapore and Qatar to understand the influence of Indian, Chinese and...
Nov 23rd
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Video - Alison Norrington at TEDx Transmedia 2012...
Alison Norrington has more than 15 years of novel and playwriting experience, penning three bestselling novels, two stage plays and the first transmedia romcom. She is a creative producer, storyteller, consultant and educator in transmedia storytelling and founded storycentralDIGITAL & storycentralLABS, working closely with writers, studios, brands, broadcasters and publishers globally...
Nov 21st
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Video - Derrick de Kerckhove at TEDx Transmedia...
Derrick de Kerckhove is a controversial and exciting thinker. As an expert on the future of technology, culture and the mass media, de Kerckhove’s interpretation of the new electronic reality has a reputation for creating opportunities for change within corporate and personal environments. He worked with Marshall McLuhan for more than ten years as translator, assistant and co-author and is...
Nov 12th
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Video - Saku Tuominen at TEDx Transmedia 2012 -...
Saku Tuominen is founder and creative director of Idealist Group, a Finnish production company of ideas. He is one of the leading consultants of creativity in Finland and abroad and has a project called ‘Redesigning 925,’ about redesigning the nine to five working week. He’s currently writing a book on the topic.  He has produced more than 100 TV series and shows which...
Nov 6th
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Video - Robert Tercek at TEDx Transmedia 2012 - '7...
Robert Tercek is one of the world’s most prolific creators of interactive content. He has created breakthrough entertainment experiences on every digital platform, including satellite television, game consoles, broadband Internet, interactive television and mobile networks. His expertise spans television, telecommunications and software. His motto is “Inventing the Future.” He...
Nov 4th
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Video - Salvatore Iaconesi at TEDx Transmedia 2012...
Thirty-nine-year-old Salvatore Iaconesi has been diagnosed with brain cancer but is seeking a cure in an unconventional and radical way, by uploading his medical data as an open source project inviting responses from around the world. Uncomfortable with being ‘replaced’ by his dehumanising clinical records, he cracked their codes and on September 10 (2012) converted them into open...
Nov 4th
October 2012
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Short film featuring interviews with TEDx...
Interviews with kids’ philosopher Øyvind Olsholt, transmedia storyteller Alison Norrington, games writer Rhianna Pratchett and TEDx Transmedia Curator, Nicoletta Iacobacci, all feature in this English-Italian short made at TEDx Transmedia 2012. 
Oct 29th
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A Storify of all the TEDx Transmedia 2012 social...
If you couldn’t join us in Rome, we’ve created the next best thing: A Storify of all the social content around the TEDx Transmedia 2012 event. Enjoy!
Oct 15th
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TEDx Transmedia 2012 behind the scenes film
Take a look at Silvia Iannuzzi’s behind the scenes film of the technical rehearsal for TEDx Transmedia 2012 - WEkids: Dreamers, Geeks, Mindshifters, in Rome’s MAXXI Museum.  TEDx Transmedia behind the scenes from silvia iannuzzi on Vimeo. Read a review of the event here
Oct 12th
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TEDx Transmedia 2012: The TEDx Talks and Day in...
We came, we saw and we conquered TEDx Transmedia 2012 - Wekids: Dreamers, Geeks, Mindshifters, as the ancient Roman adage goes.  Now one week later and a couple of weeks before the individual talks hit the YouTube channel we’re taking stock of the tremendous ideas and thoughts that were shared on the TEDx stage in Rome. This summary of each talk gives you a précis of the day and an opportunity...
Oct 9th
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TEDx Transmedia 2012 in pictures
Created with flickr slideshow. Pictures by Lisa Lemee
Oct 9th
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My Open Source Brain Cancer Cure: The...
Thirty-nine-year-old Salvatore Iaconesi has been diagnosed with brain cancer but is seeking a cure in an unconventional and radical way, by uploading his medical data as an open source project inviting creative responses from around the world. Uncomfortable with being ‘replaced’ by his dehumanising clinical records, he cracked their codes and on September 10 (2012) converted them into open...
Oct 4th
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September 2012
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Robert Tercek's 7 Gifts for Creative Activists
From his TEDx Transmedia 2012 talk in Rome, Italy. 
Sep 28th
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“Transmedia is an ugly word for a beautiful concept. Entertainment that connects...”
– Robert Tercek, TEDx Transmedia, Rome.
Sep 28th
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“Inituition is what turns dreams into a logical sequence. Dreams don’t make...”
– Robert Tercek, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome.
Sep 28th
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“Vision is overrated. Many people claim that great artists have a unique vision....”
– Robert Tercek, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome.
Sep 28th
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“We typically think of artistic expression as the final step, the signature style...”
Sep 28th
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“Metaphor is one of the mind’s great conjuring tricks. As soon as you latch onto...”
– Robert Tercek, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome.
Sep 28th
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“Nobody begins as a hero. Heroes are created. Heroes begin with curiosity. They...”
– Robert Tercek, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome.
Sep 28th
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“There’s powerful magic in comparison and recombination. Something new is...”
– Robert Tercek, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome.
Sep 28th
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“Great creative leadership involves managing the creative contributions of your...”
– Robert Tercek, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome.
Sep 28th
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Sep 28th
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“‘In dreams begin responsibilities.’ These are the words of the Irish...”
Sep 28th
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“There are an enormous quantity of images projected of ourselves. Our destiny may...”
– Derrick de Kerckhove, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome
Sep 28th
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“The Self was once built by internalisation, by reading. Now The Self is being...”
– Derrick de Kerckhove, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome
Sep 28th
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“Your digital unconscious is everything known about you that you don’t know.”
– Derrick de Kerckhove, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome
Sep 28th
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“Take possession of language and we become “masters of our destinies,” but we...”
– Derrick de Kerckhove, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome.
Sep 28th
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“Consciousness is evolution looking back on itself.”
– Derrick de Kerckhove, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome.
Sep 28th
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“Once a great idea has hit your mind it can never recover its proportions.”
– Derrick de Kerckhove, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome
Sep 28th
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“Our attitudes are our biggest master.”
– Derrick de Kerckhove, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome
Sep 28th
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“In Hollywood, the film industry is taking it in the chin. With fewer movies...”
– Josh Shore, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome.
Sep 28th
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“So what do we do with this new trans-dimensional storytelling and organizing...”
– Josh Shore, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome. 
Sep 28th
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“Popular media consumes global pop culture and plants the seeds around which we...”
– Josh Shore, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome
Sep 28th
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“Content with a distinct ethos, worldview or mission inspires community. If your...”
– Josh Shore, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome
Sep 28th
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“So much is possible as we enter the neuro-nano era, there is now an impending...”
– Josh Shore, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome
Sep 28th
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“With cell phones and computers and soon glasses that bring us closer to becoming...”
– Josh Shore, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome
Sep 28th
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“All the studies say happiness lasts six months.. I believe happiness is made of...”
– Saku Tuominen, TEDx Transmedia 2012, Rome
Sep 28th
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