TEDxWhitehall

TEDxWhitehall is an event for the policymaking and scientific communities of Whitehall. Events have taken place in September 2016 and January 2018.

[TEDxWhitehall @TEDxWhitehall]

Great to see Dina's TEDxWhitehall talk mentioned in this piece - we knew when we met her that she was going to be world champion!

[The Guardian @guardian]

Dina Asher-Smith’s short sprint from an ice cream bribe to a gold medal | Tumaini Carayol https://t.co/qqRKFgem55

[Dina Asher-Smith @dinaashersmith]

WORLD 100m SILVER MEDALLIST 🥈in a new British Record of 10.83 to become the first woman to win a medal in the short sprints for GB in 36 years

My first individual global medal ����

Thank you so much for the incredible support - I’m going to carry that into the 200m today ♥️ xxx

[TEDxWhitehall @TEDxWhitehall]

Congratulations to Dina Asher-Smith for her awesome performances at the European Championships! Here's the great talk she did for us in January, on how fear of failure can spur you to achieve what seems impossible...

https://t.co/xkfTJ9ZyJn

[Government Office for Science @uksciencechief]

Read our latest report, Biometrics: a guide, an introduction to biometrics and authentication https://t.co/17D4o9Orn3

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And the final video from @TEDxWhitehall 2018 ... this superb performance from @tommcrae : Lately's all I know, Let me grow old with you and Hoping against hope, tied together with his seven truths of songwriting.

https://t.co/gzfdBmXvrA

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A reminder of Sarah McIntyre's @jabberworks excellent talk on why creative endeavour is about connection, not perfection:

https://t.co/iVQ3yq1Wex

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Fearing failure is often thought to be a bad thing. But for Britain's fastest woman @dinaashersmith , fear of failure took her in 5 months from breaking her foot to running in the final of the World Championships. See:

https://t.co/zIFwbBd74i

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Once built, infrastructure stays in place perhaps for centuries. Are we thinking enough about what's best for the long term? Alister Kratt of @LDADesign gives some radical thoughts...

https://t.co/3ZbWfzhdjT

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A thought-provoking talk from @LizTunbridge of @OxPsychiatry about how genes and behaviour are linked when it comes to mental illness:

https://t.co/UEDti6avoH

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"Listening is the willingness to be changed" - wise words from @adammeggido in a very entertaining performance by @TheShowstoppers:

https://t.co/11zUEbrXHN

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@DavidWilletts3 @resfoundation @TEDx @royalsociety Sorry - I knew it was the wrong person and was sure I'd removed the tag before tweeting, but it hadn't worked. Have replaced the tweet now.

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Why do we think about university the way we do? David Willetts of @resfoundation , former Minister for Universities and Science and author of "A University Education", explains here...

https://t.co/Mwc7c9VGDb

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Water is a seriously strange molecule, yet we are oddly blind to its strangeness. Alok Jha @alokjha , former ITV News science correspondent and now a fellow @wellcometrust , explains more...

https://t.co/mQdA3AWdhP

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An important talk from Professor Sir Bernard Silverman @silverman_b @OxfordStats on estimating the number of unseen victims of modern slavery @TEDxWhitehall @TEDx #tedxwhitehall @royalsociety

https://t.co/j6iDdwf6yk

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Here's Dr Eric White of @oxford_brookes on what we can learn from the speculative technology of the early 20th century...

https://t.co/QtLBavgUmz

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Here is Professor Dame Athene @AtheneDonald , Master of Churchill College @ChurchillCol , on why no experience, good or bad, is wasted...

https://t.co/VhwCrETUPq

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[TOM MCRAE @tommcrae]

A Tedx talk I did a little while back is now live... too scared to watch it back if I'm honest... https://t.co/9omXzY4B9U... Seven Truths of Songwriting. Honour to have been asked though. Had a great day. #TEDxWhitehall

[TEDxWhitehall @TEDxWhitehall]

All the talks from TEDxWhitehall 2018 are now live! To start with, here's Professor Jeremy Myerson on why design for older people has to get better. @TEDxWhitehall @TEDx @royalsociety
https://t.co/1CQ8f5ez2z

[Sarah McIntyre @jabberworks]

My @TEDx Talk is online! ‘How to grow by embracing our mistakes’: https://t.co/zW1TJpA1eg @RoyalSociety #TEDxWhitehall #London #illustration✍️

[Sarah Foxen @SarahFoxen]

Here are my favourite ideas from this year's @TEDxWhitehall.
Super inspiring stuff around: experiences, values and priorities, failure, improvisation, mental health, growing older and the future.
PDF here: https://t.co/5qQaMrw5ZW #TEDTalks