The speaker, Chris Anderson, in the TED.com video truly did
inspire an audience both directly and indirectly. The studio audience could feel first hand how
inspiring the future looks for all of us. The indirect audience, via the web, can also feel inspired. It looks very bright the way technology has expanded and broken the
barriers that were initially in place.
An example from the video that comes to mind was the fact of how
watching video online has evolved from impossibly too large to upload to now
watching billions of hours through companies like Youtube. Another example is when he even said we’ve
evolved to the age of face-to-face communication via online video chat. Years ago, today was considered unheard of.
Through the change, we have overcome adversity.
A significant event from the video was towards the end when
there was an excerpt telling the story of Christopher Makau, of TED
Kibera. He tells about self-help groups,
transforming a trash site to now growing vegetables….and also establishing a
film school where learning takes place.
Knowledge and growth is now flourishing where robberies and waste were
originally taking over. The speaker
shared this knowledge to us and gave us a deeper understanding of how important
it is to develop a following, or “crowd”
(TED.com), have ideas, or “light” (TED.com), and passion, or “desire” (TED.com).
The explosion of “Little Demon”, the Youtube dancer
sensation, inspired a creation of a dance troupe that led to their appearance
on the Oscars. Anderson built trust
through his inspiration, leadership by allowing us to gain awareness to what
life has become. He also shed light on
the limitless possibilities of the future, and that excites all who will hear. Lastly, Anderson demonstrated that viral can
make something big, even greater. The
way that his speeches are now available in several languages has shown how his
following has gotten behind him and now.
Going global allows one to be heard across several other cultural
regions as your idea continues to spread to an even larger audience. It’s amazing!
Reference:
TED.com ©2010, Chris Anderson
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