Change happens when there is an attitude shift in a small but critical mass of ordinary people like yourselves. The way a very small group of people think, the way we act, the examples we set can have such a great impact way larger than we can imagine.
Sevan Kabakian
TEDxYerevan 2012 Speaker
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Sima Cunningham speaks music to cross cultures and break barriers at TEDxYerevan 2012.
…Sima Cunningham is a musician, activist, and cultural ambassador working to bridge political differences through the arts. She is now partnering with several international organizations to develop a music and arts festival in the Caucasus region. Cunningham has traveled to and performed in 19 countries on four continents.
Cunningham spent 12 years with the world-renowned Chicago Children’s Choir where she was exposed to music from all around the world, sang for international leaders such as the Dalai Lama, and toured to South Korea as part of the first civilian group to perform at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. She began composing and performing folk-rock music at the age of 15 and has recorded three albums of original content.
She was recently named an Artist Ambassador by the United Nations organization Arts for Peace and
We are excited to share TEDxYerevan 2012 speaker Madlene Minassian’s talk with you. Please let us know your thoughts in comments.
Madlene Minassian is a zealous advocate of a whole foods plant-based diet. Minassian partnered with numerous non-profits to bring over 30 million USD of medical relief to Armenia and along with her husband, singer Arthur Ispirian, she promotes a healthy lifestyle throughout the country.
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We need emotion to give value to different options that we have.
Siemon Scamell-Katz
TEDxYerevan 2010 Speaker
Watch Siemon Scamell-Katz’s talk Persuasion: Influencing the Rational Decision Maker here.…
Kikos Again? While the Patriarchs Were Taking a Much-Deserved Nap: Nelli Sargsyan at TEDxYerevan
The talk includes Nelli’s poetry in Armenian, which is translated with subtitles on YouTube. Click on the “CC” button to enable the captions.…
Reposted from TED blog here.
TEDxSummit, 16 April – 20 April, 2012. Doha, Qatar. Photo: Kris Krüg
At TEDxSummit we caught up with Kristine Sargsyan, TED translator and organizer for TEDxYerevan. Kristine has been working in the NGO and business sector as an Organizational Development Consultant and Project Coordinator for 13 years.
When and why did you start translating for TED?
I started translating TEDTalks in 2009 because of my son, who is ten. I showed the translated talks in his class, and the kids loved it. They started asking him, When is your mom coming back?
Translating the talks is a kind of meditation for me; it helps me dive deeply into the stories. When I’m stressed, I transfer my energy into something good. It helps me lose my sense of ego. The same goes for TEDx.
What do you hope to achieve with your TEDx events?
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