The power of listening CEFR: B2 Video Show full transcript There’s an ancient and well-known philosophical riddle that asks: “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?” A scientific view is that, while a tree will make waves in the air, to […]
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The 7 secrets of the greatest speakers in history CECR: C1 Watch the video Show full transcript It’s 1903, and this extraordinary guy named Teddy Roosevelt is standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon. At that time, people wanted to create hotels and spas and turn the Grand Canyon into a profit-making Disneyland of
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Ten Meters of Thinking: The ABC of Communication CECR: B2 Video Show full transcript This space is reserved for the full verbatim transcript of the talk. For copyright reasons, paste your licensed transcript of “Ten Meters of Thinking: The ABC of Communication: Paul Hughes at TEDxInnsbruck” here, split into clear short paragraphs. ⚡ Learning goals
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Talk to strangers CEFR: B2 Show full transcript Who knows that you’re here? I’m not asking a deep spiritual question about the nature of existence; I want to know about your community footprint and who will realize if you’re not where you’re supposed to be. For too many years I lived as an absentee citizen
Rethinking nuclear energy CEFR: B2 Show full transcript the terrible devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan did not just take a toll on human lives it also took a toll on our future in terms of energy development particularly with nuclear power here with us to tell us more and what some of the implications
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Learning to be awesome at anything you do, including being a leader CEFR: B2 Watch the video Show full transcript When was the last time you had no idea what you were doing? OK, I’ll go first. A couple of years ago I decided I wanted to learn Spanish in preparation for a trip I
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Putting the human back into human resources | TEDx CEFR: B2 Watch the video Show full transcript who here has heard the term Human Resources who here has used the term Human Resources who here thinks they know what the term Human Resources means yeah many times when we talk about human resources we're talking
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Innovate the way you communicate CEFR: B2 Watch the video Show full transcript you know when I was a boy um I didn’t really know my father I grew up in Sydney and uh I lived there until I was 13 years old and um my dad was one of these men who growing up
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How to spot a liar CEFR: B2 Watch the video Show full transcript (excerpt) Okay, now I don’t want to alarm anybody in this room, but it’s just come to my attention that the person to your right is a liar. Also, the person to your left is a liar. Also, the person sitting in
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How to introduce yourself CEFR: B2 Video Show full transcript Hello, my name is Kevin Bahler. I am the grant writer for Allentown Symphony Association. I always find that a strange way to introduce myself. It is not that I do not like my job – I am very proud of it – but why
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