Monthly Archives: June 2017

June 18th 2017 Tedx at St. James – On the Day

We all had to be at St. James Theatre  for the dress rehearsal by 12.30 in our outfits for the day. Nerves were running high. The stage was fully lit and our 2 meter square of red carpet sat prominently in the centre. We weren’t allowed to stray off the carpet or the cameras […]

One More Training Week

Suddenly there’s only one more training week after this one.

We all had to give our whole talk this week in front of everyone, working only off cue cards.

Some people have slides and vids but I’d decided not to. Emma had said that people need to watch me and would lose something if they’re following […]

TEdx Training Week Three

Another revelation.

This time we were at the business centre on Clyde Quay Wharf. Lovely place.

Deborah Morris-Travers spoke to us of her experiences and the way her life has changed since last year. Very inspiring and simultaneously daunting as we look to getting the work done.

Individual coaching sessions started this week and our group have […]

Tedx Training Week Two

 

 

It was a long week for me with my talk. I revised, and revised, and revised.

It made me focus on what I was trying to say, the message. and the theme – ‘Perspective’, and I had to think about what I wanted people to go home with from my talk.

And make sure I was […]

Tedx training week 1

Tedx talks come with five 3 hour training sessions. You have to make yourself available, but why wouldn’t you. It seemed a great opportunity to work with specialists and other passionate people.

I turned up just in time one cold Wellington evening and looked curiously round the boardroom of the Museum Hotel at the other […]