Tag: speeches

July 26, 2015 at 12:01 pm

The Power of Empathy

The Power of Empathy

Animated short discusses the difference between empathy and sympathy; and the power of vulnerability.

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December 4, 2014 at 10:13 am

Target Manager Channels His Inner Spartan for Black Friday

Target Manager Channels His Inner Spartan for Black Friday

A Target manager in the US channels his inner Leonidas to rally the employees before last week’s Black Friday shopping bonanza.

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October 20, 2014 at 11:42 am

Gandalf Offers Sage Advice to Group of School Students

Gandalf Offers Sage Advice to Group of School Students

Sir Ian McKellen channels his inner Gandalf to offer some sage advice to a group of students that gathered outside of the Chew Valley School library in Somerset, England.

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August 28, 2014 at 2:30 pm

Young Boy Eloquently Explains Why He’s Upset His Mom is Pregnant

Young Boy Eloquently Explains Why He's Upset His Mom is Pregnant

A well-spoken young boy attempts to articulate why he’s upset that his Mom is pregnant when she already has TWO amazing children (in himself and his baby sister). An entertaining exchange between a mother and her son.

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August 20, 2014 at 3:08 am

Coach Gives Heartfelt Speech After Team Gets Eliminated from Little League World Series

Coach Gives Heartfelt Speech After Team Gets Eliminated from Little League World Series

Rhode Island Little League coach Dave Belisle delivers a moving speech to his players after their heartbreaking loss to Illinois in the 2014 Little League World Series.

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May 6, 2014 at 5:35 pm

Look Up From Your Phone

Look Up From Your Phone

‘Look Up‘ is a spoken word film for an online generation. It’s a lesson taught to us through a love story, in a world where we continue to find ways to make it easier for us to connect with one another, but always results in us spending more time alone. Written, Performed and Directed…

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April 29, 2014 at 10:06 am

A Lawyer Asked This Teacher What He Makes. BIG Mistake.

A Lawyer Asked This Teacher What He Makes. BIG Mistake.

A teacher for nine years, Taylor Mali is also a four-time National Poetry Slam champion and the author of three books, most recently, “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World.” A staunch supporter of educators and the art of teaching, Mali’s New Teacher Project has a goal of attracting…

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April 27, 2014 at 11:32 am

The Importance of Kindness

The Importance of Kindness

In this animated adaptation of a commencement speech given by George Saunders at Syracuse University in May 2013, we learn about the importance (and challenge) of kindness. Produced By: Above Average Narration by George Saunders Illustrated by Tim Bierbaum Music by Michael Camenti provided by The Music Bed

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March 25, 2014 at 10:22 am

What I Learned From Going Blind in Space

What I Learned From Going Blind in Space

In this inspired TED talk, Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to ever walk in space and the first Canadian to ever command the International Space Station, talks about fear versus danger and what he learned from going blind in space. There’s an astronaut saying: In space, “there is no problem so bad that you…

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February 27, 2014 at 4:08 pm

Richard Feynman Explains the Beauty of Science

Richard Feynman Explains the Beauty of Science

Listen as Nobel Prize-winning, theoretical physicist Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988) explains the beauty of science. You can feel the passion in his voice. Another video wonderfully edited by Reid Gower who put together the popular Sagan Series on YouTube. This is part 1 of the ongoing Feynman Series.

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