Cory Kahaney: The Joke That Saved My Life

Cory Kahaney: The Joke That Saved My Life

Cory Kahaney New York, NYThe Joke That Saved My Life On our worst days, it is often a joke that can save us. We can sometimes remember the joke as vividly as the crisis because it marked the shift from despair to hope. Cory shows how humor is a tool anyone can use to...
Alex Castillo: Empowering the Mind

Alex Castillo: Empowering the Mind

Alex Castillo Brooklyn, NYEmpowering the Mind “To measure is to know” – Lord KelvinWhat happens when we measure our emotions? Alex is passionate about the human brain and how we can empower our minds and change the ways in which humans interact with computers....
Akilah S. Richards: Raising Free People

Akilah S. Richards: Raising Free People

Akilah S. Richards Lawrenceville, GARaising Free PeopleWe can’t keep using tools of oppression and expect to raise free people – we must examine privilege and power in our relationships with our children, the world’s most vulnerable citizens and embrace chaos in...
The CHAOS of Live Audition (What is it, exactly?)

The CHAOS of Live Audition (What is it, exactly?)

In the midst of holiday madness, there was a planned evening full of CHAOS–the good kind. On December 12th, the magic of TEDx Asbury Park came to life during Live Audition #1. Rescheduled from a month earlier, when Mother Nature delivered an early winter to the...