Can you quickly create real understanding in your brain at will? Here Mattias teaches you a new approach that immediately speeds up your learning abilities, far beyond plain memorizing. He also shows you some of his own skills and vaccinates you on the spot against the dreaded Teflon Brain Syndrome. You will also learn an enhanced way of reading that works for all kinds of texts and helps your brain to take in lots of new information fast.

Mattias Ribbing is an official Grandmaster of Memory, a published author of three books and a public speaker. He has a passion for helping people optimize their learning abilities through situation based brain training. Mattias has been invited to speak at Harvard Business School, Ericsson, Karolinska Institutet and many other places where he not only demonstrates his own unique skills live, but more importantly gives effective tools that everyone can use to to quickly become an expert in any field of knowledge.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

Author Ulrich Boser unpacks the science of learning. He discusses the «New Smart»--and details how everyone can get better at learning just about anything. An expert in the science of learning, Ulrich Boser is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the founder of the Learning Agency. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Learning a new language can be trouble. At least if done in the traditional way. Arnar Jensson tells us exactly how learning a new language can be simplified. Dr. Arnar Thor Jensson is the founder and CEO of Cooori. Cooori provides performance online language learning solution using AI. Arnar graduated in 2009 from Tokyo Institute of Technology with a PhD in computer science. His research focused on speech recognition. During his time at Tokyo Tech he figured out different ways to learn languages. After graduation, he started working on building his company. Now his company has large Japanese companies as clients. More important, efficacy results on the AI focused learning method show great results. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Why learn another language? Words provide us with the ability for connection, empathy and perspective-taking. And when you learn multiple languages you improve your brain, you accelerate your capacity to learn, and you become a better communicator. Vitally, you are also able to step into the world of another human being. To truly understand them and speak to their heart. The question isn’t why should you learn a language, it’s why wouldn’t you. Louka Parry is an award-winning educator and hyperlearner who speaks five languages, holds two Masters degrees and has traveled to over 50 countries. After growing up monolingual in the city of Adelaide, Australia, Louka moved to Europe and uncovered a passion for languages, culture and learning. He returned to Australia to become a teacher and began his career in a very remote Aboriginal community, now working globally to help transform schools and learning. He continues to accumulate languages and advocates for all of us to step into the unknown to grow, connect and thrive. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Irina’s talk at TEDxOtaniemiED is titled ‘Can you learn the hardest language in the world?’ and delves into the increasingly relevant topic of foreign-language speakers learning Finnish. Irina provides examples of unique and interesting yet highly effective methods for learning Finnish — the so-called hardest language in the world.

The talk is illustrated with Sketchnotes by Linda Saukko-Rauta at www.redanredan.fi.

Born in Romania, raised in Canada and now living in Finland, Irina Pravet has been translating herself across cultures and languages for as long as she can remember. She does not believe in the existence of a fixed set of ‘language learning talents’, instead she believes that we all have the ability to succeed in learning a new language by being strategic, having fun and playing with our natural strengths. Currently Irina is a Finnish language

American students are rarely proficient in a second language, few even study one at all-- and the proportion that do continues to drop over time, displaced by math and science. Yet, foreign language proficiency is an excellent predictor of academic success, and achievement in the workforce and beyond. Jillian Axelrod asks us why we dont study language, and how we can start.

Jillian Axelrod is interested in learning all about learning. Coming from a small Jewish school, she spent four years at Upper Dublin delving into language, writing, and music. After finishing her senior year at UDHS, she is beginning a project to explore personalized and project-based education, and to examine how different types of instruction can impact students, teachers, and communities. Next year, she will be continuing in the Joint Program at the Jewish Theological Seminary at Columbia University.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

One can learn to communicate in English in a couple of weeks. A small number of words and basic grammar is enough to cope with everyday situations. Language is correct when others can understand it.

Piotrek has been a teacher of English and a translator for over 10 years. His experience involves classes with children aged 3 and lectures at a college of management. His approach is a blend of humor, simple – rapid communication and only useful materials – life is too short for boring learning.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

There are 2.4 Billion English speakers in the world, and 2 Billion of them learned the language in a classroom. Many say they speak “bad English,” but when 5 times more people speak “bad English” than “good,” how do we decide which language is best?

In this talk, global communication specialist Heather Hansen takes a look at the other side of English, where 2 Billion voices have created a flexible, adaptable and accommodating space for global English communication. What can we learn from the 2 Billion voices when we really listen? What happens when the natives suddenly become the foreigners — not in their own land, but in their own language? For every 1 person born into English, there are 5 who migrate to this language when communicating internationally. On a global scale, this quite literally means
that there are more voices that stand out, than fit in.

Heather Hansen is director of the corporate training firm Global Speech
Academy where she helps talented global professionals speak with clarity and confidence in international settings. It’s hard to imagine anyone more qualified to do her job, since Heather knows all about global communication first hand, after having lived in 6 different countries already! This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman explains that through his studies hes learned that our kryptonite is ignoring the importance of our social superpowers and by building on our social intuition, we can make ourselves smarter, happier, and more productive. In this TEDx Talk, Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience that reveals that our need to connect with other people is even more fundamental than our need for food or shelter and that the social pain and pleasure we experience has just as much impact as physical pain and pleasure.

TEDxStLouis was held at MX Movies in downtown St. Louis, Missouri on 9.19.13.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

ПЕТР ИВАНОВ
Основатель и креативный директор агентства DEPARTÁMENT. Своими проектами собрал десятки международных наград. Придумщик. Фантазёр. Автор креативных методик. Разгоняется до 100 идей в минуту.

ТЕМА: «Мечтать не вредно! Как стать креативным прямо сейчас?»
Креативность — это способность находить нестандартные решения задач. Каждому ли дано это умение? Да! Главный принцип — включить внутреннего ребенка. Именно он творец внутри нас, его надо вывести из под контроля совести внутреннего критика, внутреннего родителя. Тогда мы сможем легко фантазировать, как делали это в детстве. Если в мире станет больше людей, которые легко могут фантазировать, наш мир будет наполняться новыми невероятными идеями и их воплощением.

PETR IVANOV
Founder and creative director of «Department». «Department» assists leading international brands and influential Russian companies in expanding their client base, being one step ahead of the competitors in the market and realizing exciting projects since 2007. Every day the company proves its efficiency and significance in four main areas: Creativе Content, Event Organization, PR, Video Production.
TALK: It’s not dangerous to dream. How to become more creative right now?
Creativity is the ability to find non-standard solutions to problems. Is it a talent or a skill? It’s a skill! The secret to creativity is to reawaken your inner child. He is a creator inside each of us, he should be taken out of control of the inner parent. Then we can easily dream, as we used to do in our childhood. If there are more people in the world who can easily fantasize, our world will be filled with new incredible ideas and their embodiment.
Founder and creative director of «Department». «Department» assists leading international brands and influential Russian companies in expanding their client base, being one step ahead of the competitors in the market and realizing exciting projects since 2007. Every day the company proves its efficiency and significance in four main areas: Creativе Content, Event Organization, PR, Video Production. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx