You’re waiting for your appointment at the dentist’s office to start, an exhausting meeting to begin or the traffic jam to be over. You are stressed, anxious, irritated or annoyed and just want to get it over with. Wouldn’t it be better to ease your discomfort right this minute, instead […]
According to Statistic Brain and several other sources, losing weight is the most popular and common New Year’s resolution – and probably also every other year. Shedding a few pounds, getting fit and staying in shape seems to be on top of everybody’s priority list. But as the resolution happens to […]
Jeremy Heimans, the co-founder of Avaaz which is a platform to launch and share political campaigns, shares in this lively talk how the power balance in the world is shifting what new power is and isn’t what new power means for organizations and business and how old power is pushing back.
Welcome to the Brave New Space! On November 1st, TEDxVienna invites you to question the established patterns and cycles that are ingrained in every one of us. The goal is to discover new paths and unexpected frontiers. We will set aside the answers we think we know and ask the questions we are afraid to […]
On September 25th, we proudly invite you to the Weltmuseum Wien to shape CITYx with us! The TEDxVienna salon event sets out to explore urban treasures and makes the attempt to grasp what the city is. The city is not set in stone. It is vivid, unpredictable and full of surprises […]
We are overwhelmed by the outcome of our first Instawalk with the Instagramers Vienna! The walk was fully booked and more than 30 photographers showed up. Thanks for coming!
Have you ever heard of US Army Captain William D. Swenson? He recently received the Medal of Honor from US president Barack Obama for putting his life at risk to rescue other soldiers on a battlefield in Afghanistan. Not only did he run into the fire without a helmet on […]
Do you check your smartphone first thing in the morning, or in the bathroom, or while driving, and sleep with it? Yeah, relax, (almost) everybody does. We probably shouldn’t, but that’s just the world we live in now, right?
Vivienne Westwood, the 73 year-old, orange-haired fashion icon, is one of the most anticipated speakers at the TEDxAmRing conference on May 30th in Vienna. Not only is she one of the world’s most important designers and influencers, Vivienne Westwood is also a political activist and fighter for environmental issues. „It’s […]
How do other people live? This question is probably as old as humanity itself. We want to know what other people do, eat, watch, read and experience – that’s why we are signed up for Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. According to the social comparison theory, comparing ourselves to others helps […]