TED Talks
TED: Medical tech designed to meet Africa's needs | Soyapi Mumba
In sub-Saharan Africa, power outages, low technology penetration, slow internet and understaffed hospitals plague health care systems. To make progress on these problems in Malawi, TED Fellow Soyapi Mumba and his team created a new...
TED Talks
Molly Crockett: Beware neuro-bunk
Brains are ubiquitous in modern marketing: Headlines proclaim cheese sandwiches help with decision-making, while a “neuro” drink claims to reduce stress. There’s just one problem, says neuroscientist Molly Crockett: The benefits of these...
TED Talks
TED: The antidote to apathy | Dave Meslin
Local politics -- schools, zoning, council elections -- hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities,...
TED Talks
TED: Why aren't we more compassionate? | Daniel Goleman
Daniel Goleman, author of "Emotional Intelligence," asks why we aren't more compassionate more of the time.
TED Talks
TED: How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists | Trevor Aaronson
There's an organization responsible for more terrorism plots in the United States than al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab and ISIS combined: The FBI. How? Why? In an eye-opening talk, investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson reveals a disturbing FBI...
TED Talks
TED: A conservative's plea: Let's work together | Arthur Brooks
Conservatives and liberals both believe that they alone are motivated by love while their opponents are motivated by hate. How can we solve problems with so much polarization? In this talk, social scientist Arthur Brooks shares ideas for...
TED Talks
Michael Norton: How to buy happiness
At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can indeed buy happiness -- when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and...
SciShow
The Truth About Warp Drive
Join us for a trip into the SciShow Space News Debunker, where we explore the rumors that NASA has created a warp drive.
TED Talks
Eva Galperin: What you need to know about stalkerware
"Full access to a person's phone is the next best thing to full access to a person's mind," says cybersecurity expert Eva Galperin. In an urgent talk, she describes the emerging danger of stalkerware -- software designed to spy on...
TED Talks
AJ Jacobs: My year of living biblically
Author, philosopher, prankster and journalist AJ Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblically -- following the rules in the Bible as literally as possible.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The most notorious scientific feud in history | Lukas Rieppel
After the California Gold Rush of 1848, settlers streamed west to strike it rich. In addition to precious metals, they unearthed another treasure: dinosaur bones. Two wealthy scientists in particular— Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward...
Crash Course
Check Yourself with Lateral Reading: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #3
Look to your left. Look to your right. Look at this video. Today, John Green is going to teach you how to read laterally, using multiple tabs in your browser to look stuff up and fact check as you read. Real-time fact-checking an help...
Crash Course
Using Wikipedia: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #5
Let's talk about Wikipedia. Wikipedia is often maligned by teachers and twitter trolls alike as an unreliable source. And yes, it does sometimes have major errors and omissions, but Wikipedia is also the Internet's largest general...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How is power divided in the United States government? - Belinda Stutzman
Articles I-III of the United States Constitution allow for three separate branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial), along with a system of checks and balances should any branch get too powerful. Belinda Stutzman...
TED Talks
Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee
Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian Ritchie was there. And ... he didn't buy it. A short story about...
TED Talks
Mandy Len Catron: Falling in love is the easy part
Did you know you can fall in love with anyone just by asking them 36 questions? Mandy Len Catron tried this experiment, it worked, and she wrote a viral article about it (that your mom probably sent you). But ... is that real love? Did...
SciShow
Inside the Nepal Earthquake
SciShow News explains the forces at work behind the earthquake in Nepal, introduces you to a new species of dinosaur, and reveals a discovery in Antarctica.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can stereotypes ever be good? | Sheila Marie Orfano and Densho
In 2007, researchers surveyed 180 teachers to understand if they held stereotypes about their students. The most commonly held opinion was that Asian students were significantly more industrious, intelligent, and gentle. This might seem...
Curated Video
Get Hired: Virtual Networking
The future of communication is upon us with virtual networking that enables us to adapt to social distancing requirements while staying connected. Let's start taking full advantage of this virtual networking smorgasbord by taking action!...
Curated Video
User Story Mapping 101 - How to Create a USER STORY MAP
In this video, I want to answer the question, ‘What is a User Story Map?” and show you how to create one.
Curated Video
Risk Response Strategies wins PM Update MVP Award
I am proud that the OnlinePMCourses feature article, 'Risk Response Strategies: Full Roundup' has won PM Updates Most Valuable Post (MVP) award in the Risk Management Category.
Curated Video
Overload, Overwhelm, and a Yelling Client (Bullying)
Three issues in one video: overload, overwhelm, and yelling clients (bullying). One of the members of our OnlinePMCourses community wrote to me. I was reading the 'Feeling Overwhelmed by Your Project? What to Do' article...
Debunked
Do We Really Swallow 8 Spiders In Our Sleep Every Year
Do we really inadvertently swallow 8 spiders every year while we’re asleep? What are the chances of creepy crawlies venturing into your cavernous snoring mouth? What is the science behind it all? Plus learn more as we investigate this...
Curated Video
Are You on Track with Your Project Management Career?
Are you on track with your Project Management career? It's a question we ask ourselves a lot - particularly when we have a gnawing feeling the answer is 'no'. So, in this video, I'll show you a model that will help you understand what's...