The TEDxOverlake was everything a TEDx event should be : inspiring, challenging, personal, educational, awakening…
Here’s the experience summed up in a glorious Twitter technicolour :
#tedxol over – brain melted – soul ignited – heart overflowing… thanks to all involved!less than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone 
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I was invited to attend as a back-up speaker (never got on stage as everyone turned up), but the ones who left a permanent mark in my head / heart from the great lineup were :
- Merilee Wilmore—how even without a traditional education you can have something to teach and share. Provided a great question around what is more important : what you know or who you are?;
- August de los Reyes—stated that everything we design is alive. There were other gems plus the fantastic quote at the end of this blog post;
- Christian Long—provocative and engaging. Reminding us all to ‘fall in love an go’ and how failure is a way forward;
- Susan Scott—wicked thoughts along the lines of ‘leadership is not a title but a behaviour’ plus how radical optimism and transparency would transform organisations;
- Krissy Moehl—honest, heartfelt, triumphant (in her achievements of ultra-trail running);
- Alex Kummert—was fortunate enough to share a giggle with Alex over lunch, then he gets on stage and blows my sides off with stories of how comedy has taught him valuable and life-long lessons;
- Dr. Gary R. Gruber —calling upon seven decades of learning Dr Gruber was a perfect final speaker, leaving us with a wonderful challenge to ‘pay attention to the sacredness of human beings’.
Many thanks again to Greg, Ryan and Megham for hosting / organising the fantastic event (plus the other wonderful backstage peeps).
“The future is a race between education and catastrophe.”
H.G. Wells
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