The OWN IT Summit will be on March 18th with main stage speakers in Gaston Hall, breakout sessions around campus and a marketplace in HSFC. Do you find yourself asking what exactly is OWN IT? Well, here...
October 22, 2016
Gaston Hall
6 Students. 1 Professor. 3 External Speakers.
This is TEDxGeorgetown: Tipping Point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LOqpBAqbWI&feature=youtu.be
A tipping point, according...
This year’s TEDxGeorgetown speakers include six students and three external speakers, including Vice President of CNN U.S. and CNN Worldwide General Manager Andrew Morse.
In its sixth iteration, the...
Risk-taking is frightening — but it should be pursued by students. So stood the premise of this year's TEDxGeorgetown conference. Speakers, including students, alumni, faculty and public figures,...
Dear Reader,
My dog died recently. She was an almost two-year-old Yorkie that somehow managed to find herself stuck in a Georgetown townhouse with four rowdy football players. Her name was Princess....
I was speaking with a friend on Sunday when she asked how I was doing. It’s a question asked so often of us that we rarely give it a thought before offering up the standard answer. Great. Good. Fine....
I never thought hiking through the Jordanian desert was going to wind me up on the stage of Gaston Hall. One of the people I met on a hike during the second week of my Fall 2014 semester abroad in Jordan...
It was Thursday, February 12, 2015 and Elijah Jatovsky and I sat in Arabic media class. I picked up my phone as we were transitioning to another presentation, and I noticed that I got a message from Sami:...
Do you know who you really are? Circle one of the following answers. I’ll tell you what it means when you’re done.
I am…
An extrovert.
An introvert.
I make judgments by…
Thinking...
We live in a global economy. Risk is unavoidable. Rather than ignoring risk, we should embrace it. The term “embrace” suggests that we welcome risk — not simply tolerate it. What is risk? When...
If you haven't heard or seen on Facebook, TEDx is coming to Georgetown this Saturday. So you should probably attempt to contain your excitement and stop re-watching your favorite TED talks. Or continue,...
TEDx Georgetown will return in its fifth iteration Saturday with 12 speeches centered on the theme of "Risk Takers," featuring more interactive programming, a larger board and a new marketing campaign.
The...
