Thursday, February 18, 2010

Video Presentation from Monday's Meeting

Chef Verrigni, during our Monday meeting, showed this video of TED Prize winner Jaime Oliver and his "One Wish to Change the World." speech. In this speech Jaime expresses his wish to teach every child about food and fight obesity.

A brief description of the TED Prize is below, for more information please go to http://www.tedprize.org/

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The TED Prize is designed to leverage the TED community’s exceptional array of talent and resources. It is awarded annually to an exceptional individuals who receives $100,000 and, much more important, “One Wish to Change the World.” After several months of preparation, they unveil their wish at an award ceremony held during the TED Conference. These wishes have led to collaborative initiatives with far-reaching impact.
The video is approximately 25 minutes long, please watch it in it's entirety as it pertains to all of our futures.

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