Tom Guarriello, Ph.D.Psychologist. Founding Faculty, Masters in Branding Program School of Visual Arts. Co-host of BrandBox.Show podcast.

TED Goes To Africa

1 Aug 2007 · 2 min

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In this brief vlog, Tom Guarriello, a veteran attendee of TED conferences for eight years, reflects on missing the recent TED Global held in Tanzania, Africa. He informs viewers that the first batch of TED Talks from Africa has just been uploaded to YouTube and specifically highlights the kickoff session (presented by a speaker whose name he attempts to pronounce as “Yuvendaidu”). Guarriello critiques the typical American view of Africa as a vague, undifferentiated continent and urges the audience to spend about twenty minutes watching the kickoff talk. He promises that this short commitment will dramatically reshape their understanding of Africa, and signs off with a friendly goodbye.

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Hey guys, it's Tom Guarriello. You know, for the past 8 years I've been attending the TED conference, and some of you have seen videos that I've made about TED and from TED, and that included one TED conference, one TED Global in England. Well, last month there was the second TED Global this year in Tanzania, in Africa. Unfortunately, I couldn't make that one, but the TED Talks the speakers from the TED conference are posted here on YouTube, and the first batch of TED Talks from Africa have just been posted. Now, if you're like me, Africa is a mass of undefined, undifferentiated places. That's the way we Americans think about things. We're not all that big on Europe, so, you know, imagine Africa. If you have 20 minutes, and I know 20 minutes is a significant commitment of time, but if you have 20 minutes to devote to your education and, and edification about Africa, I suggest you go over here and take a look at the video, the lead kickoff session video about Africa by, I think it's pronounced, Yuvendaidu. I think, I'm sorry. With a name like mine, I shouldn't mispronounce other people's, but what are you gonna do? Anyhow, take a look at that video and I guarantee you after spending those 20 minutes, you will have a very different idea about Africa than you do now. So take care, see you soon, bye-bye.