This year at TEDxVienna About Time, a completely new format was introduced to the conference to give the attendees an even better connection to the speakers: The Coffeehouse Talks are an interactive experience where questions can be submitted by the audience via an app, and they are in turn answered by […]
Welcome back! I welcome you back to my second conversation about mental health struggles. This series aims to remove the stigma around mental health by having honest conversations with those who have experienced mental illnesses. This month’s conversation revolves around the topic of eating disorders. Eating disorders describe all disorders […]
Remember those ugly days in history when a woman’s only value was her beauty? Fast forward to 2019… and we still didn’t get more creative in the way we compliment women: “You’re beautiful” is still the most common compliment women get all around the world. So? What’s wrong with that? […]
The year 2018 has come to an end. Looking back, how do you feel? Have you achieved your goals? What goals? Let me help you remember. Have you lost those 5 kilograms you promised yourself you would? Have you quit smoking? Have you gone out more often and made new friends? […]
The TED2018 conference “The Age of Amazement” in Vancouver left me amazed indeed. I was sitting with my jaw dropped in Gartenbaukino on the broadcast event organized by TEDxVienna. But there was one particular talk that kept my brain busy for months after the live stream in April. It was […]
The conference is getting closer and every day we are getting more and more excited. Every year, all of the TEDxVienna teams work tog ether to create an exciting and inspiring experience. The part we all look forward to the most? The talks of course! But have you ever wondered […]
You know you live in a crazy world when people prefer to have big conversations via texts, and small conversations when meeting face to face. But before we get all judgy, let’s take a minute and think: when was the last time we had a heart-to-heart conversation with someone without […]
A change from within There is a revolution happening that most of us are not even aware of. It’s a revolution that does not ask for much. It doesn’t ask for more resources or more profit or more money. This revolution isn’t happening on social media or in our parliament. […]
The way we shop, consume, the hours we spend online, our constant food cravings… All compulsive and often harmful. We are all addicts. Still, as long as we don’t become addicted to drugs or alcohol, a second thought on addiction is never on the table. If that is completely okay, […]
Behind every great project, there’s an idea. Sometimes the problem is just to get the idea out there. This month we want to show you how an idea worth spreading, combined with a little bit of action, can turn into a project, that touches people’s lives. Martin Knoflach, a kindergarten teacher […]